Well, that will teach me to go out on a limb and post a trade “in advance” of seeing the outcome 😉 I’m referring to yesterday’s (failed) Trade of The Week. On the second day, the price rose to meet my guaranteed stop order, and stopped me out for a loss of 9.40 “pips” (e.g. £9.40 per […]
Archive | March, 2013
(Short) Trade of The Week on Aviva
I reckon it’s been more than a week since I last posted a “Trade of The Week”, and this one is different in two respects: It’s a short trade, which is pretty unusual for me considering my predominantly-long position trading approach. I’m documenting it in advance rather than after-the-fact, so I really have no idea […]
Dealing in Google Chrome (with IG)
Following my posting the other day about the new Chromebook Pixel laptop, I was thrilled to see an email from IG this morning containing the sub-headline “Dealing in Google Chrome”. To enable this facility, you need an IG account (so get one now) and you need to install the IG Dealing Chrome web browser extension. The idea […]