I'm experimenting with some trades (albeit on a live account with a small four figure sum. I appreciate the risks with my "learning capital"). I made about 25% in the last couple of weeks following some of the advice in various threads here. Call it beginner's luck. So I've got a few hundred pounds I can take a bit of risk with.
Something smelled fishy so to test it I opened a couple of opposing trades using the smallest size allowed. One was a long on the FSTE Mar 2013. The other was a short on the FTSE Dec 2012. They were made slightly apart.
So the net position on the account is -£65.00. That, to me, should stay constant till I pull out of one of the trades. However, it seems to go up and down. Why's that? The relative charts are moving in tandem, the spreads haven't changed. Why should the balance fluctuate?
Thanks in advance.
Something smelled fishy so to test it I opened a couple of opposing trades using the smallest size allowed. One was a long on the FSTE Mar 2013. The other was a short on the FTSE Dec 2012. They were made slightly apart.
So the net position on the account is -£65.00. That, to me, should stay constant till I pull out of one of the trades. However, it seems to go up and down. Why's that? The relative charts are moving in tandem, the spreads haven't changed. Why should the balance fluctuate?
Thanks in advance.