Recent content by plax

These guys woes started earlier this year when they were caught short gold puts, that was followed by getting clipped on CL calls and then followed by the downdraft in CL which squeezed them hard on their short put positions, putting them under considerable pressure. They also rolled out their...

Hi David, I would tread very carefully after what you have described if I were in your position. You woulfd have better luck going to the casino and putting it all on red or black, if your right great, fi your wrong the pain will be over quickly, with this trade you are likely to endure 102...

This thing has been relentless the last 10 trading seasons, bearish news of which there has been plenty, inventory levels, dollar strength, has been water off a ducks back to CL, and looking for any excuss to rally further, very confussing:confused: my short calls are getting nicely squeezed...

Shortbleu, I would consider oanda, you can make deposits in £ into London bank, main reason being they pay interest on your account balance daily, not much at the moment given interest rate climate but that will change in the future, if alpari do he same fine, but oanda worth a look

Agree with Daal, nice consistant down trend, but side way spells get badly eaten by negitive carry. I know, I tried the the trade.

Problem is you can't build powerstations in a couple of weeks, this will take time. I was speaking to a friend in South Africa last week who was saying the unannounced blackouts where causing mayhem like people under anesthetic at the dentist and all of a sudden no power to continue the...

That doesn't make sense, if he pressed the market order button short, the market should have tanked as the bulls looked to get better fills as the market dropped, if the market shot up as it filled his orders he would have got more favourable fills as he was shorting from a high prices.

only if you want to go short

I reckon they all stood around and drew baguettes, who ever got the shortest one was the fall guy.

Go to Vegas, put it all on red, it's a lucky colour at the moment for the bears.

It's corelation with commodities mainly lies in the fact that when there is a strong demand for drybulk commodities, such as grains, coal and Iron ore there is a corresponding demand for a means to transport those commodities purchased. As this index is made up of a combination of the...

...........A brain!!!

try www.metalprices.com ,they offer a free look in , but if you require up to date information it's on a subscription basis.

Yes , you are missing something, 1.331 and 1.332 strikes don't exist. Strikes are 50 pips apart, calls into question if your original spread exists in reality or is a figment of your imagination.

'yes I am...' 'well, i'm just doing a regular market order. that's all..' Answer is your placing market orders in the illiquid mini contract , your pretty much sure to get raped on your entries and exits doing that. What you are doing is just plain dumb.