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  1. Hi, I have opened a demo spreadbet account with IG with a balance of £2000 to mirror how much i would actually have in a future live account I then wanted to risk 2% of my equity in a trade, so i selected a bet of £10 per point (the minimum allowed) with a stop loss of 4 points away (2% of balance = £40) . I know this is a very short stop in a volatile market but it is the only way i can stick to my risk per trade ratio. However i then was greeted with an error saying the stop must be at least 8 points from the current market price, which would mean a 4% risk of my balance (£80) Is there a reason for this please or am I doing something wrong? Thanks HL
  2. Hi, I have trawled through the forums and found an answer to this question from an admin over a year ago. Can I check please that this advice is still current? Many thanks H321
  3. Hi, I have worked out a couple of stock trading spread betting strategies I would like to try out, but it would be good to know how they have performed historically. I know IG itself doesn't offer a back testing solution, but could anyone advise on the web sites or software they use yourselves to do this please? I'd need the options inside it to ignore the times when my strategy wont be being used - i.e. i would like to run it only during the UK trading sessions times. Hope you can help? Thanks HL321
  4. Yes I'm having the same issue - looks like its a problem with the login aspect of the website
  5. Hi @AndaIG That's great, thanks so much for the clarification 😀 H123
  6. Hi, I'm looking to trade for real once I know the answer to the above, can anyone advise please? Thanks H123
  7. Hi @ArvinIG, thankyou for replying I was looking at taking a £2 per point spread bet on BP this morning where the opening price was 425.5p with a take profit at 440.5p. The closing price today was 426.5p In this instance please how much would it cost me per night to leave the spread bet open? Many thanks H123
  8. I have some EasyJet shares but with a long term outlook of 3 to 5 years ownership, so am hopeful the sector will have fully recovered by then
  9. Hi, sorry to bump this thread but does it really cost over a tenner please to leave a spread bet open overnight?
  10. Hi, I have been routed through to the IG platform via the Robbie Burns Spread Betting book. In his book he says the cost of a spread bet left overnight for 3 nights using DRP with IG is 'pennies' . However when I've looked at the costs per spread example on the IG website I have found the following: Admittedly Robbie's book was written in 2019, but have the costs of spread betting really gone up by that much? Cheers Hampshire123
  11. Hi, I was wondering please if the demo spread betting accounts are using leverage? The reason i ask is that I'm currently working out my risk strategy which involves me using a certain percentage of my capital per spread bet, and would like that same percentage to give me the same potential returns/losses on a live account. So for example, on a demo account if i place a £1 per point trade on BP to go up i know that if the price goes down by 5 points I'm going to lose £5 (without a stop loss being placed etc) With a live account though where leverage of 5:1 is applied to stock bets, does that mean that in effect I am going be losing £25 in that same scenario? Thanks HL
  12. Hi, apologies for another question but i'm looking to join up higher highs and higher lows etc on my chart, and the only way i can find to do this is by connecting them with individual trend lines. I then need to go into the settings of each trend line and turn off the 'extend right' function every time. I've searched everywhere but cant seem to find a tool that will allow me to just click on the HHs and LLs etc to give me a graphic indication of a trend (such as the below) Does one exist? Again, hope this isn't an ignorant question HL
  13. Hi @mark27 sorry yes, I'm trying a couple of demo accounts and copied the wrong screenshot in 🤪
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