Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)
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Are you talking about DES, if so they are even more of a pain as they released an RNS claiming they found oil only to say its actually water a few days later. Fools.
That cost me about 5k:roll eyes:
Im holding FOGL, if BOR hits tomorrow (or sometime soon) FOGL will go up a lot, if they don't FOGEL will go down but not as much as BOR will.
You're probably right, although I expect the price of gold and/or silver will not increase no where near as much as it has recently?
I just 'fancied' having a go on the markets.
Time to check out Earth's elements and see what might be the next 'gold'.
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Found my notepad. Yeah it was DES! Glad i didnt put money in then. I wouldnt of taken a hit anywhere near as much as you, but a loss is still a loss.
Looks like i'll need to get back in the loop, lots of reading tonight. I see ARG is still pretty damn cheap right now, im sure i'll find out the reason for that. Will see about getting the ball rolling in some AMC and SXX on monday.
Soldato
I use Barclays stockbrokers and find them great. You can also open a self select Isa to prevent you paying cut but the chances of earning over £10k are slim in your first year so I'd just stick to the market master for now.
Just bear in mind the price it costs to trade - £12 per sell AND buy. Basically, don't try to trade because by the time you've paid your fees the chances are you are going to be down. With that amount id be looking to just invest in a cingle company but if you must then the maximum number of stocks I'd choose is 2.
With £500 in each and your trading fees to buy you are already going to be 5% down plus the bid/ask spread you could be looking at being 6-10% down before you even get started.
Soldato
1000 quid is tiddlywinks its best to realise early on. Unit trust is a better idea because they wont charge to buy and sell, see HL , you can even do it monthly. iii do shares monthly also for 1.50
If you want to gamble, premium bonds..
FKL holds FOGL and pays 2% div. It jumped 10% last week for some reason
SXX, do you know SKR ? nice assets no money
Gold is unique, that is pretty much the whole point I think. Its not actually useful in theory
They been saying price must fall for 5 years. Its on a steady course up
been debating silver, have hoc. FRES goes ex next wed
If you want to gamble, premium bonds..
FKL holds FOGL and pays 2% div. It jumped 10% last week for some reason
SXX, do you know SKR ? nice assets no money
Gold is unique, that is pretty much the whole point I think. Its not actually useful in theory
They been saying price must fall for 5 years. Its on a steady course up
been debating silver, have hoc. FRES goes ex next wed
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^^^ this
if you're trying to build a small portfolio with 1k then you'll need to be careful about commissions - Halifax also have a low commission service I believe.
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FKL holds FOGL and pays 2% div. It jumped 10% last week for some reason
SXX, do you know SKR ? nice assets no money
I haven't heard about SKR, looking into them now. Cheers for the heads up.
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Wow silversurfer! That video is very interesting! Silver seems like a great long term investment. I can't see their being a demand for silver for at least 10+ years, but that day will come. Looks like I'll need to find some silver mines and add them to the research pile.
Soldato
Silver is more controversial, used far more (solar & used to be photos) but more plentiful. Harder to figure out, I wanted Fres at 1468 and even that seems a very high price
Only just realised BP has production in Argentina. 76k barrels isnt tons but lots of gas.
They are ok I think because they got no interest in Falkland but still it explains why so negative, my bad
FXPO has reset its gains again, cheapest cost iron miner in Europe ?
GKP is hitting an old 2011 uptrend, next rung would have(will?) been 176
Its not super weak but it doesnt have to be because it rose so fast, there are a lot of gaps in this 'ladder' I can wait
Bought Kenz ala NT - Engineering skill is UK great export I believe
CHK rose massive on usa open, I think the company buys its own shares or not? missed a trick on my timing with this, good attitude is everything to trading
XEL looks a buy on weak pullback and maybe ESSR
Only just realised BP has production in Argentina. 76k barrels isnt tons but lots of gas.
They are ok I think because they got no interest in Falkland but still it explains why so negative, my bad
FXPO has reset its gains again, cheapest cost iron miner in Europe ?
GKP is hitting an old 2011 uptrend, next rung would have(will?) been 176
Its not super weak but it doesnt have to be because it rose so fast, there are a lot of gaps in this 'ladder' I can wait
Bought Kenz ala NT - Engineering skill is UK great export I believe
CHK rose massive on usa open, I think the company buys its own shares or not? missed a trick on my timing with this, good attitude is everything to trading
XEL looks a buy on weak pullback and maybe ESSR
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Haha ok this might never happen, but deffo something to keep an eye on.
http://www.planetaryresources.com/
Soldato
That was the plot to Alien as I remember. Keeping that in mind? James Cameron says he would never send people out to mine just robots, so watch that tech for an idea of when 
CNR up double digits on good volume, thats more like it.
CNR up double digits on good volume, thats more like it.
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Orogen finally released their grades. 63g/Tonne+
Pant wettingly good start to the week.
Pant wettingly good start to the week.
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Hey guys, needing some advice with something. Last night before bed I tried to buy some AMC shares, it didn't allow it because the company didn't allow trades from an isa account? Being honest, I was super tired and didn't fully read the reason it gave me for not letting it go through. But should I just forget this company or do you guys have a proper trading account as well as your full time job? to be fair this is just a little hobby that I like to dabble with, so I'm happy to leave it and put my money elsewhere. Really I'm just curious to what you lot do.
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Just open a normal trading account, it's easier to do than opening an ISA account and the difference is you can trade more shares. There are some interesting restrictions on what you can put in an ISA, as far as I know most AIM shares can't be bought with an ISA.
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Cheers for the replies guys. Yeah its an aim company, so that will explain that. Any recommended site for me to open a normal trading account?
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Almost true.
You can put it in an ISA if it's dual listed on AIM and on a approved recognised stock exchange
e.g.
Range Resources (RRL) listed on AIM and ASX, I have it in an ISA.
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Ah yeah. I forgot about that, I too have shares in range through my isa. Haha damn phones predictive text.
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