Jay, I've got a question or two for you seeing as you are being so kind. The first was going to be "How much can I make?" But, I won't ask that. In an area completely unrelated to trading I'm a well known expert and I constantly get questions like ...

Jay helping out newbies

Thanks, metroman, problem now solved! I've installed MT4 (with another broker as I can't seem to find a way to do it with IGM). Hey, this is cool! It certainly seems to offer a lot of possibilities including creation of my own EAs and backtesting! ...

How do I see volume?

Thanks. After some further research, I've decided to leave this IG Index account aside for the moment and explore one or two other brokers. I know you guys will probably laugh, but the spread I've been accepting from them on major currency pairs ...

This doesn't add up, could anyone explain?

Doing a bit of research now I see they offer Android, MT4 and "web based trading". Mine's the latter.

How do I see volume?

Over the last several hours the net position has been as expected - rock steady. But it did fluctuate for a period of at least an hour. When it did fluctuate it always did so in the platform's favour i.e. higher net loss before eventually dropping ...

This doesn't add up, could anyone explain?

Sorry nubcake, I do understand the difference. And I can appreciate that options may move differently to the underlying security. I don't know how you got the idea that this is related to my query. Maybe it's my poor use of terminology and the use ...

This doesn't add up, could anyone explain?

Hi David, and thanks for your reply. You have a valid point and I accept that an option with different expiry dates may not necessarily move in lock step. That's why I opened both charts side by side. They were moving in perfect harmony at the time ...

This doesn't add up, could anyone explain?

Don, good post, and I agree with most of it (except that I don't see military action in Iran - more likely in Syria - and I don't see China being that badly hit as internal consumption is rising fast with their growing middle class). That said, all ...

Despair means - obvious

Thanks for the useful link. It sounds like a great policy. I'm going to save it and read it again tomorrow. I've bookmarked a whole collection of such useful / educational links. They've provided great context to the thousands of posts from here ...

Jay helping out newbies

Good question. I went and checked. They seem to have two types of accounts - a basic "Limited Risk" account and their "Plus" account. Mine is the Plus account. I've had it for at least a couple of years.

How do I see volume?

Focus! That's probably one of the lessons I need to learn

Jay helping out newbies

Another question for you, Jay and please excuse my poor English. Is there any merit in monitoring multiple markets and looking for cross-market opportunities? For example, let's say I'm following the charts using my preferred method of TA and all ...

Jay helping out newbies

When I say I took bets I mean I took long and short positions based on hunches. (I'll get the terminology right one day ) Thanks for answering my post. I've another question for you if I may. Why the emphasis on Forex? People seems to use the term ...

Jay helping out newbies

Re Vegas, I found this using the forum's search function: url The zip file seems unavailable but the Word docs make for interesting reading.

Is it Possible to Make Money in Forex Market

Jay, much appreciate the offer to help newbies. As you can see, this is my first post here. They don't come any newer than me Quite simply, I'd like to start trading properly and am looking for advice on where to start. I've had an account at a ...

Jay helping out newbies