Negative sum games can be beat. Whether it is worth it to play depends on the the degree to which your edge overcomes the negative sum.
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Thanks! What kind of spread do they quote you on EUR/USD? Does anyone know the minimums on Deutsche, Citi or Bank of America?
Yes this thing has been great to trade with IB ever since DBKFX started quoting. I'm getting over half my fills from DBKFX now. I think a lot of...
Your assumption is incorrect. Oanda does trade against its clients. Every forex dealer does this. Look up the definition of counterparty:...
I guess that depends on your definition of easy. :p Not to pick on you, but this is a case in point as to why I don't post market calls. Anything...
Can anyone list or point me to a list of who the active market makers are on the EURO futures at the CME? Also, is there any information available...
Gotta love DBKFX!
Thank you Interactive Brokers for providing a consistent 1-2 pip spread on IdealPro for EUR/USD. This is a really fantastic market offering right...
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/spreads/recent_spreads.shtml
One final thought. My systems did not become profitable until after I had become profitable as a discretionary / semi-mechanical trader, so in the...
To reiterate, read all acrary's posts and EricP's posts which take his edge test one step further. Also read all abogdan/meistro posts,...
To get to 36 do what I did: create an ATS platform, write your systems and let them trade for you. At least then you'll be in the 31 to 36 loop...
Actually, I don't think any approaches have been discussed in this thread. To get back on topic, what weekly result would you consider "killing it"?
Thanks for the replies guys. Some of the sharper cookies on this thread have pointed out that without certain common underlying assumptions, the...
How many net pips of profit per week would you consider to be "killing it"?
I don't really know. I don't think it was the account size or trade size as acct at its max was only about 10K. Profitability and high frequency...
Thanks for your post. I hesitated posting any of these details because I didn't want to become the poster boy for this kind of thing. Thanks for...
Fair question. I trade on Globex and several spot outlets for diversification and because at times you will get a better deal on one over the...
I am cross posting this from the Oanda forum with regards to some of Oanda's business practices, in case anyone here doesn't visit that forum....
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