Recent content by globaltrader

errr ..no actually - unless you have got lots of cash then you won't get anywhere near the "most liquid market in the world" spot market - as it is all interbank and trades in size.... the best you'll be able to do is go with a FX spot broker who simply makes a market for you and profits out of...

quite a shame that this thread degenerated so badly....so what if Jay and Harry are the same person..the thread wasn't selling anything and could've been quite interesting....... another good thread killed by the 1 lotters.

There are no volume figures worth looking at in the currency markets. The volume in the futures is no help in trading the currencies, as the primary volume is done in the interbank market. As this is all OTC volume figures - if you can even find any - are not reliable.

Sharpe ratio is very misleading as it penalises upside volatility - i.e. it treats upside and downside variance equally. Yet, upside volatility is actually good. Thus, a much useful tool, which is underused - largely because people don't understand it...is the Sortino ratio which uses...

Break down the MACD formula....actually look at how it is derived...and understand it...... if you REALLY understand it...then you will be able to look at a price chart and draw a fairly accurate MACD by freehand..... if you can do that then you are starting to understand price and how it...

You've got some good advice there. I am/was in a similar situation....made alot trading..spent alot on a car and other stuff and then wondered how to trade a large account size. Unfortunately its not a case of just increasing your bet size because liquidity becomes an issue. I play a few...

Australia: AOT or L Quay ...or if you don't need direct access then try the Aussie banks or take a look at http://www.afsd.com.au/brokers.html Brazil I don't know sorry

corso, Hedging your equity positions?? Afraid your size will move the market when you cut your losses?? Otherwise your only reason for doing that is if you want to hedge a portfolio. If you merely want to hedge your swing trading losses. Your best "hedge" would be to give-up trading.

"If you are planning to wade in with a 10,000 share market order, then other brokers will be cheaper" hahaha - send your big market orders to me, I'll do that for you for free thank you :-)

perhaps when Bush is wondering who is on the terrorists sides and who should bomb he should remember... most of the 911 hijackers were Saudis - supposedly our best Arab friends.. a Florida flight school trained the hijackers.... the CIA made and trained Osama Bin Laden... al-queda is most...

problem is that many people read a chart differently...and many people don't understand what a chart really represents or how the technical indicators are formed or derived. People read a book plot a chart and an RSI and a Stochastic. But if anyone knew how these indicators were formed, they;d...

this topic comes up from time to time. For most people the major difference in speed is going to come from how long it takes to set-up an order - rather than the speed that it gets to the exchange. Unless of course you're someone who wants to scalp the 25 cent spread on the e-mini - in which...

another 30% to go.... Europe looks as if it could take out the lows this week

"You want to know about what great traders business school Phd's make, have someone read you "When Genius Failed". All the guys that blew up Long Term Capital, and nearly wrecked our financial system were academic hotshots. So if guys like that are promoting "shortboy", then I know he is a...

Most people take their profits too early. The big money is when they run and run. If you are prone to taking them too early then try and force yourself away from your trade. Try this...the trades getting near your profit target...your getting nervous...calculate where you would put your stop...