Fair point, and I agree that no one should sign a customer agreement with a non-FCM (I thought the NFA put an end to doing business via...
I think ppl should just relax.. many of those companies will be able to step up the capital, it's just the question of how much money one wants to...
Yeah, but it's not that simple: to get 400:1 leverage you need to have an account less than say 10k, so your maximum position is under 4mil -...
here is one: http://www.mgforex.com/eng/forex-trading/content/forex-margin.htm
OK, you are confusing two things here : MM is somebody who "makes" the price for its customers: e.g. a bank, a retail platform etc. This is very...
This is normal: whoever holds your funds, executes margin etc should be yr counterparty Hotspot is also the counterparty to trades, nothing...
Not sure I understand what does an inter-bank system like EBS have to do with any of this discussion? I suspect most ppl on the board are trading...
Anyone who is "shocked" at the wide spreads after the off-expectations NFP release on a holiday depleted Friday should seriously consider trading...
did anyone see their margin requirements increased with the recent events (apart from those trading on the CME)?
it for sure had nothing to do with benchmark revisions for 06 - those were known for several weeks. fx did appear to track the bond market on...
STAY AWAY !!
No centralised marketplace means there is more than one price at any given point in time. This pretty much sums it up.
I think the speed of EUR/CAD was really dictated by EUR/USD, USD/CAD is essentially still stuck in a range.
Nothing ridiculous about EUR/CAD move. A number of people were making the call back in the summer. The market just took a while to stop thinking...
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