Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

Yea, agreed you stop withdrawing due to fees which can be good, but I like low volume shorts as well, which my current provider through my useless bank just hammers me on.
I had a beast last year on one company giving me 320% but you then get smashed on the fees, but I needed to move them as I thought they'd peaked and they had. So a 300%+ increase returns me nothing near that.

Can't wait to see what it's like.
 
Dammit, was so close to spread betting Associated British Foods last week but was worried about the margin. They're up 150 since then to an all-time high :(.

Got to hate hindsight!
 
Has anyone been adding to funds recently? I've been holding some for a while with HL which are currently up around 27%, due to leaving the UK I'm not able to top these up unfortunately so in the process of opening an account with TD who do allow non UK residents to trade.

Pretty much all the funds seem to be at quite high points at the moment - would it be recommended to wait for some time? Don't want to be buying close to the top of the market (did that before the financial crisis in 2008 with my first lump sum SIPP contribution :o)

Reason for looking at this now is that I've calculated everything on a spreadsheet today and I've got less than 10% in Funds, 7% or so in pension and the balance in cash (much of which is earning little or no interest)
 
I bought May 2008 in funds but it was monthly as well so it turned out quite nice.
As sterling fell the fund didnt do so badly long term, as we've seen sterling never recovered (with good reason)


The robinhood thing sounds good if only because it puts the focus on the actual share performance not the costs.
So long as they make their customers better off, the broker should be better off also and able to continue.
The problem is they are fighting the tide, most private traders are not gaining 10% a year. So increasing revenue from volume of more capital is likely not to compensate for low profit (as per the amazon business model pretty much)

In USA some broker charge 1 cent per share I think
My main broker is 50p a trade + £100 pa


Sirius is up 30% this month, its fallen so much from threat of no license but they should get it.

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I think Bitcoin is inverse to the false naravative of the Federal reserve who last night very slightly reduced their 'asset' purchases. Its all a fairy tale but which one :p
 
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Joys of the stockmarket! Unpredictable but look for the facts and try to build your own selection criteria off what works.

Im feeling good about lloyds for the long run.
 
I think BP is ok to buy sell over the holidays. Right now Im trimming some and hopefully buy lower. Its at some small resistance and not especially strong, just a play.

I was hoping STAN would go lower, maybe HSBC weakness can give hope to that idea. To answer that question, I guess China is a dynamic all of its own. Its a big country, it has its own mavity so hard to say.

I avoid China and I dont buy HSBC except its in FTSE tracker. Better to sell shovels in a gold rush and china is or has been too popular an investment imo


SXX good news - http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/137915/sirius-hike-10-year-polyhalite-sale-secured
 
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OCZ is at pretty much rock bottom. Ive thrown a couple coins on it as nothing more than a bit of fun. I dont see it returning much but if it does then would have been a good gamble.
 
My little gamble is already delivering some cheer. Up 13.79% today. Good fun to watch

(Poss dead cat bounce etc)
 
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I cashed out of tech too soon but I still got some Apple and they just signed up with China mobile which is about equal to landing on the moon, potential business wise :p
(also have intel but that may be flat, more of a div stock)


Apple down today, plenty of chance to trade them (or tech in general) though Im usually not that smart about it
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I have got to the top here though. The 2014 entries are soon to close, I think the prize is worth a few hundred but in any case I like trying to pick winners.
 
Back to the drawing board for me today, withdrawing mostly from the AIM as my picks are just not performing. Still in CNR which is also painful to watch

Hoping to build to a good position come April then may go a year without a cash ISA and just go the sensible stock and shares route.

Last few days been good for research if nothing else
 
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