Stocks & Shares & that

[niko_cee]

I could definitely go for a ton into Baz Scrape Technologies, see how it benchmarks against Mellinvest Inc.

[Ben]

What platform do you fellas use for Australian shares?

[Lofty]

I like my beer cold, my tv loud and my free money bots Brummie.

[Baz]

Just sent the bot to all who requested it.



I've made £233 in 9 days.

[Pen]

Don’t know if this true in a larger scale, but it seems to me that my shares tend to go up earlier in the week and always come down a bit on Fridays. Has anyone noticed similar things? And if so, is it some well known thing everyone knows and there’s a reason for it.

[Pepe]

Buy on Friday, sell on Monday, see you in the yacht club.

[Pen]

I knew it was easy. Thank you for cracking the market for me 👍

[Pen]

Although with the amounts I invest I might need to tag along in a rowboat.

[Spikey M]

Don’t know if this true in a larger scale, but it seems to me that my shares tend to go up earlier in the week and always come down a bit on Fridays. Has anyone noticed similar things? And if so, is it some well known thing everyone knows and there’s a reason for it.

I think it's because day / swing traders don't generally leave their money in the market over the weekend, so there's always a sell off at the end of the week.

[Pen]

Thanks. Got a similar reply from somewhere else too, so going to assume it’s that.

[Foe]

Finally started doing something with this.

Sold about £7k worth of my companies shares, and currently got some in Smith and Nephew, Rolls Royce () and Legal and General.

Did have some persimmon for about a week but binned them for a 5% gain after realising I’d missed the dividend.

My shares are worth less than what I paid for them.

Winning is losing, right?

[Spikey M]

I've just been talking to one of my friends that is absolutely convinced that Crypto and NFT's are the future. Where possible he uses Crypto for everything but was complaining about the Etherium gas fee's and how expensive it is.

Luckily, he's cracked it lads. He needed to send £50 of Eth to a mate, but - to get around the gas fees - he sold £50 worth, then did a bank transfer and his friend is going to buy £50 of Eth when it arrives.

I have sent 7 WhatsApp messages containing nothing but long strings of fullstops but he doesn't seem to be grasping the problem. Bless.

[-james-]

I've been using some Solana network stuff for betting, the fees are basically zero, everything is instant and the tech for swapping/moving stuff about is impressive. I'm still slightly terrified I'm going to vanish my money into nothing whenever I do anything, but I'm not sure why Eth seems to still be the bigger deal in crypto.

[Spikey M]

He bought Eth when it was still reasonably cheap and made a shit load trading in the last bull market, all of which he converted to Eth. He is just blindly hanging on for Eth 2.0 I think. No idea why.

[Ben]

I’ve got quite a bit of Ethereum from when it was sub $200 but I’m in no way convinced by it and just plan to cash it out some time in the future. It’s just another investment avenue.

[Kikó]

Depends how successful the merge will be. If they can go proof of stake, reduce the energy needs and improve transaction capacity and it remains important.

It's all about terra anyway.

[Baz]

Would anyone be interested in a bot that you leave running constantly and it autotrades and makes you money? People seem to pay serious dollar for it but I’m happy to share it for free, on the proviso you use my referral to sign up to the broker of course.

For transparency, it uses a free programme called MetaTrader 4 (I’ll supply the plugins that make the magic happen) and you need an ICMarkets account.

It requires initial investment of any size - soz I don’t know the minimum investment but Google sez $200 .You need to deposit at least £500 for it to work safely. I set it up last night with 1k and made £6.54 in 9 hours. You literally just leave it running. You can even do it with a Remote Desktop if you don’t have a dedicated machine.

The maths I’ve seen is if you put 5k in, in 2 years you should have 300k, so not quite as profitable as Mellin but not bad for no effort

PM if you want.

Wrote this for someone, it includes the link if anyone wants it.

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I have been using this bot for for over a month with great success, nearly doubling my initial investment.

Full disclosure: you will need to deposit at least £500 but you’ll make it back and can withdraw it within a month, to make pure profit from after you’ve withdrawn your initial investment.

This works by running some software constantly that trades stocks automatically, using a script/bot. You will need to either leave it running all day/night on your computer/a dedicated Windows machine, or you can buy a virtual desktop server. I personally use the £15 a month Starter Desktop from UKHost4U: https://www.ukhost4u.com/hosted-desktop/ I purchased the annual plan for £140.40 and got £28.08 back by paying via Quidco: https://www.quidco.com/raf/702783/ However it is fine to just run it on a computer. Please not the bot will not work if you don’t leave MT4 running.

I’d recommend reading all of this guide before proceeding.

First you’ll need to register an account on https://www.icmarkets.com/global/en/...ive?camp=63373

During registration make sure ‘I was referred by a Broker’ is ticked in the tell us more about yourself section. If it’s not ticked, tick it and enter 63373 as the refer ID. This will mean your account is unrestricted from the start and don’t need to wait for it to be manually reviewed.

