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Bunny - Perhaps they've gone to the Ryder Cup, thinking you would be playing there.

Whatever, I'm happy with this week and we still have time to close another couple of trades before it's over.

OUCH!
Dax now 10,354 and i reckon you must have dealt at a fair bit higher than that

Loving this as I still have a very old 6 trade ring fenced short series open with a T/P of 10231.8 (see member current T/P link above).

It really isn't important Cynic, because whatever happens I only get my £100 when the trade closes.

My level 3 long is now likely to open at 19:15.

Bunny - I hope it drops and rescues you, but it's Omar's short that I'm concerned about. It's not like him to go off without telling us, so I just don't know what to think.

Hello all, thread has certainly been busy, but I only found out if I login and look at the thread.

Really would have liked a thread email alert option to exist in MAM as in ADVFN. Maybe should put it to them on the enhancements thread.

Ken, just noticed you have also joined Cynic's posh brigade ! Spill the beans...how did you do it?

Edit: Bunny is half way there as well !

Ken,

thanks for your concern, i still need 10017 and 9351 to close my both short ring fenced series. I have three longs just like you in my third series.
Also the ftse shorts still open.

Got it on that initial 7am spike down Ken.
One of the 6 ring fenced trades goes back to July, which just goes to prove that you do need to be patient sometimes

I'm pleased to see that we haven't lost our friends JR and Omar.

Well done Bunny.

I don't know how you guys can sit and watch those 'ring fenced' trades, knowing that the market may never return to the level you need. I suppose you just sit and hope that your winners will cover the losses.

It's very unlikely that we'll open another long in the next hour or so, but we may well be starting a short series about 10:15.

It's dropping again now, so perhaps you should ignore the last line in 209.

Your thoughts please guys.

As the number of open trades in a series increased, the difference in the T/P's reduces in proportion, so with 5 trades open the difference in the T/P for 50 points as against 40 points is only 2. Do you think it's worth asking Ivan to change the EA so that it allows the T/P to be changed by a chosen amount (say 2 pts) each time a trade is added?

i don't understand the question
however (a) it is the last trading day of the month and (b) Dax will react according to the perception of whether or not deutsche bank will actually fold

Sorry Cynic - The question wasn't for you, it was for Bunny etc.

I wrote Omar, but I meant Ivan: he's the guy that did all the Somnus programming. It's my age that's the problem, sometime I have a senior moment. Perhaps it's best to just ignore me.

Can you not just turn the bloody thing off Ken? You may as well at times like this and trade manually. Or if in doubt stay out? The amount of time spent fiddling with it sort of defeats the object don't you think? Sorry, don't want to sound negative but unless you have a portable loo daren't leave your screen. :0)

Chris - Why would I want to turn it off?

I take it you trade manually but I reckon a ROE of 100% in a year, is a fair return. I asked Cynic what sort of return he gets, but he wasn't prepared to give me an answer. Perhaps you would be willing to tell me yours.

Ken, no where near 100% return, but I am not a full time trader.

from what i have heard, most full time day-traders don't last long ..... ken is clearly one of the minority and pretty good at it ..... however, i have a feeling that his returns are a bit distorted as it seems he very rarely crystalises any losing positions

anyway, more power to his elbow, and certainly this is developing into an interesting thread

my 4th trade opened @ 10237.5
about the 2 points , yes Ken i go along with whatever you think,

oomar - long or short? .... i'm doing nothing, but my inclination would be to expect a bounce