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[Shnozz]

bad company said:

FTSE isn’t down as much as I expected this morning. Tempted to start buying again but I think I’ll hold off until next week.

Do you think this is a blip then?

I must say I am out at the min and aside from a few big oil co's and a gold fund I am staying out. I personally think we are on the precipice of a big (worldwide) issue.

[guindilias]

Yep, NASDAQ is a sea of red this morning as well - I don't see things stabilising any time soon!

[bad company]

Shnozz said:

bad company said:

FTSE isn’t down as much as I expected this morning. Tempted to start buying again but I think I’ll hold off until next week.

Do you think this is a blip then?

I must say I am out at the min and aside from a few big oil co's and a gold fund I am staying out. I personally think we are on the precipice of a big (worldwide) issue.

That depends on your definition of a blip. Every few years there will be a big fall or correction of the market, then prices recover. I could easily be wrong but I’m staying invested for now. I’m not brave enough to invest new money yet though.

[supercommuter]

bad company said:

Shnozz said:

bad company said:

FTSE isn’t down as much as I expected this morning. Tempted to start buying again but I think I’ll hold off until next week.

Do you think this is a blip then?

I must say I am out at the min and aside from a few big oil co's and a gold fund I am staying out. I personally think we are on the precipice of a big (worldwide) issue.

That depends on your definition of a blip. Every few years there will be a big fall or correction of the market, then prices recover. I could easily be wrong but I’m staying invested for now. I’m not brave enough to invest new money yet though.

This. I am leaving it and not looking. In for the long term anyway! Not putting new money in though.

[Kingdom35]

Whats peoples of investing in Japan right now...im looking at the Foreign & Colonial Investment Fund

I'm also looking at buying some shares in Nanoco

[bmwmike]

I must admit to panicking a bit last Monday and broke my rule of never selling as I want to hold long term. I ditched a bunch of AIM shares like MTFB, IQE and CPX and halved my BOO. Was at a loss already on some of those anyway. I had already sold half BP at 520ish and bought back 125% of that at 478 odd. Increased BAE by 10%. I am not selling any AMZN and GOOG but will add more as they drop. Also holding RDSB, ADP, MSFT, and FB. Possibly a couple of others that I'll stick with.

Basically a long over due clean out and building a pot of cash to reinvest. Payroll, cloud and retail.

Didn't sell any funds.

[bad company]

g4ry13 said:

bad company said:

NRS said:

Another fun start to tomorrow it seems like!

So who reckons we will go through the 7000 floor tomorrow?

Could easily happen.

Very easily. This feels very much like the beginnings of 2007.

Well we didn’t drop through 7000, at least not yet.

More fun next week.

[p1stonhead]

bad company said:

g4ry13 said:

bad company said:

NRS said:

Another fun start to tomorrow it seems like!

So who reckons we will go through the 7000 floor tomorrow?

Could easily happen.

Very easily. This feels very much like the beginnings of 2007.

Well we didn’t drop through 7000, at least not yet.

More fun next week.

Anyone wanna take a play on SUK2? I don’t think I’m brave enough.

IIRC it goes up x2 as the FTSE falls.

[p1stonhead]

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You may have lost out on a few but you are doing the exactly right thing in looking at the numbers and making your own assessments. Can’t do more than that. You’ll lose some but win some.

[FredClogs]

p1stonhead said:

bad company said:

g4ry13 said:

bad company said:

NRS said:

Another fun start to tomorrow it seems like!

So who reckons we will go through the 7000 floor tomorrow?

Could easily happen.

Very easily. This feels very much like the beginnings of 2007.

Well we didn’t drop through 7000, at least not yet.

More fun next week.

Anyone wanna take a play on SUK2? I don’t think I’m brave enough.

IIRC it goes up x2 as the FTSE falls.

I bought £2k of SUK2 first week in jan at just under 7700, target is 7000 or 20%, original target was to just see how it went. Not sure I'd buy it now though and its only proved to be a small hedge vs losses on my other shares and funds.

[guindilias]

Took a fairly large CFD on Nvidia at x10 leverage prior to their ER. Market opened, 50% profit taken in about 4 minutes, closed the position. Feeling very smug (and lucky!).

[83HP]

guindilias said:

Took a fairly large CFD on Nvidia at x10 leverage prior to their ER. Market opened, 50% profit taken in about 4 minutes, closed the position. Feeling very smug (and lucky!).

Must had big balls to do that, I have the CFD facility on my IG but don't have the knowledge or balls to try and use it I did try it once with a small amount of money on a short but it didn't last long and lost my £100 Seems IG won't let you shortsell without a CFD or spreadbet

[guindilias]

That's pretty much all I do - CFDs at x10 leverage, on promising looking stocks with earning calls coming up. Works well for me - most of the time!

[WindyCommon]

Forum favourite IQE has taken a bit of a battering at the hands of short sellers including Muddy Waters, who allege that the company is an “egregious accounting manipulator”: http://muddywatersresearch.com/research/iqe/mw-is-...

Also from ShaddowFall: https://www.shadowfall.com/iqe/#

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Edited by WindyCommon on Tuesday 13th February 08:32

[FredClogs]

I took my IQE profits around the iPhone x launch, it was very obviously heavily traded and all over the news, I suspected it was being pumped but very surprised at the news coming out since and the % of shorts being held. Maybe a good time.to get in again but not for.me, I'm feeling a little fragile at the moment.... It is a good company though, long term should be a great prospect.

[guindilias]

83HP said:

Must had big balls to do that, I have the CFD facility on my IG but don't have the knowledge or balls to try and use it I did try it once with a small amount of money on a short but it didn't last long and lost my £100 Seems IG won't let you shortsell without a CFD or spreadbet

AMAT are declaring earnings after the closing bell on NASDAQ today, should be a big one ( https://www.earningswhispers.com/stocks/amat - when 93% of analysts say it's a strong buy it's a pretty clear sign!) - I have a stack resting on it as a CFD at 5x leverage. Tomorrow at 2:30pm should be interesting... Might put some on BIDU as well today, they normally show a good return after earnings...

[Burwood]

83HP said:

guindilias said:

Took a fairly large CFD on Nvidia at x10 leverage prior to their ER. Market opened, 50% profit taken in about 4 minutes, closed the position. Feeling very smug (and lucky!).

Must had big balls to do that, I have the CFD facility on my IG but don't have the knowledge or balls to try and use it I did try it once with a small amount of money on a short but it didn't last long and lost my £100 Seems IG won't let you shortsell without a CFD or spreadbet

you can use CFDs with 1:1 leverage, i.e no leverage at all. Typically 1p per point. Underlying moves 1p, so does your contract.

[guindilias]

I know, that's the default choice - Etoro offers x1, x5, or x10 on CFDs - x10 is removed a day or two before the earnings call. I normally use x10, but was too late buying this time so had to go with x5. Still, hopefully it'll end well with AMAT!

[Burwood]

guindilias said:

I know, that's the default choice - Etoro offers x1, x5, or x10 on CFDs - x10 is removed a day or two before the earnings call. I normally use x10, but was too late buying this time so had to go with x5. Still, hopefully it'll end well with AMAT!

IG will let you do whatever you want if you post the margin. Amazon used to be 5,000 points (a $50 move. 50*100 cents/dollar) . So if you wanted USD10/point you would have to deposit 5,000*$10 (50k). As every dollar move is $1,000.

I can't imagine the number of margin calls last week when it dipped over 1k points.

[Countdown]

What do people think about Centrica or National Grid?