Sorry if I'm being extra-dense here but, that's precisely my point (I think). Trading a $2000 margin means you've got to burn through 40 points...
No offense taken but, sheesh, does anyone on earth scalp with those kinds of margins? If they do, could they possibly be doing so for very long?...
Just for the record, it's 50 contracts. NOT 500. My typo.
Anyone?????
Hi -- As a relatively new trader seeking to fill the empty space between his ears, I've stumbled trying to decipher the nuances of order flow....
Possibly steming from the same impulse that leads to road rage?
Well, actually, yes and no...funny I just met him, as he was former business partner of my Dad's. Anyway, the guy's mathematically inclined,...
Actually, I just met someone who has become quite rich doing exactly that....if you define "rich" as a modest income in the low seven figures....
no -- especially when you're trying to trade it... tick, trin, bonds, rusell 2000, the orbital path of jupiter, you-name-it, may have their...
Anyone have experience consistently scalping for one-to-two points on the es with anything more than, say, five contracts? Is it possible to do...
Refco ties in through eSignal, and you get a discount on eSignal, which might be appealinh...
In other words, price action means getting whipsawed to death by price action...
Um...What?
This is really interesting, Lon -- Thanks. A couple of follow-up questions, if I may... 1) Why would one trade with a "bucket shop" if one...
How does that work, exactly, "trading the interbank market". Are you automatically "trading the interbank market" when your order size exceeds...
thanks Late -- who are the other ecns out there?
for the ignoramuses out there (including me...) what's the advantage of a pit-traded future? also, isn't that only for the full-contract? thanks
I posted this on another thread but it might be more appropriate for this one, so mea culpa for the redunancy but I'm wondering if any/all could...
from the IB website -- knowledgeable folks, is this bullshit? "IB is the first broker to provide direct-access forex trading with interbank...
very kludgy price action. comstock quotes on the eur/usdl, for example jumping around in a 6/7-pip range, while the Refco quote just sits there....
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