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I only trade those in similar sectors that are in the FTSE 100 or 250. I am watching 68 pairs but some are being culled along the way as I get to know them a little more intimately.

Just had another look and these are the quotes for Dana Oil now: Tradefair: 1297.3 - 1304.7 IG : 1313 -1315 Surely arbing between these two markets should be possible too ? Mmmmm, will have to monitor this....

Just opened an account with IG Markets. Yes, the difference is fairly plain now. Tradefair (Bodycote): 135.3 - 136.2 IG: 135.0 -135.75 Tradefair (Dana): 1303.7 - 1309.3 IG: 1306.0 - 1308.0 Every little extra helps :)

Thanks tradingtrading. I had a suspicion that this may be the case. I'll look into a little more and will open the necessary CFD accounts for future trades.

Yes, CMC and Tradefair seem comparable usually. IG seem to have wider spreads but I'm wondering how the CFD guys fare. Is this a better way to go ?

I'm now quite keen to maximise my profits by being able to get the best value when I buy and sell and so would appreciate any thoughts from those who are based in the UK as I generally trade UK stocks. There seems to be 2 realistic ways to trade. CFD's and Spreadbetting. At the moment I'm...

Well, time to bite the bullet and get a bit more serious with my pair trading. I spent some money over the weekend and bought PTF although I still have some reservations about certain parts of the app. However, support finally emailed me and gave me the impression that they were working towards...

Interesting approach Ivan. I'll take a look. Meanwhile, I think I understand why my figures are different for the different instances of PTF. My main PC has PTF open all day and therefore has intraday data whilst my other one only has PTF with EOD data. So I can understand why there will be...

From what I gather I dont think there is any difference between trial and full version functionality

A couple of interesting observations. I've now got 2 PTFs running (on 2 separate IP addresses) with the same pairs loaded and they come up with quite different correlations. One may be in a trade while another is watching. Ones natural inclination would be that both instances would be showing...

I'm finding that PTF appears to have appalling customer service. I emailed them about a few issues I thought the app had. No reply. I even tried to buy it but they use Share-It and they wouldn't accept what they called a 'free' email address used with my PayPal account. I emailed PTF about it...

I was just going to email them about a similar issue. I've noticed that I sometimes get different messages for pairs at different times I open the software. Not quite certain how this works out but can only assume intra-day prices can fire off the entries and exits. That said it happens rarely...

Hello. Just wanted to be the 1000th reply :)

Busy day and only 5 days to go in my 30-day trial. Closed 21 trades in all with 67% winners. Total profit £483. 5 open positions, all winners at the moment to the tune of £30.80. All to £1/pt spreadbetting...

Yes, the winning %age is 69% and the win/loss ratio is 3.5

Closed a few trades today which means I've now closed 19 trades, 6 of which have been losers (31%) for a total profit of £472. I have 2 trades open (from yesterday) for a nett loss of £6.30. All to £1/pt while I'm going through my 30-day trial. And I'm now quite pleased and have modified my...

I'd always calculate my return based on the total amount risked. So, in this instance, it would be 5%.

Closed another trade this morning. So that's 14 trades and 10 winners for a profit of £361. 3 open trades showing a total profit of about £15. All at £1/pt spreadbetting during my 30-day trial.

11 days left in my trial. 13 closed trades 8 of which are winners Profit £347 at £1/pt spread betting 4 open trades showing £2.40 profit.

During the course of the day I closed a few trades that appeared to be just 'hanging about' and have lasted over 10 days. I think someone else posted a while back that trades open for longer than 10 days generally close for a loss, so I did a bit of culling. This means out of my 11 closed...