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I've only been playing but someone with bigger balls could make a killing with spread betting Easyjet.

Seems to keep bouncing between 1430 and 1460 over the last few days.
 
Marvt74 said:
I've only been playing but someone with bigger balls could make a killing with spread betting Easyjet.

Seems to keep bouncing between 1430 and 1460 over the last few days.
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Thats a 2% range and I'd guess spreadbet will add 1% in costs though you do save 0.5% on stamp duty.

Doesnt seem that tempting to me
 
silversurfer said:
Thats a 2% range and I'd guess spreadbet will add 1% in costs though you do save 0.5% on stamp duty.

Doesnt seem that tempting to me
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% doesn't matter too much with spread betting :). It's still a range of 30-40p and financing trades only costs about 25p per day. Not a huge swing by all means no but predictability is good.
 
Maybe i'm wrong then but i was applying the logic that if you bet say £20 per point and you hit each end of the range you're getting a 30 point swing making £600 each time.

Obviously i accept its not as easy as that (or i'd be doing it!).
 
Well Im a skeptic and not especially great at little trades like that
I dont know if this is accurate, I think this shows same spread after close but anyhow its along these lines:
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So buy 1435 and sell 1455, its twenty points in practise is my guess


QPP 20% up today and doing really well, overall thats maybe 50% up. I find that far more attractive a deal.
Im not expecting it to make 20 now


SKR is being forced to delist by its largest holder, there is a trend of this lately. Think its worth a heads up or maybe its not nothing new that big debt can mean zero worth in shares of course.
Kazakhstan again, I think its a bit iffy and probably pre arranged under table deal to suit various inside people.
The resource SKR has license to is worth billions much like SXX and the fire sale price is 5m, that is how you get really rich

I closed my short on RMG, seems a general buy round here - trailing stop. Is this ideal for the ex div coming up or they bigger worries now, nothing new:confused:


When the Iraq crisis passes, the Kurds will be the big winners
By David Blair World Last updated: June 18th, 2014

The Kurds of northern Iraq are, as our correspondent reported earlier this week, watching the collapse of Baghdad’s control over this area of the country with “barely concealed glee”.

The rout of the Iraqi army has allowed Kurdish “Peshmerga” fighters to take control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, which they claim as their future capital, and various other contested areas. The sudden advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Isis), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has created a world of opportunity for the Kurds.

There is an irony here. Remember that just over 20 years ago, the Iraqi army was terrorising the Kurds and crushing their uprisings in 1988 and 1991. Saddam Hussein mounted the “Anfal” campaign, a genocidal onslaught designed to turn the Kurdish region of northern Iraq into scorched earth, with the help of poison gas. Now, the Iraqi army is in headlong retreat and the Kurds can take pretty much whatever territory they want.

The lines on the map might remain unchanged, but what we are witnessing is the de facto birth of an independent Kurdish state. And that will probably be the most important long-term consequence of today’s crisis. It will be a bloody and perhaps protracted struggle, but one way or another Isis will almost certainly be rolled back from Baghdad and eventually defeated in northern Iraq.

Now that the Kurds have Kirkuk, however, will they ever give it up? I doubt it. Now that they have been able to grab other contested territories, including those holding valuable oilfields, they will do their utmost to keep them. Nouri al-Maliki, the beleaguered Iraqi prime minister, is in no position to insist on anything.

For decades, the Kurds had to accept whatever mercies might be offered by the all-powerful rulers in Baghdad – and in Saddam’s time, there were no mercies and only thunderbolts. Now, they are strong enough to carve out their own state within the borders of northern Iraq, taking the oil assets and cities that will make it viable. When this crisis finally passes, it look as if the Kurds of Iraq will be the big winners.
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Good RNS from Quindell this morning pre AGM.

XEL back at ~64. Buying opportunity maybe.

Infinis also almost back at 230.
 
silversurfer said:
Well Im a skeptic and not especially great at little trades like that
I dont know if this is accurate, I think this shows same spread after close but anyhow its along these lines:
LF76y0X.png

So buy 1435 and sell 1455, its twenty points in practise is my guess
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Where you getting 1435 and 1455 from? The spread is just under 5p there.

At the moment with my broker the spread for EZJ is 3.88p.
 
Russinating said:
Where you getting 1435 and 1455 from? The spread is just under 5p there.

At the moment with my broker the spread for EZJ is 3.88p.
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Who do you use? Mines showing 4p at the moment.

I signed up to Spreadex as they do sports betting (Fixed odds and Spreads) and also financial spread betting.

They were also doing a deal to get a free ipad which seemed attractive!

I've been trying what i mentioned with Easyjet and it seems to be following the pattern of open around 1455 drop to 1430 and then rise to 1455 again. Only fairly small bets so far but it seems to be playing out alright

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The £100 was the one i mentioned where i buggered up and set my stop loss too close. But still in profit overall! Thinking of upping to more like £20pp whereas the above were done at £5pp.
 
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I use Tradefair, mainly because I bet with Betfair but also their system is good, I've never any problems and their customer service/live chat is always really good.

Trouble with £20pp is it doesn't take long to wipe your entire bankroll out in one foul swoop :p. I'd stay low and steady - I only do £1/£2pp and I've doubled my money since November. Not a huge amount but obviously miles above anything a savings account would give.
 
Its all random :p Theres a guy in the bet offer thread who turned free 10 into 2000
My strategy was to buy mainly funds with some very speculative shares. Russian investments worked particularly well in my portfolio
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Over the last few months :confused:

I guess oil has been up, thats about the biggest single factor for Russia.
BP is up, Ive sold out but my guess is it could finally leave this area upto 550 possibly.
Hopefully it'll come back to 500 before ex-div but I have a feeling I was wrong to sell, its up today

Also AAZ Azerbaijan gold copper is a possible takeoff / ski jump situation, from 10 to 20 area but Ive also sold. In this case I more then doubled at 10 so I was cutting some excess leveraged position to take profits


http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/174473/quindell-founder-step-down-ceo

QPP ceo stands down, no biggy? It might be they want to separate chairman and ceo as this can be a criticism of weak governance at companies
 
Janet Yellen is a dove

Always possible and leveraged etf, Rosneft is up 10% this month


Something might be up with gold miners or so Ive heard. I bought some ABG first thing, normal start, slight small rise and then it jumped 5% in a second

It is a bit of a jumpy stock though, bit of a tradable range like people mentioned with EZJ though gold mine I think is more risk.

Have to see if other mines do it or not but the big ones are I guess most noticable. Gold was up a good amount yesterday and yet abg falls, had to buy when that happens (should have bought more :[ )
6% on 150m shares now
https://www.google.co.uk/finance?authuser=0&q=abg&ei=Xt-jU4iADeapwAOyk4GIAQ
 
Anyone see QPP prices went **** up today? I checked on my portfolio to see QPP priced at 264.62. Tried to sell mine for a laugh but, it wouldn't let me.:(
 
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