lol, sure...to everyone his own. Take it as criticism or whatever, if you dont find trades among the majors and feel the urge to move on then a) you may be impatient b) your set up may not be ready for trading fx What you are saying is similar to "I dont know how to make good cars and I dont understand what people want so I can deliver it to them, so why not being GM or Crysler at least I can say I am running a business". You know spreads DO matter because they are part of your cost of doing business. Having been in the business long enough I take the freedom to claim that you have a lot to learn if you say that you do business with a broker that offers a lot of pairs while at the same time accepting the worst of all other trading related issues by going with such broker.
How about you go f*ck yourself? I am a positional trader and I let trades go for days. I am patient by definition. I don't attempt to trade every day but only when I see some attractive setups. I need to monitor as many reasonable pairs as possible. You can trade with IB and I am going to trade with gft.
Dude, it's forex, wtf were you expecting? Forex trading by itself is a 24/7 casino. All the firms are total crap, with the exception of IB. Do they do forex? Whatever, it doesn't matter. Forex is only for people with an actual use of the market, and for losers that gave up equity markets.
Although I have an account with IB and IBFX, I only trade fx thru IBFX... Given that I've recently began focusing on a particular scalping strategy, I believe that based on the information shared in this thread, it would be in my best interest to scalp thru IB... Thanks for the advise guys... Walt
so you say "I have been in the business long enough" but you still maintain micro lot accounts. Speaks for itself. Nobody is robbing you off your choices you make. Its just you should be aware of the practices your broker applies to part you from your money. Good luck! ;-)
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I said FXCM mini(not micro) and only because that is what FXCM offers (it now offers active trader as well as gold accounts). Dealing with you is a waste of time (just as cabletrader said)
Exactly, I can't understand why anyone would want to limit themselves but I guess if it works for them then fine. This is what jokers like IluvVol can't grasp because they've probably never traded, people make money in all sorts of different ways with all sorts of different approaches, if it makes money then it simply can't be 'wrong'.