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That's made it crystal clear thanks, I'm looking at trademonster now their education video's seem easy enough to understand.

I don't understand what you mean here could you describe it any other way?

Ive been trading stocks via spread betting so that's why I talked about a stop loss. I traded stocks and forex on simulators for a few years before this. I don't have a good understanding of options though. Thanks for the tip with NE and ESV, on the topic of GOM, HERO is one I like to watch.

Thanks for the responses guys Its greatly appreciated. I would not look to risk 100% acc balance on one trade. How do you calculate the premium? Whats GOM? As I said before 'I thought' this would be a lower risk method of opening longs on BP due to the fact that I would not be...

Ive asked about options before on the forum and was overwhelmed by the friendly attitude on the forums so I'm back :) However the options brokers that were advised to me for good service do not accept UK residents (optionshouse and thinkorswim) What is a good broker for a UK resident to...

I'm currently having EA's developed and have acquired some which are proving consistently profitable on back tests using m1 data on 1hr time frame. I'm willing to share some of them in return for another EA which is achieving good back test results and which I believe I can use to make...

Come on guys there must be a few of you out there that can recommend some accurate historical data providers for currency pairs.

Thanks for the link. How do you know this is good data? have you tested it against other sources?

I want historical tick level data for a few of the main currency pairs EJ,GU,GJ,EU,GC going back 10 years to backtest my systems. I need to be able to import the data into metatrader. Can anyone vouch for some good spot forex historical data providers? Ive read elsewhere that some data...

I read on a CL thread here that someone uses bollinger bands with a keltner channel to predict whipsaws. Ive tried looking for it for days now without the search function and today with the search function. Does anyone know what im on about or know where this post is?

Do the forums have a search function for finding threads by keywords? I think this would make the forum much easier to use.

I was going to buy pengrowth energy trust a few years back which has always had a high dividend. There are additional taxes on the dividend though because im outside of canada which put me off.

If global population is increasing 6-7% a year then it doubles every 10 years.

Would a share split effect the value of an existing option?

It was on the news earlier that the ash has stopped but that the volcano is still erupting and that they expect worse eruptions in the future. Who else thinks this could drive up agricultural commodities?

Could you give me a screen shot example of shorting a share using options? or point me towards one. Something like a covered call.

what platform are you using?

I am aware of that Ive read Steve Nison's candlestick charting techniques, he was the first guy to introduce japanese candlesticks to the west.

An example of how I estimate risk of ruin. All the values shown are rounded to the nearest whole number so 100% does not mean absolute certainty just greater than 99.5% So for instance with a win rate of 60% we have a 17% chance of 6 consecutive losses within a 50 trade period. I think...

The future bars are there for the purpose of the example. All I can recommend if your not sure if im talking crap is to just look at any forex pair or stock with candle bars and you will see that it is one of the most common reversal patterns. when the tail is significantly larger than...