Silver prices jump to eight-year highs as Reddit traders’ pile in

Reddit traders send silver price to eight-year highs: Precious metal soars 12% as renegade investors pile in to put squeeze on short-sellers Reddit thread r/wallstreetbets had mentions of the hashtag #silversqueeze  Spot silver up 12% to $30.17 an ounce – the highest since early 2013  Shares in precious metal miner Fresnillo almost 20% higher  By … Read more

UK-based hedge fund chief fires warning shot to vigilante traders

Reddit bulls WILL be tamed: UK-based hedge fund chief fires warning shot to vigilante traders By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 29 January 2021 The chief economist of a major UK hedge fund has said it is ‘ludicrous’ to suggest small investors managed to … Read more

Coinbase cryptocurrency traders continue to face frozen funds for weeks

Cryptocurrency traders are still struggling to profit from bitcoin’s recent record run as their funds continued to be frozen inside the most popular cryptocurrency exchange for as long as five weeks. Some customers of Coinbase, which lets users buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, continue to be told their accounts are ‘under … Read more

Essex traders who made £491m in one day face US legal challenge

Dawn was still hours away when the Essex Boys crept out of bed and fired up their banks of computers. With their high-powered machines, they could speculate at lightning speed on the lucrative commodities markets 3,500 miles away in New York. And in the bare-knuckle trading pits where their mentor, Paul ‘Cuddles’ Commins, had learned … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Traders make hay on hopes of a Brexit breakthrough

British shares leapt higher yesterday as reports spread that the UK and EU negotiators had signed a Brexit deal. As traders buzzed with excitement, stocks tied closely to the economy received an extra lift. Banks, housebuilders and airlines soared. Lloyds Bank climbed 7 per cent, or 2.43p, to 37.13p, while rival Barclays was up 4 … Read more

Traders told to prepare for chaos as Brexit talks go down to the wire 

City traders told to prepare for market chaos as Brexit talks go down to the wire By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 23 December 2020 City traders are on standby for market chaos this Christmas as they digest the new Brexit deal. With just … Read more

TOWIE oil traders make £487million in a day but now face US lawsuit

A collective of ‘TOWIE traders’ based on a rural Essex business park took home up to $660million (£487m) in one day when the price of oil collapsed below zero during lockdown and are now facing a class action in the US, it was revealed today.   Nine staff at Vega Capital London, including three traders aged between … Read more

Furious independent traders call for clampdown on major chains

Furious independent traders have called for a clampdown on major chains like Ryman and The Range for selling ‘non-essential’ items during lockdown while smaller firms have closed.  Thousands of retailers were forced to shut alongside pubs and restaurants on Thursday when England was plunged into a four-week lockdown in a bid to stop the spread … Read more

Foreign traders BANNED from Manchester Christmas Markets under Covid measures

Does that include Santa? Foreign traders will be BANNED from Manchester Christmas Markets under raft of Covid measures for locked-down city, reveal city health chiefs Locked-down Manchester’s world-famous Christmas Markets are ‘under review’  The city’s councillor Pat Karney said foreign market traders would be banned  Manchester is England’s Covid capital with infection rate higher than … Read more

Cornish locals battle with traders offering tourists henna tattoos and hair plaits in Padstow

A war has broken out in a Cornish seaside town as locals clash with ‘scruffy’ street traders who do hair braids and henna tattoos.  The hair and ink artists have been plying their trade near the harbour of Padstow in Cornwall for decades to capture tourism income. But locals in the upmarket resort – known … Read more