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The account I use (UK spreadbetting) counts unrealised gain towards total margin available so as each trade runs into profit, the margin is restored for use on additional positions. I don't know if all accounts are run that way, I assumed they were. Am I wrong on that one? Yes, but the trend...

Good question, I have no current US index positions open as there is no high probability move yet indicated in either direction.

Putin made his intentions clear when he swapped seats with the Prime Minister at the end of his second term as president. Seems certain he was still in charge behind the scenes, then he just went back to being President.

I trade long-term with-trend so was heavily long on US indices etc. going through January and going into February. But I had my stops in place so you could say I saw the correction coming. In fact, I didn't time it, I just always have stops in place - who wouldn't?

The traditional (hard-line?) view of buy-and-hold is you buy the shares, take as little dividend income as you can and re-invest the remainder in more of the same shares but if all goes well never sell any of the shares through your life-time. You hope that by the time of your retirement the...

Much depends on the time-span you will definitely be able to / wish to leave the sum untouched, which brings in other investments, life events, inheritance etc. Long-term (20+ years) I'd be interested in dividend-paying blue chip shares or property. Over less than 10 years I'd actually use the...

You can go broke buying and getting gapped overnight too. I don't think many people were shorting US stocks in 1929. Financial "experts" say that shorting is more dangerous than buying because an instrument like a share can rise to an infinitely high price, but it cannot fall any lower than...

You used to be able to watch the bell being rung at the open of NYSE trading on their website, maybe you still can. Is there a closing bell?

Thanks for this link. I've read a lot of well argued articles and papers about trading by people who are far better educated than I am. They usually "prove" something can't be done: trend-following and using MA cross-overs are frequent targets but that might only be because they are popular, not...

Financial spreadbetting in the UK typically gets a bad reputation from traders. However, there are at least some measures enforced by the FCA that could help protect clients. Firstly, the firms must belong to and contribute into the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. This protects clients'...

As expected, last week's extreme low forex "normality" of 3/26 was followed by a strong increase this week to 18/26, a jump from 11% to 69%. Whether this measure means anything objective or not, it was a much better week for long-term trend-following. My own basket went from a small deficit to...

What's a sock puppet?

Well done. I wish, I wish. I wish I had understood trend-following and pyramiding in 2009. I would have retired by 2012.

Over all time periods? In all markets? Under all market conditions? Over all holding periods? I must be missing something that you have picked up on because to me this approach, running up to a 16% gain, just doesn't sound too fantastical to be believed.

Brilliant detective work Sig. You're right, you really couldn't make this stuff up.

Do you think this trading approach is impossible? What would make it not work?

Oops. When I clicked "Like", I meant I liked the post, I didn't mean I liked doing the lottery as a substitute for sex. Just so long as you know.

Errr, long GBP/USD?

Thanks for this. Sounds like a classic approach - use fundamentals to select large, successful and growing companies in expanding business sectors, then use TA to time a ride on their price momentum. There's no reason why this wouldn't work as stated. The fact that this is a "traditional" and...

They address is just a PO Box, so, if it means anything to you, they (and their bank account) may not be found in the Caymans, they could be anywhere in the world.