Next you need to download MetaTrader 4 (MT4) from the downloads section of the website or visiting this link: https://www.icmarkets.com/global/en/...r-4?camp=63373

Once downloaded you will need a Live account to use with it. Create one in the Accounts section, or by visiting this link: https://secure.icmarkets.com/Finance...nts?camp=63373

Leave everything as default but change the currency to GBP. Once you have created your account you will need to deposit some money to trade with. A minimum of £500 is recommended. People have tested with £200 and it did not work. If you don’t have £500, don’t use the bot.

Now it’s time to run the MT4 software. Check your email and you will have received details of your Live account to login with, and which server to use. For example if the email says your username is 1200111234 and on the server ICMarketsSC-Live12, these are the details you need to log in on MT4.

On MT4, right click on Accounts and choose Login to Trade Account. Enter the details from the email, making sure to select the correct Server.

You can then close all of the default displayed charts by clicking the crosses to close them, within MT4.

Now you need to download the bot that does all the work and makes your money. You can grab it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lk7...ew?usp=sharing

Extract the three files - EA install Guide Euro Scalper_v1.1.pdf, EUR Scalper V1 - Copy.set and Euro_Scalper_fix.ex4 – to a folder you will remember. (The pdf is a more detailed version of this post, including pictures to help you setup your trading bot.)

On MT4, right-click on EURUSD and click chart window. You can then maximise this chart window as it will be the only chart you have open.

Along the top of MT4 you will see timescales, eg M1 M5 M30 H1 etc. Select M5.

Then click file > Open data folder > MQL4 > experts

This will open a new window on your computer. In a different window, locate the folder you extracted the Trading Bot files to. Copy and paste Euro_Scalper_fix.ex4 from the extracted folder to the Experts folder.

Go back to MT4 and refresh the terminal by right clicking Expert Advisors and select refresh. Euro_Scalper_fix should now appear.

Right click on Euro_Scalper_fix and select Attach to a chart. A new window will appear. Click the Common tab and tick both ‘Allow Live Trading’ and ‘Allow DLL imports.’ Then on the Inputs tab, click Load and locate the EUR Scalper V1 - Copy.set file in the extracted folder. Now click OK to close this window and it will import the bot settings.

In MT4, above the timescale buttons where you selected M5, there is a button that says Autotrading. Click that button and a tiny smiley face should appear in the top right of the chart window. This means you have done everything correctly.

Disclaimer: Trading Derivatives carries a high level of risk to your capital and you should only trade with money you can afford to lose. Trading Derivatives may not be suitable for all investors, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved and seek independent advice if necessary. I am not responsible for your money; you are.

If you can afford it, I would recommend starting with £1000. If you start with such a large initial deposit, you can change the settings of the bot to be a bit more active. To do this, right click on the chart window and select Expert Advisors > Properties. In the new window, change Lot from 0.01 to 0.016. Then on MT4, change the timescale to M1. But only do this if you deposit at least £1000.

I deposited £1000 on 15/3/22 and on 19/4/22 my balance was £1944.24 (Proof: https://i.imgur.com/delQzDH.png)

Please note the trading markets are closed at weekends so you won’t make any trades (and therefore your balance won’t increase) on Saturdays or Sundays.

If you need help or have any questions just reply here and I’ll respond when I can. If you’re wanting to go down the virtual desktop route, it’s a lot easier than you think. Windows has a program called Remote Desktop Connection where you just input the details provided by ukhost4u (or your VPS provider) and it will connect. You then follow this guide on the virtual system to set up MT4 to autotrade.

I've just withdrawn my initial £1000.

[Spikey M]

I've had a mental couple of weeks. Increased my account by 60% by going 3x short on Tesla last week and doubled my account (103%) by going 3x short on NetFlix yesterday. It's Earnings Season and every cunt is missing their targets. Just short anything ahead of their results and you win. This is incredible.

[Mellberg]

Well done, Spikes. Whilst you're shorting, just check the daily, weekly and monthly indicies' MACDs against a low (5, 8, 13) moving average. Daily and weekly trying to turn. They might try and turn the monthly next week before month's close, which would take a very strong week.

Apart from the FTSE. That's flying solo and should be taken on its own.

[Mellberg]

Watching that bot with interest, Baz. Keep us updated.

[Ben]

Re: the bot. Kamatera do a virtual server 30 days free so if you wanted to trial the bot 24/7 for a month tied to a IG demo account, you can get a server free for the month too so it won't cost a penny and you can see its true potential.

[Mellberg]

Well done, Spikes. Whilst you're shorting, just check the daily, weekly and monthly indicies' MACDs against a low (5, 8, 13) moving average. Daily and weekly trying to turn. They might try and turn the monthly next week before month's close, which would take a very strong week.

Apart from the FTSE. That's flying solo and should be taken on its own.

Nope. Not the US anyway. Europe still has a chance. Gold getting very interesting on the monthly.

[Baz]

Watching that bot with interest, Baz. Keep us updated.

Honestly my only niggle was 'what if I can't withdraw?' but woke up this morning to £1k in my Paypal.

So yeah if you've got £500 startup capital + £140 for the VPS (totalling £640) there's no reason not to plug it in and watch the money roll in.

[Foe]

Sold my smith and newphew for an 8% gain. Trying to seal in some profits to offset inevitable future losses.

Might buy it again if it dips back down.

