Recent Content by quatron

  1. Most forex retail traders lose money. Why is forex so difficult?

    Nice, I love this kind of manipulation. 1. You included only one side of retail level comms which is 2.3 - 2.5 per side so cost of trade for CL...
    Post by: quatron, May 30, 2018 in forum: Forex

  2. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    You're right, I should have said make more with market-maker until you are noticed and get switched to STP if successful. At least you get that...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 22, 2018 in forum: Forex

  3. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    On your last question - the banks taking the trade is not the same situation. The advantage of this is that that generally there is no conflict of...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 22, 2018 in forum: Forex

  4. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    The way brokers use the word interbank is misleading. Interbank is the platforms where banks and big institutions trade. Minimum trade size there...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 22, 2018 in forum: Forex

  5. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    The conflict of interest is a very good point. However, as I outlined above most brokers run a hybrid model. It works this way. A broker is a...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 21, 2018 in forum: Forex

  6. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    There are independents making a living trading with market making shops as well, not sure what was your point. By real market I mean something...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 21, 2018 in forum: Forex

  7. Lot size, slippage and execution speed for non-major forex pairs

    Guys, let's be honest. There's no real market in FX. There's only a counterparty or marketmaker. Be it your bucket-shop broker, a regulated broker...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 20, 2018 in forum: Forex

  8. Most forex retail traders lose money. Why is forex so difficult?

    How come futures currencies are more efficient? E.g. BP6 - a full pip spread + $5 comms per lot rt versus GBPUSD is from 0-0.2 pip spread + $7...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 17, 2018 in forum: Forex

  9. Most forex retail traders lose money. Why is forex so difficult?

    It may be even worse. In FX average transaction cost would be $30-50 per million (for major pairs). If you take CL your cost is more than $100 ($5...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 16, 2018 in forum: Forex

  10. Most forex retail traders lose money. Why is forex so difficult?

    There's a reason why they chose to report quarterly numbers. The percentage of profitable accounts falls exponentially with time. If you look...
    Post by: quatron, Jan 16, 2018 in forum: Forex

  11. Trading Forex with Daily Charts

    What's so special about NY close in FX? The way I see it this is the time when liquidity dries up, banks disconnect and go offline for their EOD,...
    Post by: quatron, Dec 21, 2017 in forum: Forex

  12. How to identify scam brokers / bucket shops

    Promotions. A broker offering a deposit bonus to everyone = scam
    Post by: quatron, Nov 3, 2017 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. VPS vs. Dedicated servers?

    You don't need a dedicated server if you are going to trade with IB. Just rent any vps in NY. E.g. DigitalOcean for $10/month is good enough and...
    Post by: quatron, Nov 27, 2013 in forum: Automated Trading

  14. Java - Storing data in memory for post-runtime access

    I did not run those tests myself I just took the numbers from their site. I was looking for a ballpark number before doing my own testing. Looks...
    Post by: quatron, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: App Development

  15. Java - Storing data in memory for post-runtime access

    I believe OP does not use REST to fetch tick by tick but rather download a flat file for a day from the server that keeps those files in memory....
    Post by: quatron, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: App Development