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yes, brexit schmexit, the usual discourtesy towards other's opinions, the gold bar is the one you've been holding since the beginning of 2016 which is how long I've been laughing for. anyway.

That's always your view, has been for years, but the market just keeps ignoring you 😆

Ftse is normally quite tame but the brexit uncertainty is causing a lot of whipsawing on the market open, might be better to let that period pass before jumping in. Indicators can't keep up as new orders are processed and new volume is just dumped on the market.

yes, but somewhat erratic and 'all or nothing', though they were very erratic times. Looks like the 'curve' of someone who might have some kind of bipolar disorder and was certainly enough to make him want to put a gun to his head.

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Dax perched on the pivot and looking higher, Dow in a similar position. A push up on the European open this morning but may see a check of support on the London open before attempt to check yesterday's highs. H1 charts;

Dax and Dow push up through recent high resistance, ASX is up but Ftse still suffering the vagaries of Brexit and the ping pong pound. Saw a large poll yesterday that showed that the majority now believe in a no deal US/China trade dispute (as opposed to a deal this year or next or the year after that). Time to move on? (see bottom chart)

Indices had a strong up day yesterday while USD was down to test support, US treasuries were down as was Gold and Oil. UK CPI at 9:30, EU CPI at 10am, US retail sales at 1:30pm.

yeah that was my point, you don't need an indicator to see the auction is over and price is moving on, other than a price chart obviously, and that's why they ALL look at a chart, so therefore all must be 'chartists'.

no, Livermore's EC is trading history recorded by the stock market. 'we' haven't learnt anything because the market is the only honest thing out there. that's because it's just a reflection of everything that can influence it. I converse with day traders all day every day and have done for years, have tried to on this forum but usually on here it's a stream of new guy's looking for a short cut to the holy grail. I am thinking the real issue is people must have their 'opinions', everyone looks at a chart and they twist it with their favourite indicators or apply their favourite chart pattern with no comprehension the market just doesn't give a ****. People can't take that, once founded they hold their 'opinions' like it was a bar of gold and the market repeatedly just makes a mockery of them over and over again til they simply can't stand it no longer. 'Opinions' are meaningless, the market moves, it doesn't matter what time frame it's all the same. Once an auction at a particular price level has been completed price will move onto the next auction. You don't need opinions, you just need to see and say, oh, price has finished with this level time to jump onboard and hitch a ride to the next level. that's it really.

Dax and Dow spiking up. M30 charts;

As noted in yesterday's morning post, watchers are turning to emerging markets as a leading indicator for the next move. TopdownCharts "EEM is up to its declining tops line, and ahead of the SP500 getting to its equivalent line. This could be the start of EEM leading the way higher. When the two have a disagreement or divergence, EEM usually ends up being right about where both are headed." Tom McClellen

Hi, have you looked in your 'My IG' > Live Accounts > History > Custom (see pic below)

US earnings calendar for this week.

Dow pauses at R1 and Dax settles mid way between R1 and R2. Both looking for further continuation to the up side. M30 charts;

Indices had a bit of a set back yesterday when the Chinese announced after arriving home from the trade talks that they had changed their mind and decided not to sign the partial agreement til after more talks. Dax is not hanging around and is up 60 points this morning with the monthly chart resistance level dead ahead. Ftse still plagued by Brexit uncertainty. Daily charts;

Indices climbing, Oil up and USD looking for support, Bonds trying to bounce off support and Gold up yesterday within a triangle. China trade numbers down. EU indy production figures at 10am.

The share dealing platform is due for upgrade to HTML (same as the cfd new platform) in the new year. The new cfd platform knows whether it's a stop or limit order by comparing the current price and the order level and if you are buying or selling. On the share dealing platform you are either buying shares or selling shares you already own. Some exchanges are not allowed to offer stop loss orders but a stop loss is just a pending order for an equal and amount in the opposite direction at the appropriate price level.

Hi, which platform are you using? If it's the web based leveraged account platform you enter the level on the order ticket and press buy or sell, the platform knows if it's a stop or a limit order.

you can only add or delete from a watchlist you have created yourself, from the watchlist tab click on 'create watchlist' >see pic

Why can't you use it? Have you received the login and password emails from IG?

Live account log in and password are sent by 2 emails from IG but the demo creates a new one for you when you open a demo account. Open mt4 and in 'File' > 'Open an account' click on the IG demo server to highlight and then 'Next' and follow instructions.

Institutions are watching the charts too so rather than chasing price to fill a massive order they will drip feed it over time so allowing price to fall back towards their buy/sell level. It may take them weeks to completely fill their order.

Missed this on Friday, a IG interview with Market Wizard's Jack Schwager on current markets.

Could turn out that way but difficult to know with any degree of certainty how the trade talks will pan out, seems to be real progress this time round. Retail have been increasingly short all week as price has continued to rise.