how long you been trading porph? I first started learning about it back in January this year and went live with a small account in about March. Since then I've made very little profit and I'm almost ready for giving up, but when I see posts like yours it gives me the drive to continue on...
I notice a few of you on here are using ABN AMRO accounts. Am I right in thinking this is a CFD platform and not spreadbetting? Do you pay capital gains tax? I'm looking for a new spreadbetting firm as my current one is unreliable and i heard good things about ABN, but looking on their...
I meant from a graduate engineers perspective it would be very good - I think after tax, student loan, pension etc, a take home of £2k is about £40k a year. Graduate starting salaries in engineering are about 20-25k.
I tried trading at work a couple of times and I found that I just couldn't keep focused on the job I was supposed to be doing!
What is your job if you don't mind me asking? £2k is a nice take home, unless you live in London! I'm in engineering myself, which was always going to be an...