FX is notoriously hard. Not impossible but hard. I think someone said it here before, you need to treat trading as business. So, make a business...
Trading off manipulated (wholesale) quotes is one thing, being made a market different from or not based on wholesale rates is a different kettle...
At wholesale level it is very difficult to manipulate spot.. The market is simply too deep. But fat finger spikes do happen once in a while during...
How about spreads? It's possible to put on a low volatility play of relative value or across the curve. Calendars in commodities, inter-market...
Start with developing your trading idea/strategy first. Without a plan/strategy/edge it is difficult to beat randomness. But with randomness I do...
Forex futures have some caveats. First of all costs. There will be exchange clearing fees 2c to the NFA and your broker commission. The smaller...
Wise words from gaussian. Transparency should never be discounted. Trading exchange traded products, times&sales are published, an official close...
The URL provided by DevBru leads directly to their web site. The source is clear and unambiguous. What are you trying to get out all this? You're...
So let's recap, bbpp's list of 10 FX firms, seven I had to flag due to counterparty concerns. Not small concerns but massive concerns as per my...
@ Real Money Is 10y too short for you? Just thinking of 2's/10's or 5's/10's.
Don't get me wrong, of course I enjoy it when the market comes my way. But I always count in points up or down to eliminate thoughts of USD P&L to...
Fundamentals play a big role for me. In my style of trading I need to have an opinion of a general direction first. Then come the technicals: is...
Whether they bet against the customer or not should be in 7 out of 10 the least of one's worries! The counterparty risk any potential client with...
7 out of 10 from this list give enough reason to be concerned: https://www.renesource.com/en/ no adverse information found....
Another market which has extremely tight spreads is ED. Liquidity is very deep but given the matching algorithms, it's very difficult to overcome...
The Turtles experiment from decades back is proof that trading can be taught and learned. Having a mentor can massively speed that process up,...
@bbpp Why don't you just give it a rest. All I did was to offer my view and insight the OP might find useful. I have an actual business to run...
It's quite astonishing what one can actually find in those T&C: FOREX.COM 2.4 We will deal with you as principal and not as agent on your...
I did tell you to go and read the fine print of the T&C's of these firms. Have you read them? I am not doing that work for you. I don't get it why...
@bbpp: start around 29:40 into it: [MEDIA] (the A/B book starts around 47:00)
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