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Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)
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Something I didn't realise, and why I'm glad i only put £2K in last night - £1k in VRWP and £1k in VEUA....
My 'Buys' didnt go in when I hit 'Buy', they went in later (after the slight re-bound) - I guess with ETFs they only buy at certain intervals, or is it T212 that only buy at certain intervals??
So I'm down about £53 on a £2000 investment... and counting.
ETFs are not for trying to buy in little dips/day trading!!!!
Something I didn't realise, and why I'm glad i only put £2K in last night - £1k in VRWP and £1k in VEUA....
My 'Buys' didnt go in when I hit 'Buy', they went in later (after the slight re-bound) - I guess with ETFs they only buy at certain intervals, or is it T212 that only buy at certain intervals??
So I'm down about £53 on a £2000 investment... and counting.
ETFs are not for trying to buy in little dips/day trading!!!!
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Wasn't it just a case the market was closed for some of the stocks when you hit buy?Warning!
Something I didn't realise, and why I'm glad i only put £2K in last night - £1k in VRWP and £1k in VEUA....
My 'Buys' didnt go in when I hit 'Buy', they went in later (after the slight re-bound) - I guess with ETFs they only buy at certain intervals, or is it T212 that only buy at certain intervals??
So I'm down about £53 on a £2000 investment... and counting ETFs are not for trying to buy in little dips/day trading!!!!
Ahh maybe, that would make sense - it's my first time buying ETF!
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yup.. market is closed, it tells you usually before pressing buy that X will be bought at opening rate when ever it opens.
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I got burned during the pandemic with that approach.
I piled into several stocks that fell off the proverbial cliff on the basis of "this'll all be over in a couple of months & I'll make a killing".
One example is EasyJet - I think it was trading around £8-£9 pre pandemic and had dropped 20% when I bought. It subsequently fell below £3 over the following 18 months & to date don't think it has even made it back to £6.
Worst of all was Cineworld. Well, let's just not go there - it's no longer trading & I lost everything.
Fortunately, I was only in for relatively small amounts & other stocks in my portfolio counterbalanced the losses but I ended up cashing in and putting the money towards my mortgage instead.
Always be careful of this unless you check the overnight \ out of hours trades. I also got stung by this on my early trades after covid.
wait for the tweet
or truth or what ever it is these days..
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I've also had problems selling when a share is spiking. Was using HL & just got messages telling me it was unable to get a price & by the time I did get a chance to sell, it had already dipped considerably.
Airlines and Cinemas under a pandemic was always risky, Netflix and Amazon was the way to go
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Fortunately, Next saved my bacon
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same :/
does any one do anything with voting writes? if you own stocks over time. or do you obstain? i.e. research whats being proposed and cast your vote acordingly
noobie tax....
When placing orders when the market is closed, orders are done FIFO or largest first depending on the platform.
It's worth placing order limits in.. so you don't buy at the peak and suffer the pull back... I personal try not to purchase shares in the first two hours of the day, that's when all the robo and pro traders are doing it, the the dust seattle. Us small fish needs to pickup the scraps.
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China now at 145% tariff lol
Those ETF are traded in London trading hours. Did it not state 'market closed'?Warning!
Something I didn't realise, and why I'm glad i only put £2K in last night - £1k in VRWP and £1k in VEUA....
My 'Buys' didnt go in when I hit 'Buy', they went in later (after the slight re-bound) - I guess with ETFs they only buy at certain intervals, or is it T212 that only buy at certain intervals??
So I'm down about £53 on a £2000 investment... and counting.
ETFs are not for trying to buy in little dips/day trading!!!!
I hear some of the best deals are done on the WC
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