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- lddd replied 6 hr ago
Good answer. Thank you! Yes, will stick to my little plan for now. Maybe trading a few more stock indices could help too.
- lddd replied 6 hr ago
Here‘s what ICM answered to me about the dividend adjustments. I asked them why they only show a 3,4 Points gap on the latest ftse figure that came out at 20.80.
- lddd replied 8 hr ago
What’s the advantage of doing 3-4 scalps instead of placing a second core position or simply increase the initial position and let the market do the work? Just because you „scalp“ you aren’t suddenly immune against price going the other way. It’s ...
- lddd replied 10 hr ago
Yes with IG anyway due to the high margin requirements. I can forget it. I have no idea how/if this can be traded with the other brokers. See my previous post. No idea anymore.
- lddd replied 10 hr ago
Thanks. Here is a direct comparison to yesterday's Dividend Adjustment on FTSE with some of my broker accounts. IG seems to be the most accurate to match what they published in advance with what actually happened. The all differ greatly. IC Markets ...
- lddd replied 15 hr ago
Thank you. Very good information. My IG Daily Chart also seems to go back to November 6, 1990. That probably won't be necessary. The last 10 years would be nice to know. I could imagine that a fixed stop in size of the dividend adjustment makes ...
- lddd replied 16 hr ago
Yeah right. I'm already testing this live. Currently at 2% risk per trade. 1% for the first buy position before the gap and an additional 1% for the 2nd. The size of the gap is used as a stop, and the gap is closed as the goal. Which then ...
- lddd replied 16 hr ago
Awesome. Thanks, I'll test that out. No idea about grid trading though. So the grid makes small, segmented trades instead of placing one larger order? Based on the last FTSE trade from yesterday, could you say which broker you are using and the ...
- lddd replied 17 hr ago
For semi-automated trading of the dividend trade you can also use the following MT4 EA. This means that orders can at least be set in advance based on time. I already tested it yesterday and it works well, provided you have a low latency. file
- lddd replied 17 hr ago
Might be useful for backtesting. I started to compiling the numbers for he ex-dividend figures published by IG. They start on June 11, 2018. So 5,9 years. I'll be happy to publish the Excel spreadsheet when I'm finished. Unfortunately, this is quite ...
- lddd replied 17 hr ago
Gap closed at 01:00 GMT+1. Unfortunately, I forgot to close one buy position. image
- lddd replied 17 hr ago
Gap closed but forgot to set TP on the second long position and it now moved back south. It's striking how this large candle filled the gap at exactly 01:00 GMT+1. Is there anything special about that time? image
- lddd replied 30 hr ago
Just like life.
- lddd replied 31 hr ago
image Bought @ 8423.6. The recent low is 8413.1. Spread was 2 Points. So -12,5 Points temporary drawdown (so far). Going to place a stop at -20 Points again. Makes it a 1:1 RR with TP +20 at.
- lddd replied 35 hr ago
Let's see this time. image
- lddd replied 36 hr ago
Maybe that explains why there was a much smaller gap with other brokers. I haven’t bought before 4:30 so i didn’t receive a dividend. You actually don’t get paid any dividend at all, it‘s just a cashflow adjustment to your P&L. It’s not like ...
- lddd replied May 13, 2024
Is that your big role model? Why doesn't that surprise me? Napoleon Hill didn't get rich by positive thinking, he was a con artist selling books. He even got sued multiple times for ripping people off. Unfortunately, the world is full of ...
- lddd replied May 13, 2024
Well, I can scroll back to May 15th 2023 on IG. So a year. With one signal per week, that's about 52 per year. Not every dividend adjustment seems to be worth even being valid as a signal (e.g. too few points). This means that you hardly get enough ...
- lddd replied May 13, 2024
Yes I know. As I said, I haven't been able to collect any meaningful data so far. Otherwise, of course, what you say makes sense and I basically see it the same way. It would also be interesting to look at other stock indices, not just FTSE. You ...
- lddd replied May 13, 2024
Yes. As I said, I haven't found a data provider for such a backtest yet, but I'm working on it. This morning I opened two accounts with two other brokers where the conditions are better in terms of lower spreads and margin requirements. One of them ...