New To Shares - Small Investment - Which Company?

Hi All,

Firstly, I'm new to the forum... and new to buying shares.

I've been doing a lot of research over the weeks, and would like to start off relatively small - approximately £100 a month for the first 6 - 12 months before dipping more into savings and increasing my ability to buy in more shares.

I'm not looking to buy/sell daily, clearly I don't have the capital, but this is more of a long term thing for me, to see what happens over the next 5 years minimum.

However, I've been reading through this website, and others (such as ADVFN, Fool, II) and whilst they suggest brokers to use, they charge monthly fees as well as rather expensive per trade fees (approximately £12 - 20).

These sort of sites seem geared toward those with a portfolio of £10k++

Can you recommend any sites that are more geared toward a new, small investor, such as myself.

Also, would you recommend starting on virtual trading account such as Virtualtrader.co.uk ?

Any advice or a push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Amnesia

New To Shares - Small Investment - Which Company?

Trading Sell off in SPX

Hi,

Trying to construct a strategy to trade sell off / corrections in the SPX / SPY.

Say SP is at 2000, after a 100 point sell off from 2100. And you go long

You could purchase a Call Option for say 50 delta 0.50

SP moves down to 1990, option then worth $45. Sell the option back, and take the $5 loss

You could then also short the SPX so that the $5 is got back. And if the SPX goes high enough, can exercise and make back premium and the short SPX loss, with profit over all.


Any other combinations or suggestions much appreciated.

THanks

Trading Sell off in SPX

Dragon Expert Advisor 97%++ per month

Hi,

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Option Historical data

Hey Guys ,

I haven't made any post to the forum for a while .

Could someone help me out please ?

Where can I find daily historical data exactly like this ..

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Option Historical data

Article: An Introduction to Ichimoku Charts in Forex Trading

We've just published a new T2W article called "An Introduction to Ichimoku Charts in Forex Trading " by Richard Lee.

Quick Summary: Richard Lee describes the component parts of Ichimoku charts and how they can be used for improved forex trading decisions.

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Article: An Introduction to Ichimoku Charts in Forex Trading

McDonald's wants to capture Asia

Yesterday the CEO of fast food chain McDonald's, Steve Easterbrook said that the company plans in the next five years to open 1.5 thousand new restaurants in China, Hong Kong and South Korea. If these plans are implemented, the number of McDonald's establishments in these countries will grow by 54% - from the current 2.8 thousand to 4.3 thousand. Now the share of McDonald's establishments in these countries is 7.8% of the entire network.

One of the goals of McDonald's - to make the Chinese market is the second largest, it is now ranked third after the US and Japan. Earlier, the corporation has already reported that during 2016 it plans to open 250 new restaurants in China. Now China is working 2.2 thousand McDonald's restaurants. According to the plan the number is expected to grow by 1.3 thousand. According to Mr. Easterbrook, McDonald's relies on the fact that the growth of China's population and the level of urbanization will increase the sales, despite the slowdown in the Chinese economy. McDonald's, along with the bank Morgan Stanley is looking for local partners who could take part in the expansion of the network. McDonald's is going to open these institutions under a franchise agreement, the corporation hopes to translate this scheme all of its Chinese restaurants.

One of the main competitors McDonald's in the Chinese market is the company Yum Brands, which owns such fast food restaurants like KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Starbucks plans to open 500 new restaurants in China in next five years. In 2014, McDonald's along with KFC was at the center of the scandal - the Chinese authorities have launched an investigation in connection with the advent of the information that a network of fast food can be used expired meat. It turned out that one of the suppliers of the companies - Shanghai Husi Food - changed the expiration dates on the packaging of the goods. After the scandal McDonald's sales in China decreased. Serious competition to Western fast food networks are local players. According to the McKinsey consulting company, in a survey of 10 thousand Chinese consumers found that only 51% of them used the Western fast food in 2015, in 2012 this figure was higher - 67%. According to forecasts of the research to Euromonitor, sales of fast food in China to exceed $1 trillion in 2018, they exceeded $800 billion in 2015.

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McDonald's wants to capture Asia

iGaming Stocks in UK

Hi,

I have been investing in iGaming stocks in Sweden for about 10 years and are looking to invest in some UK iGaming companies (casino, sports, poker).

Do you where I can find some good article or text about all iGaming companies in UK? That would help me to do a first round of filtering before choosing 2-3 companies to dig deeper into.

Thanks

iGaming Stocks in UK