[Mellberg]

Is the right answer. Gold off 1890-1900 if it gets there. Take loss at 1875. Hold for life if a winner.

[Foe]

How does one buy gold/silver etc?

I’ve a HL account for shares and funds and stuff. Is it possible through there?

My gaff (energy company) are making money hand over fist at the moment but the share price seems to have hit a wall. Hoping the results in a few weeks time will highlight how profitable it currently is and send it skyward so I can sell sell sell. Currently I just keep dribbling out shares, but I’m buying £375 of the fuckers a month through a share scheme so I’m barely breaking the cycle.

Hopefully S&N dips back to the £11.50-12.25 range so I can buy back in.
Also fancy me a piece of stryker in America as it took a 7% dive on Friday and I need to pick another car manufacturer who’s going deep in EVs. BMW is too exposed to pootin.

[Baz]

Set Mike up with Bazbot today.

Let's see how big his erection is by the end of May.

[nickfootie5]

Set Mike up with Bazbot today.

Let's see how big his erection is by the end of May.

I’m going get this set up tomorrow/Monday. If it goes tits up, I’m coming for you.

[Baz]

I’m going get this set up tomorrow/Monday. If it goes tits up, I’m coming for you.

It won't.

How much do you plan to put in as your initial deposit?

[nickfootie5]

It won't.

How much do you plan to put in as your initial deposit?

£1,000 like you suggested. I assume if things started going wrong I can cut my loses and pull that out?

[Baz]

£1,000 like you suggested. I assume if things started going wrong I can cut my loses and pull that out?

Of course.

Looking forward to the updates.

[-james-]

Oh dear Luna.

Appears to be that time of the year where the crypto people I follow on Twitter are posting Samaritans numbers.

[Kikó]

Major major collapse. Do got played by the bigger hedge fund brains.

[Mellberg]

Need to watch the dollar. On the brink of a breakout above 20 year highs (as in a few pips). If that rips...

In theory it's a good time to buy, as should hit resistance, but yesterday's CPI data and the reaction to it, plus the monthly and weekly momentum are just terrifying.

[Mellberg]

Dollar broke highs. Climbed for 30 minutes. Sold down aggressively back through level in 3 mins. Buy stuff for a bit.

[Mellberg]

Strong recovery (dollar). Maybe not.

[Foe]

Re bought my smith and nephew this morning for less than I originally paid. So watch it continue to crumble from here.

Got tomorrow off, and bar playing GTA 3 I think I’m going to spunk my residual funds into a few shares that are down. Maybe RELX or more of a car maker with EV upside.

[Ben]

Emmerson

[Spikey M]

Re bought my smith and nephew this morning for less than I originally paid. So watch it continue to crumble from here.

Got tomorrow off, and bar playing GTA 3 I think I’m going to spunk my residual funds into a few shares that are down. Maybe RELX or more of a car maker with EV upside.

I don't think the bear is anywhere near do lne with the market. I wouldn't buy anything right now if you don't want short term losses.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, I'd guess there's a lot more arse to fall out of things yet.

[Foe]

Everything is flying today. Set a sell for S&M to see whether I can flip it for another 8% gain.

Assume that’s a reasonable tactic - identify a company you like and just buy/sell as it fluctuates, as long as you’re willing to hold it for whatever you paid.

Should’ve been more rigorous with the other efforts.

[Kikó]

Are you remembering to declare your gains?

[Spikey M]

Trade in an ISA account, no need to worry then.

[Lewis]

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Absolute goldmine at the minute (ironically).

[randomlegend]

Wife's sister is pregnant. When I turned 18 I got some money from a Children's Bond which my grandparents had invested into when I was born. Helped me pay for my first car and was really nice.

Children's bonds don't exist any more. I am utterly clueless on any sort of investing. Is putting say a grand into something like a Junior Stock's and Shares ISA, for when the kid turns 18, worthwhile?

No I'm not giving it to Mellin.

[Lewis]

Two goes on the Baz Bot.

[Luke Emia]

Wife's sister is pregnant. When I turned 18 I got some money from a Children's Bond which my grandparents had invested into when I was born. Helped me pay for my first car and was really nice.

Children's bonds don't exist any more. I am utterly clueless on any sort of investing. Is putting say a grand into something like a Junior Stock's and Shares ISA, for when the kid turns 18, worthwhile?

No I'm not giving it to Mellin.

Yes. The parents need to set it up though if I remember correctly. But then anyone can pay into it for the kid moving forwards as well.

[Spikey M]

Wife's sister is pregnant. When I turned 18 I got some money from a Children's Bond which my grandparents had invested into when I was born. Helped me pay for my first car and was really nice.

Children's bonds don't exist any more. I am utterly clueless on any sort of investing. Is putting say a grand into something like a Junior Stock's and Shares ISA, for when the kid turns 18, worthwhile?

No I'm not giving it to Mellin.

Stocks and Shares ISA, yes. Bonds, no. Bonds are dead these days, you'd be lucky to track inflation.

[randomlegend]

Yeah stocks and shares ISA is what I was looking at. Thanks guys.

[Yevrah]

Anyone ever dabbled with VCTs?