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10 hours ago, Treehouseman said:
But if a spread bet doesn't actually require owning the underlying asset that you bet on why is it still not always possible to short sell certain AIM stocks via spread bets? Is the reason simply that unborrowable stocks are too risky to allow spread bets? Thanks to anyone who can shine some light on this!
At it's most basic level (with a caveat that this is an indicator for educational purposes and there are more complexities such as internal risk limits etc) if you were to short £1/pt of a UK listed company, and you were the only one who was looking to short that company on the IG platform, IG would look to go to market to short 100 shares in that company and hedge your position.
IG offer you the opportunity to not own the underlying shares, however we do not bet against you and therefore would hedge your trade in the underlying market.
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I guess the most simple answer could be the reason here (as this isn't expected behavior and we haven't had other reports of this) but are you logged in to the same account on both devices?
Can you check but making sure these two locations marry up? (MyIG on desktop and account number on mobile).
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great thanks for the context - we'll reach out to the team behind it and let you know as soon as we have an answer.
If there are others who are using this feature and it's causing MT4 to crash - please let me know by commenting on this thread.
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Is this in relation to the following? Assume ASX?
In it's simplest form, your open position would be exactly the same amount up - i.e. £180 better off.
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Hey casey - I've passed this on to @TimP who is reaching out directly to those who own the plugin. I don't think we've had other reports outside this thread so it does seem a strange one and not related to MT4 specifically.
I imagine I know the answer, but would you like a call RE: basic troubleshooting on MT4?
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Below gives a snapshot answer to recession worries.
Due to the recent trade war events, Goldman now estimates a cumulative drag on GDP of 0.6%, including a 0.2% drag from the latest escalation. You can also read more about Goldman Sachs slashing US GDP growth forecast as US-China trade war continues here.
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Hey folks - let me get our Trading Services IT team on this. Apologies the thread slipped past this morning.
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Hey all - please note that we have just released H-A candles.
More information on our new Heikin Ashi candles in the following two links
Community: https://community.ig.com/blogs/entry/571-heikin-ashi-candles-on-ig-charts/
IG.com: https://www.ig.com/uk/trading-strategies/what-are-heikin-ashi-candlesticks-190807 -
Hey all - please note that we have just released H-A candles.
More information on our new Heikin Ashi candles in the following two links
Community: https://community.ig.com/blogs/entry/571-heikin-ashi-candles-on-ig-charts/
IG.com: https://www.ig.com/uk/trading-strategies/what-are-heikin-ashi-candlesticks-190807-
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More information on our new Heikin Ashi candles in the following two links
Community: https://community.ig.com/blogs/entry/571-heikin-ashi-candles-on-ig-charts/
IG.com: https://www.ig.com/uk/trading-strategies/what-are-heikin-ashi-candlesticks-190807 -
51 minutes ago, GavinB said:
@NH2017 / @VinY / @FFS_Daytrader / @FiXXXeR,
Just noticed Heikin-Ashi is now on the web platform!
Beat me to the notification!
I will be updating all those who have queried this tomorrow - both on and off Community.
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Sorry this one slipped by - I don't believe this is on the roadmap, but I'll certainly feed it back to our developers.
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Unfortunately this isn't possible, however I'll add your request to our client list to contact once DRIP is available.
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Yes, to confirm @dacarys - you only need to be holding the stock over the ex date. We'll note it in the back end, and forward you the funds as soon as we've received it from our prime broker. As you said, this is usually a day or so after the payment date.
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Please see this post for more info
...and for convenience
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15 hours ago, Ukeno said:
Ah fair enough - Thanks for clarifying
No problem @Ukeno - perfectly valid question so thanks for asking.
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But that's what I'm saying - the reason why this was printed was because it was a direct reflection of the underlying market in the December futures contract at that time.
See below. DXZ9 is the contract (DXY) with Z9 referring to December 19. You can see the bid blew out to 97.850 and then even lower at 96.710 which would have had an impact on the blended spot price on IG.
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Hey - DXY futures are avaliable on the platform using the 'forward' option at the top. On the futures side of things you can see that there wasn't a spike.
On the spot market, which will be a blend of 2 futures contracts (more here https://www.ig.com/uk/commodities) you can see there was a spike. In this specific instance the spike down was because
- it was a period of high vol over the BoE interest rate decision
- the December future, due to liquidity factors, doesn't tick as smoothly. Whilst this price is therefore valid on the spot blend, it does seem to have experienced a gap.
I don't believe you have an open position in this market or a working order, so I hope the above explains how this was printed on the charts. In the future you may want to consider the 'futures' market if you are trading US Dollar Basket.
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Please make sure you are looking at the corresponding bid / ask price.
Just checked this and on EURNZD at the time of the trade (32 mins past the hour- N.B. my time shows 14.32 whilst your shows 17.32 due to time differences) you can see the highest price was 1.68762. You can also see that the market continued to move against you after this time breaking well into 1.68780
I hope this resolves your query.
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Hey folks - just looked into this. CTC statements (which are specifically for UK share dealing accounts) were sent out on the 24th of July. I believe this would have resolved your query @Funchap as it was 2 days after your post.
@GTRAIN - I can see you are an Australian resident. CTC wouldn't apply to you. I therefore assume you are referring to a regular tax statement? These aren't automatically generated, but I have spoken to someone in our trading services team who will be sending you one today. If this isn't what you were referring to, please reply to the email we send you outlining specifically what it is you are after.
All the best.
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Yes - we'll certainly be fixing, however I don't know expected date. We won't be turning this off that's for sure.
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Unfortunately there is no other location for this, however generally speaking these numbers stay the same day on day (granted unless interest rates change).
You can always give us a call to get an indication of the swap rates for specific crosses, however this is the only other method.
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Hey all - apologies on the delay here. Let me find out whats going on and the expected send date.
I will be updating all those who have queried this tomorrow - both on and off Community.
Why might demo open positions and orders on the mobile app not be visible on my desktop?
in IG Technical Support - Platform and App Help
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thanks for the update @who - I'll certainly flag the demo account for a passive review just to make sure there isn't an underlying issue.
All the best, and always feel free to reach out if something isn't performing as expected.