Are we now entering a bull market?

[Cyberman]

Sell in may and go away.

So true, and anybody sitting on a profit at the moment would be well advised to take it. Unfortunately, greed has sucked them in and they will be caught by the next major market collapse which IMO is not far away.

[TheRefactornator]

Originally Posted by Andy2
I use iii.co.uk.
They charge £10 for share dealing online

For child trust funds, I havent found a more flexible provider than selftrade.
Its the only broker I know where you can trade the fund online yourself. Some of the other brokers have stupid rules, like you can only buy shares on the 2nd wednesday of each month

Neither of them look like they provide forex trading and I'm thinking of having a flutter on a day trade forex system. Any suggestions?

[McFly]

What do you lots use to buy and sell shares / forex etc? Traditional stockbroker and phone or DIY with some connected computer software?

www.interactivebrokers.com
outstanding broker

[TheRefactornator]

www.interactivebrokers.com
outstanding broker

Yes that looks like a professional good one..but I don't have the £50k liquidity to open an account so unfortunately it's a bit high flyer for me.

Day trader forex online brokers with software...low entrance requirements...any more for any more??

[SantaClaus]

Yes that looks like a professional good one..but I don't have the £50k liquidity to open an account so unfortunately it's a bit high flyer for me.

Day trader forex online brokers with software...low entrance requirements...any more for any more??

IGIndex, you can start as low as 10p a pip. Their charts are crap though, so I would sign up for a demo account with any broker that offers Metatrader to get a free version of the software. ODL markets and Alpari are brokers that offers that.

Whatever you do, make sure you the broker offers guaranteed stops . I can't stress how important this is if you don't want your shirt unceremoniously ripped off your back. Wihhout it, the market could gap, miss your stoploss and leave you with a loss much bigger than your account balance.