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What are the pros and cons of opening and account with a broker or a spread better?

Beflore your refer to this as crap, with all due respect, you need to learn some probability and game theory.

I have thought about this problem for many years. In simple game theory the mathematical expectation of a game involving betting is defined as W = P(W)xG – P(L)xL Where P(w) = the probability of winning G = amount won P(L) = probability of losing L = amount of loss. If E...

I have been trading using a limited company as my trading vehicle. I have recently decided to get a job and give a trading. There are some losses that are carried forward in the company. A friend suggested that I may be able to recover some of my losses by selling the company with its losses...

Thank you for your reply. I would be grateful if you would be able to give me the name of an auditing compnay in the UK who is familiar with the auditing of a compnay engaged in derivateive trading. My auditor's definition of turnover appears to be the notional turnover to which you refer to...

The company has some losses carried forward from the first couple of years of trading which I would like to be able to carry forward. This is why I still wish to continue to trade through the company. The question is can I find audit fees which are cheaper than what I pay already and not...

For the past few years I have been trading futures in the UK. I trade as a limited company. As a limited company I have to be audited every year and in recent years I find that the audit fees are quite expensive. Although my profits and losses are small ( in the region of 10k to 20k) my auditors...

For the past few years I have been trading futures in the UK. I trade as a limited company. As a limited company I have to be audited every year and in recent years I find that the audit fees are quite expensive. Although my profits and losses are small ( in the region of 10k to 20k) my auditors...

For the past few years I have been trading futures in the UK. I trade as a limited company. As a limited company I have to be audited every year and in recent years I find that the audit fees are quite expensive. Although my profits and losses are small ( in the region of 10k to 20k) my...

In the past I have often sought and found good advice in this forum. So here I am once again asking for guidance. In an effort to "sit on my winnings" quite often this is what happens. Suppose I am long based on a trend following system and the market is moving in my direction. At some...

I assume all traders who use a trend following model have a criteria or rule that tells them when a market has entered an uptrend or downtrend. How important is it to catch a trend early. With 24 hour markets quite often when I get behind my desk in the morning there are already some...

Can someone, with the help of some examples or charts if possible, expcain what swing trading is. I shall be most grateful to all contributors.

You made me feel so much better!! Now all you've got to do is to show me how to trade profitably!!

Often in the media traders and their activities in the financial markets have been referred to in derogatory terms as parasites and people who do not produce or make anything…. I don’t have a good defense for this allegation other than creating jobs for brokers, whom are party to the...

You are correct, I do trade futures and I am inclinded to agree with you. Is it different with other market types?

Does is it qpplicable equally to both scenarios. I ask this because as I am sure you have experienced it too, I have been left out of many good trades because I patiently waited for the pull back and when the pull back came the market had already done its bit and, at best, there was not much...

Trading requires patience we are told but to what and how should we apply this patience. Let me elaborate. Imagine this scenario. The market has an upside break out. You decide not to chase the market and patiently wait for a pull back. The market keeps rising and rising while you are...

Hi Arhur It strikes me that you seem to be one or the wiser ET members and from some reason I have come to value your opinion. One of the areas that I feel my trading has suffered from in the past is over trading. Not OT by position size but by frequency. I normally trade a stcok index...

Does this imply that the majority of breakouts lead to profitable trades?

Hi Arthur I intuitively seem to feel that what you say does make a lot of sense. Many a good trade I have lost because the pull back never happened and, when it did, it was much more than a pull back!! I would be interested, provided you agree, to be able to email you directly. I tried to...