As the blog doesn't let me add pictures and the ones I've added as links no longer open for some reason, I've decided to put the whole lot here. Original blog: http://www.not606.com/entry.php/10434-Financial-Spread-Betting DISCLAIMER: Do not copy my trades. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm a f**ing idiot who has been lucky of late. It will all go horribly wrong. When I got the clap from Tina:
Week ending 29th August Made £100 from one trade but the buggers nibbled £27 off me in dividend adjustments. Closed orders FTSE long (£1pp) @ 6800 for £100.00 Opened new orders None (markets not quite reaching my targets) Still got open US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Aussie short (£1pp) @ 5650.5 Frog long (£1pp) @ 4400 Open trades floating P/L -£84.70 Updated chart
Week ending 5th September Balance - £1638.45 Profit - £121.30 less dividend adjustments/financing = £104.51 Closed orders Aussie short (£1pp) @ 5575 for £75.50 profit Frog long (£1pp) @ 4445.6 for £45.80 profit Opened new orders Swiss short (£1pp) @ 8783 FTSE short (£2pp) @ 6860.2 Still got open US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Open trades floating P/L -£166.30 Updated chart
Week ending 12th September Balance - £1634.87 Profit - minus about 4 quid in dividend adjustments, no trades closed, still waiting for a significant drop Closed orders N/A Opened new orders N/A Still got open Swiss short (£1pp) @ 8783 FTSE short (£2pp) @ 6860.2 US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Open trades floating P/L +£36.00
Week ending 19th September Balance - £1607.25 Profit - minus about 27 quid in dividend adjustments and financing, no trades closed. Disobeyed the golden rule* and opened a long on £/$ early Friday morning having seen that the NO votes had won. It fell all day long and is now £204 underwater. *Never try to predict the markets based on the news, follow the charts. Closed orders N/A Opened new orders GBP/USD (£100/cent) @ 1.64917 Aussie long (£1pp) @ 5375 DOW short (£1pp) @ 17195 Still got open Swiss short (£1pp) @ 8783 FTSE short (£2pp) @ 6860.2 US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Open trades floating P/L -£356.90
Week ending 26th September Balance - £2103.23 Profit - £495.98 (£510 from trades less adjustments) Best week yet for me, nice big drops on the markets closed out my FTSE and DOW orders. Still got that non-system GBP/USD order open at -£245.50, wish I hadn't have opened that. Closed orders FTSE short (£2pp) @ 6700 for £320.40 profit DOW short (£1pp) @ 17005 for £190.00 profit Opened new orders None Still got open GBP/USD (£100/cent) @ 1.64917 Aussie long (£1pp) @ 5375 Swiss short (£1pp) @ 8783 US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Open trades floating P/L -£383.80 Updated Chart
Week ending 3rd October Balance - £2190.99 Profit - £87.76 (£100.50 from trades less adjustments) Closed one trade for £100. Still got that non-system GBP/USD order open at -£519.70, really wish I hadn't have opened that. Closed orders Swiss short (£1pp) @ 8682.5 for £100.50 profit Opened new orders FTSE long (£1pp) @ 6555 US Small Cap long (£2pp) @ 1100 Still got open GBP/USD long (£100/cent) @ 1.64917 Aussie long (£1pp) @ 5375 US Tech short (£1pp) @ 4000.1 Open trades floating P/L -£609.60 Updated Chart
Week ending 10th October Balance - £2318.43 Profit - £127.44 Closed my last remaining short for £133.30 profit, got 6 buys open and a huge floating loss, might get busted this coming week if markets continue to fall, probably bail out if they do, am hoping the asian markets open tonight with a positive mood. Closed orders US Tech short (£1pp) @ 3866.8 for £133.30 profit Opened new orders Frog long (£1pp) @ 4114.8 WTI Crude Oil long (£100pp) @ 87.64 Still got open FTSE long (£1pp) @ 6555 US Small Cap long (£2pp) @ 1100 GBP/USD long (£100/cent) @ 1.64917 Aussie long (£1pp) @ 5375 Open trades floating P/L -£1288.10