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I still have larger longer term holds but been experimenting with small trades spread over a large amount of companies (probably around 80) and taking at least 10% profit each trade. If you are in/out of trade @ 10% then after 10 compounding trades you will be 159% up on starting amount (sic) instead of 1 sell @ 100% gain.

Trying to find right blend of £ value invested/number of different companies to enable daily selling with at least 10% gain. Currently experimenting start at £100 in stock buying dips with max of £300 in each individual stock.

I may miss some upside on individual shares but the principal amount isn’t large so wouldn’t be massive selling early, but I try and stagger sells to leave some in for future gains.

So it’s not really day trading as some of the 80 companies chosen for these “quick” trades would have take weeks or month for the 10%. and some would be in red and have to double down on.
 
slinxy said:
surely you shouldn't be putting in house funds into the market at any time.... my savings just took a massive hit as I had to get a new (to me) car with funds that was just sitting in a savings account that I had there for about the last 5 years waiting on my car to die.
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We have the money for the kitchen set aside I have other savings in Cash ISA's and other stock accounts. This money is what I have made on my 2025 Stocks and Shares ISA in the last 3 months.
 
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I've been pondering this for a while. My mortgage is up for renewal this year, which I usually opt for repayment. I was wondering if it's an option to go interest only and put the difference into an all world ETF S&S ISA to benefit from the compounding ROI.

Assuming a conservative 6% return per year I calculate I can repay my mortgage in 20 years instead of 25, potentially less if better than 6% return (or more if worse...).

I'm wondering what the catch is, I guess the market could go balls up and the mortgage could end up taking longer than 25 years to pay off but this seems unlikely as the plan already has quite a lot of contingency baked in.

Edit: ignore my maths is wrong because I'd end up paying more for the interest on the mortgage forgot about that bit :p
 
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the stock market makes me laugh... I was expecting my companies shares to drop somewhat due to a a multi-million fine which will likely either be argued down some or paid over a long period, but it's still a mutli-million pound fine. just checked the share price for today and yeah it's jumped up, which is cool as I have 1000s of shares.
 
There's quite a bit of flux at the moment..

I think mostly because of the USA government.
We had the EU /Canada tariff nonsense over the weekend and now we have the Epstein documents thing again where some republicans are realising they did indeed vote for a pedophile.
Interesting times.

My last 7 days performance looks like the skyline of a post-industrial town in South Yorkshire lol

 
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I love this.
I truely think my quantum plays are the most important stocks I own for the mid term.

1/7 of my Isa is held in quantum stocks.

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This is my d-wave holding
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I just don’t know enough about any of these quantum companies to risk it. My area of special interest in investing is psychedelic biotech, which has been making nice swings for me as I understand the main players in the space and know roughly when their trial readouts are.
 
mid_gen said:
I just don’t know enough about any of these quantum companies to risk it. My area of special interest in investing is psychedelic biotech, which has been making nice swings for me as I understand the main players in the space and know roughly when their trial readouts are.
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Well I guess that's the thing about buying individual companies.. You really have to know the industry and what's happening, in addition to the wider geo-political landscape.
 
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I just don’t know enough about any of these quantum companies to risk it. My area of special interest in investing is psychedelic biotech, which has been making nice swings for me as I understand the main players in the space and know roughly when their trial readouts are.
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I want through a methodical thought process when I "invested" here.

I decided that, sure, these may all come to nothing. But I'd be more annoyed to lose out on the opportunity to get in early on a revolution than lose 2k.

So I spread my cash across what I thought were the best 3 options.

Ionq
Rigetti
D-wave

I know for well all (or more likely none) of these 3 players would make it. And that's still the case. But quantum computing I always found interesting.

So I bought in. I'm still of same mindset.
These companies are now into the billion Mkt cap so risk is high for a huge fall.

But if even one of the three is half the next nvidia, that's a ride I didn't want to miss.
If quantum computing does become functional... It's not a pipe dream to see 5 billion Mkt cap hit 1 trn.

I obviously don't expect this, and indeed I'm sure Google, nvidia etc are at the forefront too. But again, I accept the risk.
 
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Not a quantum stock but got it in the name

Quantumscape on a roll lately - solid state lithium metal battery (500 mile range, 15 min charge, better thermals less likely to explode)

Still pre production (loss making zero sales)but partners with Toyota for manufacturing and it looks like it is close.
earnings coming in few days (will be a loss, zero sales) but hopefully release more details for production, their new cobra process hopefully means can scale/produce quickly.

