In yesterday’s sensationalist article I told you how I had closed several positions in an IG Index account in order to bank some profits. It was mighty unusual for me to close any position trades manually, instead preferring to let my trailed stop orders take me out when the tide turns. In one case it […]
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Spread Betting Company Minimum Stakes
Over on the “Talk with Tony” page, Mrmenstig asked a question (edited for clarity) as follows: Recently I’ve noticed a lot of the instruments I’d like to bet on have a mininmum size of £5-per-point with the provider I use. I was looking at ETX Capital over the weekend and found they have a minimum of […]
Adjusting Stop Orders on the London Capital Group Trading Platform(s)
By Tony on July 13, 2012 in capital spreads, etx capital, financial spreads, intertrader, stop orders
My daughter, who is a budding trader but who is still practising in a demo account, asked me a question the other day: “Dad, how do I adjust my stop orders on Capital Spreads?” It seems so obvious to me now, after years of spread betting, and I never really give it a second thought; […]
Horses for Courses: Which Spread Betting Company?
By Tony on July 3, 2012 in capital spreads, etx capital, financial spreads, intertrader, spread co, spreadco, spreadex, stop orders
Jump straight to the book, or… Over on my “Talk with Tony” page, Martin asked me an interesting question about which spread betting company I would choose as a preference. He asked… “If it’s not too personal a question, what spread betting company to you place the majority of your smaller (i.e. £1 Point Spread Bets […]
Trade of The Week: Ocado
By Tony on June 29, 2012 in capital spreads, ig index, intertrader, ocado, price gap, stop orders, trade of the week
Unusually for me, this week’s trade of the week is a short trade. I took inspiration to engage in a little more short trading from “Evil Knievel’s Guide to successfully shorting stocks” in Issue 03 of Spreadbet Magazine. Not that he recommended this particular trade, but the article did remind me how my preferred position […]
Talk with Tony (about Guaranteed Stops)
By Tony on June 28, 2012 in better spread betting, capital spreads, ig index, intertrader, position trading, stop orders
Over on my “Talk with Tony” page, Martin asked a question that I think deserves a fuller answer here in the form of a blog post. Unless I’m mistaken, this is the same Martin who just reviewed my Better Spread Betting and Position Trading books over on Amazon.co.uk. Thanks, Martin, but unfortunately your cheque is […]
Retrospective Guaranteed Stop Orders
Jump straight to the book on Amazon, or… In the Better Spread Betting book I talk about how some spread betting brands such as Capital Spreads and InterTrader allow you to guarantee your stops orders retrospectively, whereas other spread betting companies don’t. Here is a concrete example: On 14 June 2012 I opened a long spread […]