What’s your big gamble?
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petemurphy said:
Adam B said:
I can confirm shorting is more nerve-wracking than going long BAB 
did you still have the short going? (dont quite understand how they work just know babcock is down another 500000% )I was too nervous holding it overnight, I had the right game but didn't play it well
shorted 8,000 shares at 295, not the 300 it got to
closed short at 294, not the 287 it closed at
overall I made £50 after fees, played properly I could have made a lot more, but it was an experiment for me really, it is nerve wracking and you watch the screens more
Edited by Adam B on Friday 10th July 10:55
Jefferson Steelflex said:
I'm in a couple of gambles, and for examples lke EQT there was a big share sale yesterday which diluted the sp. As a shareholder, why did i not get told about this, or is there a process to 'register' - I would have bought a load more shares in the offer had I known about it.
Similar for recent changes with PHE, I am not getting any news from them. I just assumed when you buy shares there was a register, but I now I guess I need to set myself up somehow?
Get over to HL.co.uk click on the shares tab, type in the shares you want to watch. Click on the company and aswell as well as share prices, dividend info, charts etc on the right side there is a tab for Company News and Company Announcements. Knock yourself out.Similar for recent changes with PHE, I am not getting any news from them. I just assumed when you buy shares there was a register, but I now I guess I need to set myself up somehow?
Adam B said:
they are pretty simple, you just sell a stock you don't hold, it creates a short position, the platform will charge a small fee (to "lend" you the stock you didn't have to sell - only 1.2% per annum), you close the short by buying the same quantity of the stock
I was too nervous holding it overnight, I had the right game but didn't play it well
shorted 8,000 shares at 295, not the 300 it got to
closed short at 294, not the 287 it closed at
overall I made £50 after fees, played properly I could have made a lot more, but it was an experiment for me really, it is nerve wracking and you watch the screens more
interesting thanks - which platform you usingI was too nervous holding it overnight, I had the right game but didn't play it well
shorted 8,000 shares at 295, not the 300 it got to
closed short at 294, not the 287 it closed at
overall I made £50 after fees, played properly I could have made a lot more, but it was an experiment for me really, it is nerve wracking and you watch the screens more
Edited by Adam B on Friday 10th July 10:55
vulture1 said:
Chris Type R said:
egomeister said:
If you expand beyond the top ten there are quite a few of the favourites from this thread!
BABcock can't even make the effort to make it into the top 10.
matt21 said:
Bought £2k of BOO at 219p, said I would sell at 300p but got greedy this morning and didn't sell! Back to 270ish, can't decide whether to hold or sell!
So you are up about 15%?Not fancy taking the cash and having some fun over the weekend instead of wondering what other news will come out?
Or is FOMO taking over and you want it over a psychological 300 level?
Perhaps just put a sell order in at a level you are comfortable with and not monitor it on a constant basis?
Meeten-5dulx said:
So you are up about 15%?
Not fancy taking the cash and having some fun over the weekend instead of wondering what other news will come out?
Or is FOMO taking over and you want it over a psychological 300 level?
Perhaps just put a sell order in at a level you are comfortable with and not monitor it on a constant basis?
Yeah hate FOMO. I should have sold my VLS when I was 60% up. Now just 5%. Not fancy taking the cash and having some fun over the weekend instead of wondering what other news will come out?
Or is FOMO taking over and you want it over a psychological 300 level?
Perhaps just put a sell order in at a level you are comfortable with and not monitor it on a constant basis?
Meeten-5dulx said:
matt21 said:
Bought £2k of BOO at 219p, said I would sell at 300p but got greedy this morning and didn't sell! Back to 270ish, can't decide whether to hold or sell!
So you are up about 15%?Not fancy taking the cash and having some fun over the weekend instead of wondering what other news will come out?
Or is FOMO taking over and you want it over a psychological 300 level?
Perhaps just put a sell order in at a level you are comfortable with and not monitor it on a constant basis?
6mths down the line I remain confident Boohoo will be above 300
vulture1 said:
500 Miles what is the reason for IDP dropping 10% but my buy order for 10 shares hasnt even gone through? Surely the drop in price means there are some sellers?
thought I could buy them a tiny ammount at a time seeing as big ammounts wern't going through.
There might be someone who is hoovering up all the shares as they come onto the market... thought I could buy them a tiny ammount at a time seeing as big ammounts wern't going through.
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