Recent Content by Apollo13

  1. Making money but forex is killing me. Hedging strategies.

    It's typical ... as soon as I liquidate my USD it moves against me ! New strategy. Maintain 50% USD 50% AUD I am now immune to currency movements...
    Post by: Apollo13, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Stocks

  2. Making money but forex is killing me. Hedging strategies.

    I understand. I can't trade forex on my IRA. No margin. Thinking about this a little more and taking the advice of one of the other posters I...
    Post by: Apollo13, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Stocks

  3. Making money but forex is killing me. Hedging strategies.

    I just got another daily trade report. Up $1264.87 AUD on AMD last night. Down $1495.87 on USD ..... Treading water. There has to be a way.
    Post by: Apollo13, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Stocks

  4. Making money but forex is killing me. Hedging strategies.

    I am not trading currencies. I can convert to AUD at any time I am not in a trade. I guess that is the option. The only problem with that is...
    Post by: Apollo13, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Stocks

  5. What is your favorite charting platform and why?

    It depends on what you want. tradingview.com has an amazing community behind it. Chock full of ideas etc. Free to try if you don't mind adds.
    Post by: Apollo13, Dec 3, 2018 in forum: Technical Analysis

  6. Making money but forex is killing me. Hedging strategies.

    I am an Aussie trading in US equities and making a fairly decent profit. For most of this year it's been an easy ride with the forex AUD/USD...
    Thread by: Apollo13, Dec 3, 2018, 11 replies, in forum: Stocks

  7. Strange ticks at IB explained as intermarket sweeps

    No I am sure it's not new. But what does the IB explanation mean ...exactly.
    Post by: Apollo13, Nov 30, 2018 in forum: Order Execution

  8. Strange ticks at IB explained as intermarket sweeps

    I just had a rather strange tick go through on WDAY. It hit my stop but did not execute. I am glad it didn't and I am not complaining because the...
    Thread by: Apollo13, Nov 30, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: Order Execution

  9. Shorting the market in a non margin account. No direct shorting of stocks.

    Thanks DaveV, I am already looking at SH which seems to be similar to the two above. Anything that is holding futures seems to be classified as an...
    Post by: Apollo13, Oct 26, 2018 in forum: Trading

  10. Shorting the market in a non margin account. No direct shorting of stocks.

    Looking for a little advice on just what the options are for shorting this market. My account is cash only and I don't have the option and don't...
    Thread by: Apollo13, Oct 26, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Trading

  11. US Broker who will open an account for an Australian citizen.

    Yar.. Only interested in US equities. That broker is the one that takes the paperwork then does nothing with it. They are not really interested I...
    Post by: Apollo13, Sep 16, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  12. US Broker who will open an account for an Australian citizen.

    Yup... all agreed there. Hence why I don't trade Aussie stocks. Trades too expensive and market liquidity is too thin except for the largest...
    Post by: Apollo13, Sep 15, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers