Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

booyaka said:
i presume this is the fund??

http://www.trustnet.com/Factsheets/Factsheet.aspx?fundcode=QMF29&univ=U&pagetype=performance

interesting fund - will have a more indepth look. Something like this would appeal to me if I can get access via my ISA etc. Thanks
how do you hold it? via your ISA? or just the shares/units?
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Thats the one. I hold via a HL SIPP but it would go in an ISA also

Its up slightly today and yesterday and didnt really suffer from the poor performance of Premier and encore recently


Still seeing a decline in oil prices here. I also read OPEC increased production some so I guess that matches. Plus Egypt leader resigns, less possible supply constraint.

FT on Cisco


Not sure why RKH is down so much, on 9x normal volume

CAD breaking up on good volume
SKR up but volume so light should be ok till I can top up next Tues
 
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I'm not sure what you're asking - you're trading shares via your HSBC retail bank account (they presumably use a third party for execution) which has seemingly not provided much more than a rather basic facility for you to simply enter an order etc...

If you want specific stuff then there are free and paid for services out there that can supply you with price data.
 
dowie said:
I'm not sure what you're asking - you're trading shares via your HSBC retail bank account (they presumably use a third party for execution) which has seemingly not provided much more than a rather basic facility for you to simply enter an order etc...

If you want specific stuff then there are free and paid for services out there that can supply you with price data.
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Sorry I should have been more clear.

I understand some people watch shareprice for real time changes in share price. Do some trading services such as iii provide this or are these added extras that are charged for?
 
I've never tried them ,but I use moneyAM.com it does have a free service but I pay for the unlimited service 10+vat a month, seems to be quite good so far., it does have limitations IE watching several realtime stocks at the same time , but I only have a limited portfolio at any one time.


bullit
 
bullit in head said:
I've never tried them ,but I use moneyAM.com it does have a free service but I pay for the unlimited service 10+vat a month, seems to be quite good so far., it does have limitations IE watching several realtime stocks at the same time , but I only have a limited portfolio at any one time.


bullit
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Oh yes I happened across that as well. Seems quite good I thought!

Do you day trade bullit or do you go long on your positions usually?
(Just wondering at one point it would be useful to start shelling out a tenner a month).
 
Cavallino said:
Sorry I should have been more clear.

I understand some people watch shareprice for real time changes in share price. Do some trading services such as iii provide this or are these added extras that are charged for?
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I don't know about iii specifically but yes you'll get price feeds from brokers - depending what you want there will likely be extra charges for stuff like level 2 data, pro feeds, historical data etc.... You don't have to use whatever platform you use for execution though - tis quite common for people to pay subscriptions for price feeds, historical data, charting packages... companies like CQG or eSignal provide this sort of stuff.
 
Cavallino said:
I just happened across this website.
Has anyone used their realtime service? Just wondering if it was any good.

http://www.advfn.com/
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it seems pretty good once you figure out how to use the buttons properly.

Search for a stock and once you select it navigate with the buttons at the very top.

It shows live trades (i think ) too so you might be able to see how the flow is looking.

http://www.shareprice.co.uk/
is a decent site for live prices, though it did slow down at around 4pm yesterday.
 
Cavallino said:
Oh yes I happened across that as well. Seems quite good I thought!

Do you day trade bullit or do you go long on your positions usually?
(Just wondering at one point it would be useful to start shelling out a tenner a month).
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If you're planning to do what the majority of people on this thread seem to be doing - buying and holding or taking a few punts on some rather speculative small cap stocks then you'd probably be ok with free services.

If a tenner a month is negligible as a cost then why not - but if you'd say only got a grand to invest then you'd need to make a 12% return in order to just recover the cost of the subscription.

FWIW depending what you require you can end up paying rather a lot for software/data - professional traders trading their own account will frequently have costs of a few grand a month before you even take clearing fees/commissions into consideration.
 
smyth said:
it seems pretty good once you figure out how to use the buttons properly.

Search for a stock and once you select it navigate with the buttons at the very top.

It shows live trades (i think ) too so you might be able to see how the flow is looking.

http://www.shareprice.co.uk/
is a decent site for live prices, though it did slow down at around 4pm yesterday.
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Thanks dowie/smyth.

Yes I did notice it slowing down yesterday and also stopping the stream quite often which got annoying. Do these other free services also kick you off after a relatively short period of inactivity on their site or something?
 
dowie said:
If you're planning to do what the majority of people on this thread seem to be doing - buying and holding or taking a few punts on some rather speculative small cap stocks then you'd probably be ok with free services.

If a tenner a month is negligible as a cost then why not - but if you'd say only got a grand to invest then you'd need to make a 12% return in order to just recover the cost of the subscription.

FWIW depending what you require you can end up paying rather a lot for software/data - professional traders trading their own account will frequently have costs of a few grand a month before you even take clearing fees/commissions into consideration.
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Cheers dowie.
Isnt it 1% return btw (assuming a grand?)
I said to myself I will start slow, if anything I just tried trading a little using my HSBC account just as a "feeler" but will definitely sign up with another service like iii or perhaps something else... and also use one of the freebie realtime share viewing services.
 
Aloreth said:
They drilled a well and have managed to extract some very valuble, high pressure........water
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Fresh water in the middle of the sea, could be worth something maybe $1 a barrel :o


If the price doesnt catch here I'd look at 235p which is where it was last May roughly.
How much production or actual reserves have they got now
 
dowie said:
12% annual return - which tbh.. isn't necessarily easy to do year on year with consistency if you're not taking silly punts...
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Mate just invest in RRL, if you believe the iii boards they will hit over £1 (currently 16p) before the end of 2011 :D. Just invest your life savings and then buy castle.

Gotta love muppets!

(Don't get me wrong I am a shareholder - I hope they do well)
 
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