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    Futures falling !!!!!!!!!!

    Saw it on the FXCM live news stream. Here is a short writeup that references Reuters. I do not have the source report from Reuters. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/market_alert/2010-01-26-0351-US_Dollar__Japanese_Yen_Surge.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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    Futures falling !!!!!!!!!!

    China just raised reserve requirements. 7 day yields just popped 20 basis points.
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    Forex hedging journal

    Current Market Rates EUR/USD = 1.5374 GBP/USD = 2.0108 EUR/GBP = .7645 If you are trading 100k lots then you are trading 100,000 units of EUR and 100,000 units of GBP. The dollar value of 100,000 units of EUR is $153,740. The dollar value of 100,000 units of GBP is $201,080. If you...
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    Broker with best spread...

    Spreads are nonsense. Execution is what the game is all about. Too many brokers out there claiming tight spreads but lousy execution. I disagree with the prior poster saying that anyone that doesn't charge commissions is a dealing desk. If I trade stocks I pay a spread (markup by the...
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    Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

    All firms including MB Trading have risks. You as a customer are not the counterparty to the trade. It doesn't matter if the firm is a Dealing Desk, Non Dealing Desk or ECN type model. The banks do not have a credit relationship with the customers of these firms. If a customer loses more...
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