Official Hitchin Town FC Financial Spread Betting Thread

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:

 

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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