Recent content by cloudnine

I'm not here to preach or convert - you believe what you want.... It's like saying you have a rotten tomato so all tomatoes are bad and the tomato market is crooked... I trade equities, FX, and futures - I'm not religious about any market.... but to say the currency floor is superior to a...

any US based company who offers FX to US customers is required to be an FCM - posting minimum cap requirements - and letting variious agencies look under the kimono Key words - US based - US customers

FX dealers don't trade "against" you - anymore than the floor or the specialists in New York do... they take the other side - Anyone who takes the other side is trading against you.... ECN, Desk, etc... UBS, RBC, etc... They bundle the deals and lay them off - most even use automatic...

none taken.... I never said that Campbell or the like traded at FXSOL or any retail FX desk - but it is an institutional desk - just like an institutional desk in the traditional futures arena. I wasn't comparing apples to potatoes - just that John Henry can't do 40 yards at the Merc without it...

Sure you can trade 100,000 for $5000 in futures - Cash vs Futures dealers 1) all of the major fund managers execute in the cash and give-up to the futures - reason - liquidity.... 2) $5000 in FX dollars at up to 400:1 leverage provides considerably more "bang for the buck" in the cash...