Reply to: Are we now entering a bull market?

[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.

[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??

[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]

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?

[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.

[DimPrawn]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-bankrupt.html

Yes, record personal and business bankrupticies. Boomed!

[scaramanga]

Sell in may and go away.

[Cyberman]

But maybe they`re at that price because investors know that isn`t going to happen.

I didn`t have big enough balls to buy barclays at 50p but looking back on it and the investment the Arabs made (who weren`t likely to invest to lose money), at 50p it was a win-win situation, but who would of expected such a quick turn around in share price?

So Barclays investors know what the future holds. I wish I was clairvoyant also because i would have made a fortune over the years.

[SantaClaus]

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

[SuperZ]

Barclays for example are a crazy price at the moment considering HMG could well own a good percentage of them in a years time.

But maybe they`re at that price because investors know that isn`t going to happen.

I didn`t have big enough balls to buy barclays at 50p but looking back on it and the investment the Arabs made (who weren`t likely to invest to lose money), at 50p it was a win-win situation, but who would of expected such a quick turn around in share price?

Traditionally stocks start recovery long before the end of a recession. House prices usually collapse 1-2 years after a stock market crash although it`s happened at roughly the same time this time.

[Andy2]

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

I use iii.co.uk.
They charge £10 for share dealing online

[Cyberman]

It is the job of the stock markets to look 18 montrhs ahead. By then we will be boomed : I hope............

But you just cannot look 18 months ahead and ignore the shake-out of companies going bust, unemployment rising and consumer demand falling. In a bull market share prices are expecting big dividends but this clearly will not be the case. Buyers will be lucky if the majority of their investments are still in operation, let alone making big profits. Barclays for example are a crazy price at the moment considering HMG could well own a good percentage of them in a years time.

[EternalOptimist]

It is the job of the stock markets to look 18 montrhs ahead.

I like that.

I'm going to use that one.

[BrilloPad]

Anybody who believes we have a bull market when there is a worldwide recession must be Alistair Darling.

It is the job of the stock markets to look 18 montrhs ahead. By then we will be boomed : I hope............

[BrilloPad]

Oh gawd.

I've now got a mental image of EO and hairyarsedbloke clenched together in a loving embrace ...