Only in small amount but up 160%! - last week it just keeps going up every day, Waiting for slight pull back to go in a
bit more.
 
Thinking of maxing out a couple of my credit cards on the S&P500.

I've got %0 money transfer offers coming out of my eyeballs, with some of them as long as Feb 2027.

The only cost would be 4-5% in transfer fees, depending on the card.

So as long as the S&P goes up more than that before the promo rates expire, I could be quids in. And if it doesn't, I'll get hit with those fees only.

To counter this id simply set up a standing order in to a separate account to come off every month, totalling up to the fees when the offers expire so I simply pay them off when needed.

Fag packet maths, I'd be looking at quite a decent chunk of money invested.

Am I mad?
 
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Zatoichi.uK said:
If it works no. If it doesn't yes. It's gambling.
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Exactly. Looking at this chart however, the s&p fell 38% in 2008, and 20% in 2022. I could always up the monthly transfers to counter this a bit, and if I'm quids in, I'll have a few spare pennies.

S&P 500 Historical Annual Returns (1927-2025)

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Hmmm.
 
Diddums x said:
Thinking of maxing out a couple of my credit cards on the S&P500.

I've got %0 money transfer offers coming out of my eyeballs, with some of them as long as Feb 2027.

The only cost would be 4-5% in transfer fees, depending on the card.

So as long as the S&P goes up more than that before the promo rates expire, I could be quids in. And if it doesn't, I'll get hit with those fees only.

To counter this id simply set up a standing order in to a separate account to come off every month, totalling up to the fees when the offers expire so I simply pay them off when needed.

Fag packet maths, I'd be looking at quite a decent chunk of money invested.

Am I mad?
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The US is currently trying to retreat from the international stage, damage it’s standing in the world, sabotage alliances, destroy institutions and quite likely to see serious civil unrest in the coming years.

It would be dangerous to assume that the performance of the US stock market is going to continue the trajectory it has pursued since WW2, because the US is changing course.

Not that I wouldn’t invest there, but borrowing on credit cards to do so in this climate, when we’re at ATHs, is bat**** insane.
 
Aren't 0% deals based on transferring existing debt from other credit card lenders.
Buying shares(money) is looked at as a cash advance so you'd pay interest and fees on buying money/shares
 
Diddums x said:
Thinking of maxing out a couple of my credit cards on the S&P500.

I've got %0 money transfer offers coming out of my eyeballs, with some of them as long as Feb 2027.

The only cost would be 4-5% in transfer fees, depending on the card.

So as long as the S&P goes up more than that before the promo rates expire, I could be quids in. And if it doesn't, I'll get hit with those fees only.

To counter this id simply set up a standing order in to a separate account to come off every month, totalling up to the fees when the offers expire so I simply pay them off when needed.

Fag packet maths, I'd be looking at quite a decent chunk of money invested.

Am I mad?
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No you're not mad, this is called the Carry Trade
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Carry Trade: Definition, How It Works, Example, and Risks

A carry trade is a trading strategy that involves borrowing at a low interest rate and investing in an asset that provides a higher rate of return.
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Diddums x said:
Exactly. Looking at this chart however, the s&p fell 38% in 2008, and 20% in 2022. I could always up the monthly transfers to counter this a bit, and if I'm quids in, I'll have a few spare pennies.

S&P 500 Historical Annual Returns (1927-2025)

Interactive chart showing the annual percentage change of the S&P 500 index back to 1927. Performance is calculated as the % change from the last trading day of each year from the last trading day of the previous year.
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Hmmm.
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Its interesting, from 2000 until about 2013 the S&P500 posted no growth, a period almost entirely forgotten in todays markets. 'It cant happen again' 'The new normal'..

The problem with your strategy right now is you're investing into very high valuations.
 
mid_gen said:
The US is currently trying to retreat from the international stage, damage it’s standing in the world, sabotage alliances, destroy institutions and quite likely to see serious civil unrest in the coming years.

It would be dangerous to assume that the performance of the US stock market is going to continue the trajectory it has pursued since WW2, because the US is changing course.

Not that I wouldn’t invest there, but borrowing on credit cards to do so in this climate, when we’re at ATHs, is bat**** insane.
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Yeah good point. Sanity check administered, cheers :D
 
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