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These are indicators surely!

FX is about as volatile as you can get!

That's $10 million worth! What margin are you trading on ?

Come on Izzy, you can't increase a stocks rating because of a bail out plan! Think about why they need the bail out.

Some interesting points here. Problem with metals based companies like SLW is that a lot of their performance naturally follows the US $. All looks rosy at the moment as the metals have surged again. However, should the US Dollar come again, these stocks will almost certainly decline, no...

I wouldn't call this getting by just fine ! http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GM&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

The removal of the uptick rule is about the best thing that could have happened. In place, it completely goes against the basic concept of an order book, i.e, a market is made of buyers and sellers. Imagine being prevented selling to someone wishing to buy because you have to wait for them to...

Hmm... strongly disagree with this. If you had an uptick rule all you would see would be a large volume of sellers which would push the price down as the market adjusted to the volume. Remember a stock doesn't have to trade at a price for the market to move. Companies like Google and...

This is one of the biggest misconceptions in trading; that it is necessary to make money from the markets everyday because that's what makes a trader. Buy/Sell and hold has always appeared far more professional to me; rather than trying to steal a few pips here and there. If nothing...

British fin. system more exposed than the US ? Do you have evidence for this ? Sure LIBOR went upwards but I saw this as banks protecting themselves amid the uncertainty. Thoughts ? abc1

Seriously I cannot believe any market commentator - even a non UK based one - would write something like that *and* then state that they are in the top 5 of the UK's banks!!! The company are listed in the FTSE 100 !!! That's the top 100 listed companies in the United Kingdom on market cap...

It has. Good luck with your trade. abc1

Still holding this line pre-rate decision. Looking good so far. abc1

Ouch! Looks like investors and savers alike have been reading the same reports. One to steer clear of right now I suggest. Picking bottoms is a risky business :D abc1

I understood it as 1.6 x (ignore my %) So for every $100 you lose; you make $160. On a 56% win/loss ratio you would have to trade a lot to make the type of money you are referring to or in very large size or a combination of both. Either way I don't see that much skill in your results...

I've elaborated on that point in this thread. To clarify; there is no way of knowing what will happen once a position is open (trading insider information and price manipulation are exceptions) so therefore skill is not involved post trade. Pre-trade anyone can use a wide variety of information...

I think you've missed my point a little bit here. What you are describing is some sort of scalping method based on what sounds like knowledge of who was placing the trades. As you appeared to know what was going to happen in advance of course that rules out luck (or chance as I prefer to...

Exactly; reversion can work. However, this is a trading technique using certain assumptions based on underlying data. Also, it can and does blow out and when it does... To be convinced of price prediction I would like to see some evidence. Past examples are fine. Not looking for other peoples...

Of course there is more but I picked one example to reflect my point. Also, your suggestion of trading discounts and premiums assumes a reversion to fair value. This does not necessarily happen. Spreads can blow out too; sometimes quite massively. BTW even if you are in a spread it will...

This isn't just price. This is order book and volume analysis with support and resistance thrown in. Your method is also scalping. The ideas are fine but again there's a lot of assumptions going on there, especially of who the size is and what it means. At times you assume that the size is...