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  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    A 'Stop Buy' order is one where you are looking for a share price to take off and to be on board as it rises, so it must always be placed above the current price. In the example where Barclays is currently 310, you would place a 'Stop Buy' or 'Buy on Stop' order at, say, 325.

    Obviously, a 'Stop Sell' order, commonly known as a 'Stop Loss' would be placed below the current price in order to exit a falling share.
  • Aegis
    Aegis Posts: 5,695 Forumite
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    I would think that "At Best" just means that they'll get the best available current price whether you're buying or selling. Of course, this is something all brokers have to do from what I've gathered, so it's not a huge selling point for anyone in particular.
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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    Biggles wrote: »
    A 'Stop Buy' order is one where you are looking for a share price to take off and to be on board as it rises, so it must always be placed above the current price. In the example where Barclays is currently 310, you would place a 'Stop Buy' or 'Buy on Stop' order at, say, 325.

    Obviously, a 'Stop Sell' order, commonly known as a 'Stop Loss' would be placed below the current price in order to exit a falling share.
    The name of such orders is determined by where they are placed relative to what you want them to do, and also the broker you are using, therefore you should fully familiarize yourself with your own brokers terms for such orders,.but in essence they are in pure mechanical terms the same.
    A "Buy stop" or a "Sell stop" is effectively in mechanical terms a "Buy MIT" or a "Sell MIT" and can be used to put you long on a pullback, or short on a bounce in the security, or long on a breakout or short on a breakdown, and is also commonly used as a stop loss on a short position or a stop loss on a long position respectively, the name of the order is simply derived form which purpose you are using it.

    You can find a list of all commonly used terms and their descriptions here, but as I've said you should familiarize yourself with the terms used by your specific broker.
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  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Aegis wrote: »
    I would think that "At Best" just means that they'll get the best available current price whether you're buying or selling. Of course, this is something all brokers have to do from what I've gathered, so it's not a huge selling point for anyone in particular.
    Yes, 'At Best' is, in fact, the way most people buy and sell shares, online or otherwise, though different terms may be used by different brokers. As you say, it's just 'buy (or sell) now at the current market price', though most decent brokers make an effort (or their software does) to improve on the quoted price.
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    edited 28 July 2009 at 10:22AM
    The best firm would let you see the bids and offers and pick or set your own?
    The quote Im given is usually quite crap, its best to see the spread from a couple of different brokers at the same time and you could pick out who is consistently giving the worst prices


    goto www.moneyam.com and it gives a demo of the full info on a share price under the section labelled level 2
  • carrasfe
    carrasfe Posts: 30 Forumite
    I have used up my cash ISA allowance and am looking to start to use up the other £3,600 in investment, I dont have enough in my bank at the moment to be able to do the whole amount in 1 go, I havent ever invested in anything before and was wondering if anyone had any advise about it before I go ahead and start doing something....
  • peterg1965
    peterg1965 Posts: 2,164 Forumite
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    Does anyone know where to find out when the FTSE 100/250 companies announce their trading figures (quarterly/full year etc)? I guess the dates must be announced in the future. Inchcape announced some (favourable) figures today (up 17%) so I guess it must have been known that this was the day the figures would be out.

    Thanks.
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/events/events.html?TYPE=COMPANY&FILTER=true&INDEX=1157060&TICKER=&EVENT=2&TIMEFRAME=14
    [CENTER][COLOR=Blue][B]Wed 29th July[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER]

[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=55503"]BG GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=415335"]LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LTD.[/URL] Q2 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48225"]RENISHAW[/URL] Full year 2008 Preliminary results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47391"]MORGAN CRUCIBLE[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=408223"]DIGNITY PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=140922"]EDINBURGH UK TR[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=52868"]SHIRE PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47089"]CADBURY PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=134556"]INCHCAPE PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=127014"]ST JAMES'S PLACE CAPITAL[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=136892"]RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC[/URL] Q2 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=136861"]RATHBONE BROS[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=110898"]BODYCOTE INTERNATIONAL PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47616"]GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC[/URL] Q2 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=270743"]INVESTEC PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Ex-dividend date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=136893"]RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=137102"]ROBERT WISEMAN[/URL] Full year 2008 Ex-dividend date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=150919"]DOMINO'S PIZZA UK & IRL[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48890"]MISYS PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Ex-dividend date - proposed
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[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=55114"]AQUARIUS PLATINUM LTD.[/URL] Q4 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=46999"]SMITH & NEPHEW PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=131644"]BRIT INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47597"]REXAM PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=131273"]BAE SYSTEMS PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=46987"]REED ELSEVIER PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=53295"]BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48616"]ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=136026"]NATIONAL EXPRESS[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=49783"]ASTRAZENECA PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=138160"]TRAVIS PERKINS PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=434277"]NOVAE GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=50513"]BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC[/URL] Full year 2009 Preliminary results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48279"]BT GROUP PLC[/URL] Q1 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=53889"]CENTRICA PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=270575"]BURBERRY GROUP PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed

[B]Other[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=52171"]ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC[/URL] Q2 2009 Results(NL)
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[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=141727"]RANDGOLD RES[/URL] Q2 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=51623"]RANK GROUP[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=113623"]KELLER GROUP[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=468603"]UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA LTD.[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48701"]RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48554"]BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC[/URL] Q1 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=141021"]LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=50601"]JARDINE LLOYD[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=126398"]RPS GROUP[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=53952"]ANGLO AMERICAN PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=131202"]ALLIANCE TRUST PLC[/URL] Q1 2009 Dividend payment date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=131202"]ALLIANCE TRUST PLC[/URL] Special dividend payment date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48982"]SEVERN TRENT PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=134355"]AVEVA GROUP PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=132763"]DE LA RUE PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=133389"]FLEMING MERCANTILE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC[/URL] Q1 2009 Dividend payment date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47204"]TATE & LYLE PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date - proposed
  • mzqa395
    mzqa395 Posts: 376 Forumite
    http://www.sogotrade.com/?utm_source=seekingalpha&utm_medium=seekingalpha-300600-lessmeansmore&utm_campaign=seekingalpha-300600-lessmeansmore

    For those who interested trading us stock. C omission are high in UK. Only $3 in US.
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    [CENTER][COLOR=Blue][B]Tue 11th August[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER]

[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=49163"]INTERNATIONAL POWER PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=400879"]INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=256650"]FRIENDS PROVIDENT GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results

[CENTER][COLOR=Blue][B]Wed 12th August[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER]

[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47252"]BALFOUR BEATTY PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=48690"]BHP BILLITON PLC[/URL] Full year 2009 Preliminary results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=432962"]STANDARD LIFE PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=134063"]HAMMERSON PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47536"]STANDARD CHARTERED PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=46980"]PRUDENTIAL PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=142968"]PENNON GROUP PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Ex-dividend date - proposed
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47902"]THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=46831"]BP P.L.C.[/URL] Q2 2009 Ex-dividend date
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=53848"]RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Ex-dividend date

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[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47018"]BRITISH LAND CO. PLC[/URL] Q1 2009 Results
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=46980"]PRUDENTIAL PLC[/URL] Interim 2009 Results

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[B]UK[/B]
[URL="http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_COMPANY=47018"]BRITISH LAND CO. PLC[/URL] Full year 2008 Dividend payment date

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