We have lots of experienced traders on MoneyAM who would be glad to help if you have any trading questions.

dear croc....

i'd like to buy high yielders for income but not sure how to be certain that i'm buying/making on the reg. in time. also, i have read you tip on ftsedow site (about timing etc.) but is there somewhere/someone who can show chart example re price adjustments reflecting ex/d days. basically, i would hope to buy/sell within 24-48 hours, if that makes sense (and money!).

hope you can help.

Anyone know where I can find out about when a stock goes XD, the div yield and record dates etc?

I basically forget the Stock Market exists -with its ups/downs- and buy/sell
on my own analysis of the company relative other companies in that field
e.g Pepsi in soft drinks market.

ticker - croc posts all the week's divvies on his traders thread every sunday.

ajren - dangerous. Even the best companys get hammered. And it's not only cream that floats to the surface .....

Re level 2

When someone writes "There is now 5 on the Bid 2 on the offer"

What does that mean?

Thanks, great thread!

Re level 2

When someone writes "There is now 5 on the Bid 2 on the offer"

What does that mean?

Thanks, great thread!

Re level 2

When someone writes "There is now 5 on the Bid 2 on the Offer"

What does that mean?

Thanks, great thread!

Re level 2

When someone writes "There is now 5 on the Bid 2 on the Offer"

What does that mean?

Thanks, great thread!

Dalrymp,

If I get this wrong, hopefully someone will correct me. (Also take a look at "help" at the top right of your screen, and then "level 2" - and scroll down for loads of explantions etc.

I think it refers to the no. of SETS or SEAQ orders at the current bid & offer prices. More orders on the bid, means the MM are looking to buy, and more orders on the offer means they are looking to sell.

little woman

Thanks for your help.

I have level two where do you find "There is now 5 on the Bid 2 on the Offer" using level two? or elsewhere.
Very good thread this thanks in advance

Thanks Gausie. I will take a look

re Terrace Hill shares,I see that the chairman bought 50,000 shares yesterday taking his holding to 128.3m shares 83.4%. Other directors also bought 20,000 shares today. The rest of the directors seem to hold about 1.3m shares between them, does this mean they may take the company private? If so,how would this effect other shareholders?

Washlander - I think dalrymp was originally refering to someone posting the information about what they saw on level 2 so that who ever read the post would understand it!

Roma - to take a company private I think they have to hold something like 90% of the shares. You will need to ask them what they are intending to do which you are entitled to ask, but normally they will buy out all the other shareholders at the market rate (small shareholders can be a real pain, even though they don't have much power, so it is easiest to buy them out!)

CROCODILE Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

I work full time as a daytrader.
KEEP THINGS SIMPLE
I bought Corus and made 42 per cent profit in 3 weeks.Some made 700 per cent
in 6 weeks e.g.M.S.made fifteen hundred million-1,500 MILLION.

One of my shares is Wiggins--I have 250,000

Research EVERYTHING about EVERY share YOURSELF and forget ALL experts e.g.
Prior 42 per cent profit 70 per cent of the City said Corus was nearly in
liquidation and ONE valued it at 1p per share.

Agree with keep things simple. If you have to analyse a chart to carefully leave it!

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Could you please help. On the Trades page what does the letter M mean after a trade? I was looking at the rtd trades. 250,000 M Buy

M means: Market Maker to Market Maker. As the name suggests this is a transaction between two Market Makers who are registered in the security which is being traded.

If you go to "HELP" (top right of your screen) then "Trades" and scroll down it'll explain a lot of things which you will find helpful. When I checked it out for the first time, I found that I was wrong in a lot of the ways I was interpreting things I saw, so still go there on a regular basis to remind me!