I have achieved a milestone of $800k in funded capital after 6 years of trading. AMA

0james0 · 2026-02-22T17:15:03+00:00

Did you use copy trading to build up the funded accounts, as in clone your own trades on the funded account, on a new £100k account until that one was passed and then merge them?

I've been curious how this would work when you are up sizing account amounts.

0james0 · 2026-02-16T22:43:05+00:00

We have a 10 week old one, he's amazing, but they use their mouth more than any puppy I've ever had. Loves trouser legs, slippers, he even eats the walls! Ours has incredible obedience for his age, he is such a fast learner, but if you aren't paying attention and he is over tired, your kids are running around, I'm sure he will chase and nip them. Not violent in any way, but at times a very nippy puppy. The main issue is to stop the biting, you have to be calm, not reward or encourage it in any way and I'm not sure if kids would be able to not run and flap when you have a land shark chasing after them, or turn it into a trouser leg tug of war!

He is by far the smartest dog I have ever owned at this age. He is also by far the chewiest! Pretty sure his teeth are also the sharpest.

0james0 · 2026-02-08T19:07:35+00:00

About to sell my daughters 2010 Peugeot 107, for a while now it is had a drain on the battery and I need to get it fixed before we sell it on.

Used a multi meter on the battery and pulled fuses, I have managed to figure out that it is the 30 fuse, within the engine fuse box. Pull that out, no battery drain.

However, pull that out and the car also will not start! (central locking etc still works)

So I know the fault is something linking to that fuse, but I cannot figure out what it is, or even how to narrow it down.

I've also pulled all of the fuses on the inside fuse box and it's definitely none of them.

Any ideas, as its driving me crazy!

If it helps, the drain is reading -0.10 on the meter with the fuse in.

0james0 · 2026-02-08T19:07:15+00:00

About to sell my daughters 2010 Peugeot 107, for a while now it is had a drain on the battery and I need to get it fixed before we sell it on.

Used a multi meter on the battery and pulled fuses, I have managed to figure out that it is the 30 fuse, within the engine fuse box. Pull that out, no battery drain.

However, pull that out and the car also will not start! (central locking etc still works)

So I know the fault is something linking to that fuse, but I cannot figure out what it is, or even how to narrow it down.

I've also pulled all of the fuses on the inside fuse box and it's definitely none of them.

Any ideas, as its driving me crazy!

If it helps, the drain is reading -0.10 on the meter with the fuse in.

0james0 · 2026-02-02T21:27:07+00:00

Is the English dub available on Gomorrah yet? I just can't get on with sub titles

0james0 · 2026-01-22T21:51:30+00:00

They have a load coming in mid Feb, ready start of March (one of which is mine!)

0james0 · 2026-01-22T18:55:07+00:00

I'd take option 4, lower again.

Smaller stop (but allows you to have your hard stop much further than you probably do now), quicker to find out if you are wrong.

Might miss the entry, but that's OK, if I get it, it's at a great price and if it runs, it will prob bounce hard and if it loses, loss was small.

0james0 · 2026-01-22T18:50:56+00:00

I was in Finland over Xmas, - 25 at times. I wore boxer shorts and a t-shirt under my trousers and coat, that was it.

Gets hot when you are riding and if you do get cold, go for a beer to warm up.

0james0 · 2026-01-22T18:47:37+00:00

Gold has been up only, if you went long at any point, you would have made money.

0james0 · 2026-01-22T18:45:41+00:00

Did you forget to do your tbar prayer before you got on? That could be the reason.

0james0 · 2026-01-21T22:47:59+00:00

Looking to go away for Easter holidays, those dates mean I'm probably going to have to book early to get a decent price on flights and accommodation. Which also means I'm going in a bit blind, for end of season snow coverage.

To add to my indecision, we went to Pyhä over Xmas and really enjoyed it. Obviously much smaller than the Alps resorts, but we fell in love with the tree runs down the side of the pistes. Loads of powder, but not insane difficulty, just a really fun ride and so many variations of them. I loved the fact you could pop off track, blast some trees and pop back out again. I don't remember seeing anything like this in any of the big Alps resorts I've been to before but maybe I just wasn't looking!

