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montmorency
(Abingdon, United Kingdom)
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montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 25, 2010 22:30
Also, do we think Governor King will be talking the pound up, down, or neutrally?
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 25, 2010 22:26
@Ashraf: Do you expect the IFO report(s) to have much effect on EUR/USD?


What might the probability be that cable will spike much above 1.63 in the event of better than expected UK GDP?

Thanks.
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 25, 2010 16:59
@Pipped: Here is some more anti-Goldman fuel, if you need it ...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-18/what-wall-street-really-fears/

montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 24, 2010 3:03
"cras" is simply Latin for "tomorrow" - c.f. "pro-cras-stination - putting off till tomorrow what should be done today :-) (This is my favourite hobby, however).



@Pablo: How is life in Bolivia? South America's highest country?

Anyway, buena suerte!


Seriously, I could use a little analysis re: Cable.

montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 23, 2010 23:22
I thought for a moment that Said was making a reference to Severus Snape from Harry Potter ...

"Chartus cras!" ("tomorrow's chart"...). I could use a little magic help.



Cable: Well, IF cable should tumble, from a purely technical point of view (and the older I get, the less I believe in TA, but be that as it may...), I could possibly see ~1.5900, 1.5830, 1.5700,
then (whisper who dare...): 1.5300.

(timescale, several weeks).

But this is very tentative, and is NOT a recommendation to trade (needless to say, really).

Trade safe; stops in; emotions out; money management in.


No magic was used, and no animals were harmed in the making of this call.
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 22, 2010 20:16
@PippedOff: You should write scripts for soap-operas mate :-)
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 22, 2010 20:10
Rkkashmir: Not sure what country you are in. Spread-Betting is a relatively low-entry-level cost, high-leverage way of doing it in the UK and some other mainland European countries. Not available in the USA, and probably not outside Europe though (but I may be wrong). Not everyone in the trading world approves of spread-betting, but I know some professional traders who use it exclusively. It's the only way I have ever traded (not that that in itself is any kind of recommendation.......I am still relatively new at this business, which is, by the way, much tougher than it appears at the outset, which is why we need all the help we can get, and why Ashraf plays such a unique part.
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 22, 2010 20:02
In Thread: CADJPY Redux
@Peter: Ashraf may have temporarily forgotten, or is perhaps to modest, to mention his workbook:
http://www.ashraflaidi.com/products/wb01/

(if you don't already have it; this is an additional purchase, complementary to the hardback).


@Ashraf: Would be good if you made this link more prominent? Hope you don't mind my suggesting this. I know you have mentioned it several times in the "book" thread.

montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 22, 2010 19:52
In Thread: CADJPY Redux
@Ashraf: You are politeness itself. A lesson to us all.
montmorency
Abingdon, UK
Posts: 610
14 years ago
Jan 22, 2010 19:48
@Rkkashmir: Yes, pretty cool analysis on CNBC. Ashraf sets the bar high for others to try to follow.


Leverage? Thought you were a low-leverage kind of guy :-) (Maybe I am confusing you with someone else in this respect). It's certainly a 2-edged weapon, as we all find out, sooner or later. My 2nd full year of trading, and I am still tempted to over-leverage, and overtrade, both potentially fatal mistakes.
I can see why even successful traders (more successful than me) "blow up" all the time.