Hi, I'm looking for a broker / software where I can see the order book. The one I know of is IB but I think it might be a bit much for what I...
Oanda and Metatrader (MT4) have free demo accounts and there are countless others.
Heya I've been using chart-ex as a free source of tick volumes but the updates and market cut off times seem to be fairly useless sometimes so I'm...
Hi, nice thread, hope i can contribute in the future. I've been using oanda to hedge positions for a fair time now. I consider it insurance but it...
So you're saying you may take a position of up to 100k lots at any one time? 1 lot = 100k 100 lots = 10000k :confused: a swing of 20...
Horses for courses! "people"
I agree that you can hedge existing positions by taking an opposite position in a correlated pair (LT) but to long/short the one pair at the same...
Hello Electric, how come you use FXCM now?
Hi viper you make very valid points about the FX market and the ability to trade it, congrats.
Just because you havn't seen it doesn't mean it isn't happening.
By professional I guess you mean they handle million dollar blances daily... i'm sure they have better things to do with their time. The...
I usually build up spot positions (long term ones) and "hedge out" some exposure during market consolidation and attempt to catch the bigger...
I don't know why hedge is a dirty word in fx. I find you get the best positions out of them.
Oanda are a good put/call no touch brazillian :P introduction. If you figure out how to work their gama pm me, cheers :D
Yeah, price action is not something that exists but rather something to be observed. *spooky music*
The IB price isn't being requoted. In both cases you have to take the good with the bad. FXCM spread will always be 3 and won't spike when...
You still need USD to buy oil and everyone wants oil so there's always that safety net :P And how is predicting a low USD anti american? it all...
I wouldn't waste to much time with demos unless you are trying to automate something. Start with someone who allows micro/mini lots and go from...
Oanda pay interest on your balance by the second, daily. It's the best bank account i've ever seen :D... they take their cut on interest speads...
Get a demo account and and try to make money off that consistently... if you can do this you might have a chance in the real market. Then save up...
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