johnson36

Thanks DogNo1

I will read up about that. My current call options now are between 6500 and 7000 for Dec17th. I am just dabbling with small amounts on this now, options is new to me.

I lost £45k on Monday after been in profit of £25k about 3 months ago, You could look at that as a loss of £70k but I am happy to call it a loss of £45k as that was my own money to start with. I made a simple mistake of never taking anything out, I just kept getting more confident as time went by.I have real shares that are a large loss but I am happy to collect dividends and wait for the prices to recover over 1 or 2 years.

Its a fresh start now on IG index on a smaller scale. I actually jumped straight back on on Monday morning after loosing the £45k between 11pm Sunday and 8.30am Monday, I got caught up in that massive DOW drop and lost a bit more (£563), never mind I am still alive and my heart blood pressure monitor is actually showing perfect readings which surprises me (122 / 75)

So now I need to learn more new stuff. Hope some of you guys can help. Cheers

Thanks alocacoc.

There is obviously a lot to learn.

With FTSE around 6000 having come down from 7100 I thought that buying December Call options around 6500ish would be about right and their value would go up on any rise.

ill be honest I understood about 20% of what you wrote

Since the imp. vol. is quite high at the moment, i would rather sell premium to benefit from the time decay and falling vol if you want to bet on raising prices.

If you buy FTSE / DAX Calls you would give up a decent amount of the premium when these markets recovers. Even then when the trade going to be profitable. Due the high vol you could sell put spreads far out of the money with a high probability of success and still get paid a nice premium.

Are you saying sell puts at a price which doesn't look achievable, IE maybe 7500 on FTSE ?

Ftse came down from 7100. December 17th Call options for 7000 are at 10 on IG is it worth a go ?

Anybody on here interested in chatting about spread betting? Just wondering if anyone here is buying call options on Dow Jones and FTSE

it isnt the loss of face, its the loss of the loss of fake face, they never had face. all the lowest class idiots bring up ''thai face'', its nothing but people lying to each to other, english teachers cant call on student that dont know the anser in class if there older then the kids who know the answer, he will simply loose face for being old, dumb, ill prepared and for not saving personal face.

they dont loose what they dont have, booze, ignorance, laziness, theese they face, and face them daily with thai style.

Why would an English teacher be bothered about loosing face ? the loosing face problem is a Thai thing

You're lucky they didn't cancel your ticket and make you buy a new one at the full walk in retail on the day price.

You should never rely on what those airport boards say, especially if a flight is delayed - that delay could disappear at a moments notice and it will depart without you as you found out.

So if his flight was delayed by say 3 or 4 hours would he not be able to go for a walk around ? incase the airline changed its mind and the plane could go sooner ?

Saying that I do think this guy was partly to blame as he decided to go walk about with such a small delay, I would have stayed put at the gate

I am arriving in Bangkok in a few weeks time with my wife (Thai).

In the last 10+ years of coming to Thailand for a 1 month stay I have never been stopped and searched. Have things changed a lot in Bangkok since my last visit just over a year ago ?

I don't smoke and don't take drugs. I dress very casual and do not wear a watch or any gold and don't walk around with an iphone in my hand, my phone and wallet stay in my front pockets.

Where should I avoid walking to avoid getting stopped and searched and made to pay money for doing nothing wrong ?

I am staying at the Trendy in Soi 13 and would normally walk anywhere between Soi 3 and soi 23 without any worries in the past.

Are they targeting a certain type of tourist ? ie: one that looks like he has money ? ie: gold chains, expensive looking clothes, nice sunglasses, iphone in hand etc etc ? (all things that I avoid). I also don't allow my wife to take any of her gold to thailand

If you can order online you will likely get a better deal than locking yourself into a single vendor.

10K Baht will get you a non-brand unit, 12K will get you something with a brand:

http://www.lazada.co.th/shop-televisions/?display_size=40-50&sort=priceasc&dir=asc

http://www.cdiscount.co.th/electronics/tv-video/televisions?dir=asc&display_size=1860&order=price

http://www.powerbuy.co.th/th/electronics/tv.html?dir=asc&order=price&screen_size=5%2C10

Thanks

Its something I will consider doing but I would still like to find out the price of one in a Tesco Lotus as we will be stopping at one to buy my food supplies on the way to the village from Udon airport

Promotions literally very day by day / week by week, so no real point researching too heavily until Feb when you're closer to arriving I guess- the prices/options will surely change by then.

Thanks. ill keep my eye on these websites and nearer the time of travel

If you can order online you will likely get a better deal than locking yourself into a single vendor.

10K Baht will get you a non-brand unit, 12K will get you something with a brand:

http://www.lazada.co.th/shop-televisions/?display_size=40-50&sort=priceasc&dir=asc

http://www.cdiscount.co.th/electronics/tv-video/televisions?dir=asc&display_size=1860&order=price

http://www.powerbuy.co.th/th/electronics/tv.html?dir=asc&order=price&screen_size=5%2C10

Thanks

Its something I will consider doing but I would still like to find out the price of one in a Tesco Lotus as we will be stopping at one to buy my food supplies on the way to the village from Udon airport

Myself and the wife are coming into Thailand in February and when we visit her family I would like to buy a new television for them.

The only near by large store is a Tesco Lotus in the nearest town (on our way from udon thani airport to their village).

