Image Scan Share Discussion Threads

[assagai] 28/11/2017 13:32

Ha ha , still along way behind rise-step!

[mathematic] 28/11/2017 13:27

Assagai, if you add any more, you'll be obliged to make a bid!

[assagai] 28/11/2017 13:16

Well gnmartin, you are right that is a big chunk of shares but what is more interesting is that Boundary capital via Reyker is closely linked to Bill Mawer although i do not know quite to what extent. If you read through the principal shareholder info on Image scans website it will be clearer. In many ways this would appear to be nothing to worry about (IMO) as such a close transaction could not be based on bad news just before the results are due.
Added!

[gnnmartin] 28/11/2017 13:03

That's a BIG chunk of shares changing hands. Presumably the news of Boundary capital selling just short of 5m shares is the trigger for the sudden fall of (at time of writing) over a 1.6p. Anyone know why that should spook people? Presumably we will find out that they sold at 9.75p or thereabout.

[gnnmartin] 23/11/2017 12:31

Off thread.
More on the iii portfolio. Although the immediate response I got from them read like a brush-off, the message did get through. I've had another email telling me they are aware of the problem, and working to fix it.

[spawny100] 21/11/2017 22:24

Ta for that interesting read. I was in ZOO over a decade back but sold out and has been off my radar in last 10 years.

[netcurtains] 21/11/2017 22:16

spawny100: If you want to take it further someone did a spreadsheet that shows you how much you would be up if you invested a small amount in EACH ONE..

Here is the link



you would be 20% up if you held the entire lot!!!

But if you got rid of the obvious chavs you would be up a great deal more!

ps: Blue Prism was under the radar for most people (including me)

[netcurtains] 21/11/2017 20:55

spawny100: They are all there (some got a quick rise early on and fell back - but most were up significantly at one point - even my flybe (believe it or not)

[spawny100] 21/11/2017 20:50

Do you have a link to that xmas link please Netcurtains? I'd be interested to see performance and what shares were listed.

[netcurtains] 21/11/2017 20:37

runthejoules: Blimy I would have thought everyone could see IQE by themselves without needing a PS. I found advfns christmas list of stocks to rise the most in 12 months the best guide. It had all the winners including IQE, TRIAD, WEY etc etc.

to my mind this stock looks quite good. Does not need a PS to tell me. Let him go. I think it just leads no where. Get your own nose working.

[monty68] 21/11/2017 17:33

you would think iii would thank you for any feed back, ungrateful s..s

[runthejoules] 21/11/2017 17:17

Hi Mctmct, yup! Sold QUIZ at a big loss to get some at 18.4p myself this morning, not fast enough to get a big bargain though. Have dmor though. Well a bit.

[gnnmartin] 21/11/2017 17:05

I've had an email from iii telling me (IIUC) that if I'm not a paying customer (and I am not) then they don't want to hear from me. I won't waste any more time on this. Hopefully they will notice the problem for themselves.

[mctmct] 21/11/2017 15:46

runthejoules

Did you notice that PS bought SOS in his fantasy fund? (and got some in the IPO).

[gnnmartin] 21/11/2017 15:12

clocktower, no, I don't have L2.

Since posting 5319 I've decided that iii must have a bug in their software, though I don't understand why it only affects some shares. Later updates of my iii portfolio reported later trades, but continued to report they were executed at 9.62p against a spread of 9.5-9.75p.

I've filled in an iii comment form pointing out their problem. I shall be interested to see if it gets a response.

My iii portfolio had a similar problem reporting the NIPT (Premaitha) share price today. Each time I've checked, the portfolio shows a new (ie later) trade, but quoted the same price of 7.88p and spread of 7.75-8. The latest trade is currently timed at 14:29:47. lse show the share price collapsed below 5p at the opening, and stayed below 5p.

[clocktower] 21/11/2017 14:30

gnmartin, thanks for that info but I have no idea why. Do you have L2?

[runthejoules] 21/11/2017 14:25

Hope you averaged down Netcurtains! PS, like Naked Trader, definitely moves markets and has got me into one of my biggest winners this year, IQE. It took me a while to take him seriously because of his rants but his results over the last two years are amazing - had I followed his research from when I discovered him instead of well, working for a living, I would have doubled my money. He does sometimes leave stocks too early but usually finds something just as good or better. Works mainly with spread bets in his own holdings I think and is leveraged up to his armpits but keeps it obsessively balanced. Remains to be seen if he'll go bust again in a downturn.

[netcurtains] 21/11/2017 13:32

runthejoules: I have a wad of these but I've only just broken even (bought before the big fall).

I've never heard of PS until a couple of days ago - I should have paid more attention to what other people write.

I was hoping this was going to be a long term growth story and within a few months (one year at most).

I should see 100% return (that is my aim - eg about 20p a share).

[gnnmartin] 21/11/2017 13:07

I’m intrigued. I use an iii portfolio to keep an eye on movements of shares in my portfolio, and then lse to look at the trades if I need to know more accurately what is happening. Recently I have found the iii portfolio fairly dramatically out of line with the lse trades. I think the iii portfolio is the less representative, but I would appreciate any explanation.

One striking example today: my iii portfolio reports a trade in Image Scan at 9.62p at 12:06:46, saying the spread (at 12:15 or so) is 9.5-9.75. The lse reports a trade at that exact same time at 10.9953p, saying the spread is currently 10.5-11 after a fairly steady rise over the morning.

I know there are two exchanges, and perhaps iii only reports on one: do they really differ by so much? If so, does the two trades reported so far apart at exactly the same time imply a bot is exploiting the difference? Disappointing if bots are prowling down this end of the market: it means that posting a deal request ‘at best’ is likely to get you a deal ‘at worst’.

Has anyone else noticed this problem?

[woodcutter] 21/11/2017 12:00

picked up some more very early on this morning, drop over done and if PS has sold his sheep will have too bringing the share price down. one of the difficulties of owning anything PS buys i'm afraid. opaque operator if you ask me.

woody

[waggle] 21/11/2017 11:55

it certainly does apply.... :-)

[assagai] 21/11/2017 11:31

That trade showing as a sell. i.e. 100k @ 9.95 was a buy recorded late to look like a sell.
Looks like the same applies to the second trade (now showing) of 100k.

[assagai] 21/11/2017 09:49

Hi trident, i think the fall back was down to a lot of short term traders taking a very nice profit thank you very much. Hopefully now leaving IGE to investors....

[trident5] 20/11/2017 18:17

That's good news Assagai - I thought the delay in bringing this out might be the reason for the recent fall back in the price.

[assagai] 20/11/2017 10:09

More importantly IGE are showcasing their new Precision Linescan Detector at Milipol Paris as from Tomorrow. Very hopeful of real interest in this higher ticket value item and all just in time before Interim results early Dec. (6th last year)
Onwards and Upwards!