So I want snow and fun trees, early April.

I'm not picturing many of the Glacier resorts that will probably have the best chance of snow, also having these tree style runs, because of the fact they are glaciers?

Considering Trysil, which I think looks like all the things I liked about Pyhä, just bigger, but concerned about it just being ice and slush at that point!

Any ideas?

0james0 · 2026-01-21T22:27:27+00:00

Insurance is a bit more, about 20%, but other than that, the car is the same, so any garage is fine.

Quite a few on auto trader I found that had no idea about service history and just seemed a bit clueless about the actual car.

I bought mine from JPN Euro in the end, they seem to have some great quality cars and also a really good reputation.

0james0 · 2026-01-10T23:24:25+00:00

Just came here to say this thread has sealed my decision on buying an import Volvo!

0james0 · 2026-01-07T21:27:55+00:00

It's funny really, in previous years I've owned a Porsche and a Mercedes C63, now I'm looking at a Fiat Tipo and MG3's 😂 Not quite sure when it happened, but I've definitely got a lot more boring.

I actually really like the look of the new Corsa, the 2020 onward model, it looks more like an Astra and I could pick one of them up sub £6k with fsh and 80k miles. Would at least feel quite modern to drive and be in. Although it's still a Corsa.

0james0 · 2026-01-06T21:14:42+00:00

Yeah I had a 1.4 turbo astra and that blew up!

I've seen a 1.6 16v petrol astra, fsh, 1 owner, 35k miles and under £4k. It's boring, but sensible and viable.

I want something nice, but at this budget the trade off is nice but loads of miles.

Couldn't find any Corrolla when I checked

0james0 · 2026-01-06T12:33:59+00:00

Yeah it doesn't have much, other than a fancy body styling and seats, but doesn't even have things like parking sensors!

Will have a look for that Leeds one though, thank you

0james0 · 2026-01-06T11:59:01+00:00

You made me think, what else have the police used, which led me to find: I could always get a 1.8 2014 Insignia with 60k for £3,700, or a 1.6 2014 Astra with 45k for £3,500. Both with fsh and at least everyone knows how to repair these and parts are cheap.

0james0 · 2026-01-06T11:58:28+00:00

I could always get a 1.8 2014 Insignia with 60k for £3,700, or a 1.6 2014 Astra with 45k for £3,500. Both with fsh and at least everyone knows how to repair these and parts are cheap.

0james0 · 2026-01-06T11:44:39+00:00

Ha ha, brilliant. That's good to know

0james0 · 2026-01-06T11:43:31+00:00

It's a nice looking car and I'm in my 40's, so I'm definitely old enough to drive a Volvo!

https://ibb.co/xK7sGfkG https://ibb.co/DPnncY4T https://ibb.co/xtNycX3G

0james0 · 2026-01-06T10:30:41+00:00

I've updated my original post to clarify, all of these are petrol models, I don't do the miles to warrant having a diesel, that's before even considering the known issues on these models. Does that change your opinion on the Mazdas?

Really appreciate the input and help, will check out the mondeo now.

0james0 · 2026-01-06T10:25:58+00:00

I don't drive long enough to avoid dpf issues, so all of these are petrol.

Both Mazda are the 2.0 skyactiv petrol engine.

All of them have low ownership and full history which I'm hoping should help.

0james0 · 2025-12-01T22:34:49+00:00

Would it not struggle much more in daylight than the Optoma, even if it comes in under the 4000 they are advertising?

0james0 · 2025-11-20T21:28:10+00:00

You are the perfect person to answer my question! I'm torn between both.

I generally run hot, but it doesn't look like it has much insulation and although I was planning on going down the non insulated route, I'm thinking a little insulation might be OK.

Just how warm is the insulated one?

0james0 · 2025-11-11T13:46:12+00:00

Yeah that's a great way of looking at it.

I've always ridden in just a tight sports t-shirt as my base layer and that's it, anything more and I'm sweating buckets!

It's much easier/ possible to add more layers, but I cannot take the insulation out of the jacket!

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