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Traders Thread - Thursday 25th March (NXT)
Crocodile - 24 Mar 2004 22:26
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Crocodile - 25 Mar 2004 12:53 - 15 of 28
"Hello, I read often your articles and it sounds like I can ask a question about trading: i am very new in trading but what mystify me is that some days they say shares are mainly a sell day and other days they say everybodey is buying- that does not make sense to me because if somebody sells somebody else buy which is the same? Cheers sconra"
Yes of course you are right! But it can give some indication to market pressure / sentiment.
D.
Melnibone - 25 Mar 2004 13:14 - 16 of 28
Trouble is, I've still got order ticket problems.
Another E-Mail sent off to the Help Desk.
I don't fancy trading on a platform that may have a corrupt
database, never know what I might end up buying or selling.
God, just think if I received a statement quoting me long
on TWT or some other such load of rubbish!
Looks like I'll be spreadbetting the S@P instead until this
is sorted out.
Watched Tom H. on the Bloomberg TA spot this morning.
He seems to be thinking much the same as me. Maybe we are
all thinking the same and it will end up as self fulfilling.
He mentioned the breaking of the last swing low on the FTSE,
which caused me to voice my concerns yesterday if you remember.
If we now make a lower high and drop down below it again
that will tend to confirm a short term trend change.
He also mentioned the 4150 area as well, which I have also
quoted as my initial target price if this down swing continues.
Keep a weather eye on your longs guys.
Melnibone.
stockbunny
- 25 Mar 2004 13:30
- 17 of 28
Do you think it could regress as far as 4150?
I've read your post twice and hope I'm mis-reading it...
little woman
- 25 Mar 2004 13:33
- 18 of 28
Personally I've been using stop lossess and so far in the last 2 weeks only one has been triggered.
little woman
- 25 Mar 2004 13:55
- 19 of 28
stockbunny
- 25 Mar 2004 13:58
- 20 of 28
nostromo - 25 Mar 2004 14:23 - 21 of 28
Regards
Dave
little woman
- 25 Mar 2004 14:32
- 22 of 28
Melnibone - 25 Mar 2004 15:00 - 23 of 28
further.
Doesn't mean it will, nothing is written in stone and the future
is not yet written.
All we do is look at history and try to use it as a guide to the
future.
Some say we might as well use chicken bones. :-)
Maybe they are right. :-)
Melnibone.
little woman
- 25 Mar 2004 15:05
- 24 of 28
Crocodile - 25 Mar 2004 15:32 - 25 of 28
nostromo, yes its very good.
D,
Melnibone - 25 Mar 2004 15:33 - 26 of 28
To reiterate one piece of history, look at the swing low in
December circa 4330 and the second swing low after the Standard
Life sell off at circa 4360.
Yesterday we broke the first one at 4330.
Today we've broken above it but failed to break above the second
one at 4360.
Coincidence?
Or marking levels where folk were willing to buy in an uptrend
but not in a downtrend? Resistance levels where they sell out for
breakeven during nervous or negative sentiment times?
You decide.
Melnibone.
little woman
- 25 Mar 2004 15:39
- 27 of 28
optomistic
- 25 Mar 2004 20:24
- 28 of 28
Sorry to take such along time to respond but have been out all day. Re Tools/internet options/security, do ensure that the setting is M Soft Default which is medium, anything under this level will I think allow too much access to your PC.
opto
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