How much can I expect to pay for a 40" led Television ?

Here in the Uk the prices of televisions have come down a lot and I can by a 40" for £200ish (10k baht) here in the Uk.

We don't need a smart TV as there internet through an sat dish is crap. Just a bog basic Led will be fine.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1377529.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2287649.htm

I will be in Thailand from 6th Feb till 5th March. Was thinking about coming down to Koh chang about 17th Feb for 2 or 3 night.

My question: is Koh Chang normally busy around this time ? I normally just turn up at white sands beach and find a bungalow on the beach to rent for around 1500 baht

I do believe a Thai girl will choose an older man over a younger man as they automatically assume the the older men have more money. Obviously it is not always the case that the older men have more money, there are plenty of well off younger guys living in or visiting Thailand.

Even given the choice of a young handsome well off guy or an older guy, not as handsome but with the same wealth they will choose the older guy, because he would be expected to die quicker ! Money number 1, 2 ,3 4 etc. My Thai wife told me this years ago. I have been married 10 years so have a lot of experience. Have lots of friends with Thai wifes so I see everything that goes on. They are the most jealous people in the world, so jealous of friends that have more than them.

I have a handsome 45 yr old friend who has been married to his 38 yr old Thai wife for 8 years, she has a Thai friend who is about 35 yrs old. About 5 years ago this 35 yr old was married to a real handsome fit looking Uk fireman of a similar age to her. For whatever reason the relationship did not work out and they went their separate ways. The 2 girls lost tooch but now she has come back on the scene with a 70 yr old guy and my friends wife is so obviously jealous of her freind, she is even saying how proud she is of her friend ( for catching an older guy who they wrongly believe is very well off, she made sure he's for keeps by quickly getting pregnant to him ). Money is number one to them, the older you are the better as your natural life expectancy is less.

I have got someone looking into the possibility of me renting a studio condo at The Trendy soi 13 for 1 month, I really hope it comes off as I like the location.

The wife (thai) and myself will be arriving in bangkok on the evening of 6th Feb 2015 we will be staying till 6th March.

I am looking to rent an apartment in the Sukhumvit area, between soi 1 and Asoke. Last year we stayed at Teja Lake View at the end of Soi 4, we paid 20K plus electric for a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom. If nothing else comes up that takes my fancy I might get the wife to ring Teja and book something there again.

Would just like to see what my other options are first though. Will consider: Studio, 1 bed or 2 bed. I need WiFi and would like a swimming pool

Any of the side streets off the Sukhumvit between Soi 1 and Asoke is ok for us.

Maximum price would be 20k but I would like something a little cheaper if possible.

I see there are quite a few studios for rent at the Trendy Soi 13 at 18k per month but I don't think they will rent for 1 month only ?

I have tickets for Emirates booked through Ebookers for 9th Dec Manchester (UK) to Bangkok. We can not make those flights and want to change to late Jan or Feb. Ebookers say they will not change the flights and I have tried Emirates direct and they say they can not and that it is up to Ebookers to change them. I am happy to pay there minimum change fee of £110 per ticket and my tickets for 9th Dec are worth a lot more to them than the dates I would want to change to. Any ideas what i can do ? or have you had a similar situation.

Explain that then

Explain what ? I must have missed something

He is suggesting that those Burmese boys were in the first wave of testing of the AC bar staff, yet there were no claims of a positive finding. No apparently they have been tested after being 'caught fleeing' and are now a positive match.

I see now, thanks

Indeed.

That is on the MCOT own TV clip. If that is the case, then the whole case must be judged bogus

Sometime a picture is worth more than a thousand words..

I don't see what point you are making. The phone Hannah has is not the same phone as the one her friend has in the photo with the police.

Where did you get that information from? Do you have a source please?

Don't need a source, just look at the photos, Hannah's phone is not the same as the one her friend has when she is talking to the police.

It looks like the same phone, what looks different about the phone to you ?

Ok so this is the same guy on the left in both pics

We think so.

But why is he allowed at a murder scene ? he could have dropped / planted cigarette butts from ash trays in the bar empty beer bottle etc, obviously good mates with the BiB. When are the Bangkok police going to ask him what the hell were you doing there

The guy captured on CCTV running is Montriwat Tuwichian, who runs the AC Bar

Minus a tatoo; too cool to run, maybe his son or bouncer!

which ever guy this was, has he been asked the simple question " why were you running so fast in that direction at that time " ?

Asked of whom?

Mon has replied already.

I think he knows who it was and whythis person was running, but that is pure speculation.

No DNA on a video!

and what was his reply ? I guess he said he didn't know who was on the video ? Theyre all as guilty as hell

The problem is, in Thailand people can be bought off, a problem no matter how big will go away if you throw money at it

The guy captured on CCTV running is Montriwat Tuwichian, who runs the AC Bar

Minus a tatoo; too cool to run, maybe his son or bouncer!

which ever guy this was, has he been asked the simple question " why were you running so fast in that direction at that time " ?

Back to the migrant workers...

I thought that I had read everything that was printed on this terrible tragedy, but I can't remember ever hearing anything about a condom being found. Did I miss something or is this new?

Sadly... What a mess this has turned out to be.

There was a condom found at the scene. WHICH to me rules out migrant workers.

has the condom proved to be anything to do with this case ? do rapist normally wear a condom ?