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Next year all ETFs will be on the leaderboard. I'll automate it. If I can find price history going back to April I'll add the midcap index, but so far I've only found 3 months worth of daily closes.

1 years history for you

While we're in this discussion, let me post what my "still to be ratified" strategy advises after today. These are for longs only as I am still not satisfied with my shorts strategy yet (working on it though [MUR and TRU seems like good for a short]).
Watch list - None
Go Long - GFI, MTN, TON
Not to say that I will act on any of these, as other issues need to be considered and factored in.
NOTE: This is not advice - only my opinion based on my plan/stategy.

Aragon, what's your margins?

I trade on STD OST Platform. Regret that you can't short a number of the shares listed, and the availability is not as big as we would like them to be but we manage within what we have. (Something about the ability to borrow and lend shares on the market - stuff above my pay grade)
The latest margins are advised below-

CFD's margins effective 10 September 2013:
ABLcfd - R 3.14
ACLcfd - R 7.11
ACPcfd - R 7.08
AEGcfd - R 3.44
AGLcfd - R 35.84
AIPcfd - R 4.94
AMScfd - R 78.47
ANGcfd - R 26.28
APNcfd - R 21.36
ARIcfd - R 28.79
ARLcfd - R 9.36
BGAcfd - R 16.80
AVIcfd - R 6.18
AWAcfd - R 1.10
AWBcfd - R 0.99
BATcfd - R 7.11
BAWcfd - R 10.14
BILcfd - R 38.67
BSRcfd - R 1.92
BVTcfd - R 25.73
CFRcfd - R 14.58
CLScfd - R 5.73
CPLcfd - R 0.89
DSYcfd - R 6.00
DTCcfd - R 6.08
EMIcfd - R 2.10
EXXcfd - R 26.40
FSRcfd - R 3.62
GFIcfd - R 10.59
GLDcfd - R 13.17
GNDcfd - R 2.88
GRFcfd - R 5.22
GRTcfd - R 2.00
HARcfd - R 9.36
IMPcfd - R 21.05
INLcfd - R 7.52
INPcfd - R 7.44
IPLcfd - R 24.32
ITUcfd - R 6.24
JDGcfd - R 3.92
JSEcfd - R 7.82
KIOcfd - R 81.80
LBHcfd - R 17.84
LEWcfd - R 6.86
LHCcfd - R 5.27
LONcfd - R 13.40
MDCcfd - R 5.96
MMIcfd - R 2.43
MNDcfd - R 17.87
MPCcfd - R 13.47
MPTcfd - R 3.35
MRFcfd - R 0.30
MSMcfd - R 14.96
MTNcfd - R 23.88
MURcfd - R 3.69
NEDcfd - R 20.55
NHMcfd - R 7.23
NPKcfd - R 2.81
NPNcfd - R 82.31
NTCcfd - R 2.28
OMLcfd - R 3.90
PAMcfd - R 22.49
PIKcfd - R 3.99
PLAcfd - R 26.94
PPCcfd - R 3.35
PWKcfd - R 1.67
RDFcfd - R 0.86
REIcfd - R 3.48
REMcfd - R 26.78
REScfd - R 8.00
RINcfd - R 1.23
RLOcfd - R 7.02
RMHcfd - R 5.49
RMIcfd - R 2.76
SABcfd - R 36.15
SACcfd - R 0.47
SAPcfd - R 4.28
SBKcfd - R 12.53
SGLcfd - R 2.61
SHFcfd - R 4.64
SHPcfd - R 17.93
SLMcfd - R 4.32
SOLcfd - R 54.78
SPPcfd - R 11.22
STDcfd - R 0.30
STFcfd - R 0.95
STRcfd - R 6.11
STXcfd - R 3.44
SUIcfd - R 9.77
SWXcfd - R 0.78
SXFcfd - R 1.05
SXIcfd - R 3.54
TBScfd - R 25.32
TFGcfd - R 10.85
TKGcfd - R 4.34
TMGcfd - R 3.57
TONcfd - R 11.19
TREcfd - R 10.29
TRUcfd - R 10.31
TSXcfd - R 2.28
VILcfd - R 0.21
VKEcfd - R 1.31
VODcfd - R 14.66
WBOcfd - R 13.28
WEZcfd - R 1.35
WHLcfd - R 6.72

Calling all CFD pro's and amateurs:

I need you to start posting on how and when you enter CFD's and help me to understand these:

Question One:
How long do you usually keep your CFD?  minutes, hours, weeks or months?

Question Two: 
Please explain the 'expiry' thingy, I know its 4 times a year, every whatever Thursday or something like that, the 19th Sep? What is the purpose of expiring, what if you wanted to keep going (roll over), is it just so that your redo your contract and repay brokers + a new bid/offer price? The way I see it SSF and CFD are basically the same thing, except for the expiry factor? Yes?

Question Three: 
Do dividends have an effect?

Question Four:
Any tricks you have picked up whilst trading CFD's? (I've picked up a lot of tricks on Alsi and T40 CFD's which are very costly if you're unaware, if somebody is interested, I can point it out)

Now, please respond and don't make me go and ask the 'other forum'. 

Miss Moneypenny, do you wish for us to answer the questions above, or just to post our trades, or both?

SENS

FINALISATION OF SALIENT DATES FOR THE NAME CHANGE

Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on Friday, 2 August 2013 advising that
the special resolution to approve the change of the Company’s name from "Rainbow Chicken Limited" to
"RCL Foods Limited" was approved by the requisite majority of votes at the general meeting of shareholders
("the special resolution").

Shareholders are advised that the special resolution has been registered with the Companies and
Intellectual Property Commission. There are no further conditions precedent outstanding.

Accordingly, the salient dates for the name change, as announced on SENS on Wednesday, 3 July 2013,
still apply. The Company will begin trading under the new name "RCL Foods Limited" under the new JSE
share code "RCL", abbreviated name "RCL" and new ISIN ZAE000179438 with effect from commencement
of trade on Monday, 2 September 2013.

Can you guys give me feedback again. It seems faster now. I complained to the server team who keep trying to tell me there's no problem. Though maybe they are making changes in the background.

Browsing the site this afternoon seems a lot better than this morning and yesterday. I will monitor on the next visit and post an update.

Nice Friday Chicken mind you.....