Recent content by jackplash

admittedly oanda's little cheezy charts might leave some wanting but i dont use any indicators or studies so its ok with me, at least it produces a decent looking chart. i went to the fx sol site and started downloading their demo stuff but found i had already been there (you aint the only one...

LoL...thanks, (i think)

call this guy...he is my last and final broker unless he screws up bigtime. (after going thru 5-6 others) His name is J.R. - his number is 866 761-7197. has all the major trading platforms and competitive commissions. I cant say enough good about him or his firm. (spiketrading.com) $500...

that makes sense. 50 initial and 100 maint. but now im still left with my original wrinkle. i want to see if anyone knows of a firm out there where there is more initial leverage without sacrifice of Oandas, what i consider, Oandas better traits; low spreads and no standardized lot sizes...

Ok i get that, (maybe) no i dont...it seems that no matter how you crack it, with 10m, i can only buy 500,000...thats it. Given i use your example, about the pip value and margin, i can only squeeze 42.72 a pip. now if i had 100/1 i could pull 85.44 or 200/1= 170.88 per pip right? im a pure...

no, there are no restrictions, just an election box...20-30 etc. that you select.

I guess there is alot going on with Oanda, and I dont have many real gripes with them. Their web based platform is adequate, along with adequate charts, and i really like the elimination of the large/mini thing now that im used to it...but the leverage thing. Its only 50 to one! Is there some...