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no futures on the index yes but I was thinking of Aurora as was mentioned by the poster above.

There are threads on which is more cost effective, spot (DFB) or Futures (Forwards) which have a larger spread but no overnight interest fees, but can't seem to find the one I'm looking for. As I recall basically if you are looking to hold longer than 1-2 weeks then the futures is cheaper but less than that then the spot is cheaper. see this recent thread to find the futures/forwards charts.

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Dow attempted to push higher and lower yesterday but supported at 28768 and capped at the recent and all time high. The deal signing today may provide a spur. Not much on the calendar other than the continued bank earnings and US PPI. Dax and Fstse waiting on S&P and Dow to move.

Overnight Indices down but recovering a little this morning, Bonds up, USD and Crypto down. UK PPI and CPI data at 9:30am. US PPI at 1:30pm. US/China phase 1 deal signing 4pm.

Steve Place @stevenplace 16h "The Nasdaq Composite is currently 36% above its 200 week moving average. At the 2000 peak, it was 150% above This market is not like the Dot Com bubble."

If accessing from the Academy section there should be a clock confirming current local time with the webinar times referenced to that, see pic below.

This has just turned up an looks to be an extract from a new biography of Nav Sarao. Those about around 2015 will remember he was the Brit who was extradited to the US on market spoofing charges and said to have caused a major global flash crash. He served time and payed a massive fine but also while inside was swindled out of his complete trading earnings of $50 million (if memory serves). The extract covers his early days day trading the US markets at Futex (UK company). (google 'nav sarao' for more).

er ... what hindsight; make a plan, stick to the plan rather than this up, no down, up no hold, no down, no up ... rpt ad nauseam. 🙄

Banks this week;

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Just looking at the roller coaster ride of the posts above, one simple plan would have been easier 😃

The alternative is to pay the higher spread for a Forwards contract but avoid the overnight fees, see pic below.

We have looked before at the open interest in Indices still being on the low side, here is another look from a different angle. h/t to themarketear.

China delegation is in Washington to sign phase 1, will they do another runner at the last minute? 😂 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/13/china-energy-manufactured-goods-trade-deal-098343 US and Dax poised at the highs and Ftse spying the monthly chart resistance level (purple). UK poor GDP data yesterday but they will all follow the US indices higher if the US economy looks set for another boom.

Overnight Indices up, Bonds and Gold down, Oil flat. US CPI at 1:30pm. IG client sentiment chart.

S&P homing in on the all time high again. Daily chart;

Also check this thread;

I've seen a few so will have a think, off the top of my head could try this one; https://www.teletrader.com/screener/full

GOOD, glad to hear it.

5 trading strategies from Tradeciety, It's new, published just a few days ago, I've not seen this yet but these guys are pretty good so likely worth a watch.

for most beginners yes, but often they come back with a new approach, eventually most with adopted a rules based strategy that testing shows has a positive expectancy but we've gone over this again and again. Others just keep dancing around in circles expecting to just pick it up some how but I've never heard of that working.

yes for you it is, we get that.

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same question over and over so I'll give the same answer over again. When you say 'buy and hold' you are meaning investing not trading but you don't have the capital to earn a living from investing. So trading is difficult and you can't do it so you really want someone to do it for you but still no takers it seems, maybe more goading will do it? I did write the 'how to build a system' piece in the 'Trade Planning and Testing' thread because you keep on so but even just reading that was too difficult it seems. 🛌