is anyone here shorting anything ?

blinko

is anyone here shorting anything ?

p.s fab day for the FTSE and markets except India

ed123_2

....I'm shortening my trousers

malik999

I sold some british airways today (bay@253). SLW i mentioned a few weeks ago is doing really well its up another 40% since then

Loughton_Monkey

blinko wrote: »

is anyone here shorting anything ?

p.s fab day for the FTSE and markets except India

Ha!

Hell of a co-incidence, because I did short something today. I have a trivial (but fun) CFD account. As you alluded to, FTSE did well and I got up to three (£1 a time) positions on it. Having sold out two, and banked about £125 profit, I left the remaining one on in case I could squeeze a few more shillings out.

Sure enough, another £15 profit - well after the close - and on the back of Dow still going up.

So I hit the button to sell it, bank the profit, and go and have a large G&T.

Idiot that I am, my order sheet was still set at £2, so I not only closed my £1 long, but opened another £1 short!!!

Bigger idiot that I am, I took a few minutes to analyse what I had done, and then closed it out at a £3 loss; Only to notice that had I left it and come back after my G&T, I could have made another £10 on the short!

Ain't life a b!tch sometimes?

sabretoothtigger

Im net long overall but I do have a couple shorts, I keep expecting them to do better then they have done but they keep getting shorter At this rate I will be forced to agree gordon brown eliminated boom and bust,

India mostly closes before ftse so will rally in time for your breakfast most likely. FTSE on weds afternoon will go with the usa market which probably wont go up so well two days in a row. 1161 and 5660 are the numbers to beat tommorow

I think HSBC has another 12p leeway before it either has to surge up or more likely fall again like it has since 2006. HSBC is 8.6% of the ftse 100

Loughton_Monkey

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

India mostly closes before ftse so will rally in time for your breakfast most likely. FTSE on weds afternoon will go with the usa market which probably wont go up so well two days in a row. 1161 and 5660 are the numbers to beat tommorow

Probably right, Sabretooth.

But watch for Euro-Zone GDP at 10:00, and the US Employment figures at 1:15.

After a brilliant September, I'm getting rather ill-at-ease, wondering if there's another shoe to drop between now and year end. Any views?

PS I don't think Gordon did quite eliminate boom and bust. You may be confusing what he definitely did do - save the world!

blinko

im lookinh to get exposure to food prices, i think they will rise in the short term, anyone got any ideas im aware its a tough one


well sept was a bumper month so i cant see how it can continue, if october is another good month i will probably withdrawl and hold on the sidelines for Nov and Dec i simply wouldnt trust it haha

Rollinghome

blinko wrote: »

im lookinh to get exposure to food prices, i think they will rise in the short term, anyone got any ideas im aware its a tough one

I've got a whole cupboard full of baked beans which has so far paid off nicely though not without some risk to the ozone layer.

turbobob

:rotfl: @ Rollinghome

In all seriousness have a look at ETFS commodity funds -

http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/securities/etfs_securities.asp

blinko

turbobob wrote: »

:rotfl: @ Rollinghome

In all seriousness have a look at ETFS commodity funds -

http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/securities/etfs_securities.asp

lol i wouldnt touch yuo beans with a barge haha

thanks buddy

i actually put my last 3k in natural resources to ride that boom for now wil re evalutate in a couple of months time when it will not doubt come crashing down lol

getzegold

hope you guys got your eyes on that 3rd nov QE2 FOMC meet. 'The biggest Sell the News Event in the History of the stockmarkets' as described at zerohedge.