Difference in transaction costs and execution speed. Unfortunately many "working" trading edges (trade secrets) hinge on them. That's why as you...
I think he meant dealers. Anyway for OTC trading how we can talk about the market in a classic sense? Price takers, i.e. us will never be able to...
Depends on a volatility. This year, take for example SPX had crazy volatility (1% more than 200 days from the year).
They can definitely predict volatility outbreaks. Saw a chart from Goldman Sachs before November elections where implied by options volatility of...
If we take specific point of time, for 1 Minute Returns, how do we determine the sample to calculate standard deviation and which should remain...
Statistical frequency converging to some theoretical one. Classic definition.
You are faced with the two options: Lose $10000 with a probability of 0.02 Lose $420 with a probability of 0.5 Which one would you choose? :D...
Hi, Elitetraders What are the approaches to measure probability that in the next n-minutes time return of an asset just exceeds some r? Can it...
I meant the higher is number of trials (market trades) the higher is probability to get 2, 3 sigma event in terms of impact on your return :)
Looks like he forgot that the longer we stay in the market the higher is a chance to get a really adverse event which has potential to blow account.
Yeah it's the biggest difference unless you're scalper or momentum trader and see HUGE difference in execution.
You can try Tickmill or Hotofrex, I trade with them, both have FCA licenses and offer ECN access
With low leverage you simply smooth the risk in time, since to make returns proportionate to returns made with leverage, you have to spend more...
And what that points should be? Easier to say than done! You have to accumulate order filling data, etc. to draw conclusions about the platform.
If you talk about official broker statistics I think the goal is to calculate share of the traders who stayed afloat/above breakeven after 1/3/6...
Yes and also it is very fast platform especially when using on collocation, low ping allows to run quite powerful EAs
It'll be virtually impossible to lose trading with low or no leverage because you have to be too unlucky to buy on global top or sell in global...
I think markets will get more certainty with Biden in trade policy, relationship with Fed, etc. so we should expect less "information shocks"
I use special account at Hotforex for scalping called raw spread account - almost no spread but fixed commission. it's important to reduce...
Hedging is useful when you understand types of risk you face and why you want to mitigate particular risk. For me hedging is the hardest part of...
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