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FXCM forgives approximately 90% of its clients who incurred negative balances in certain jurisdictions: http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/FXCM,+Inc.+%28FXCM%29+Will+Forgive+90%25+of+Clients+that+Incurred+Negative+Balances+on+Swiss+Franc+Volatility/10201253.html Who's next? For any...

Swiss industry is taking a major hit on the SNB move since 60% of all exports go into the EU. Lots of smaller businesses saw their already thin margins vanish in the move and face serious problems. Politicians think that the economy can deal with an exchange rate of 1.1, but the move lower seems...

Hi all, thanks for your participation so far, making this thread the most viewed one so far this week. As usual in such controversial discussions the opinions are spread wide between the ones who can relate to the issue and the ones who can’t, yielding some tough comments from both sides. To...

Good thing I can still laugh at a joke. Others look more like the piece of meat in the middle of the picture...

Thanks for stepping up to the plate with me on the topic!

sprstpd...Thanks for your comment. I don't see how I put pressure on them. They are not even participating here. I have started this thread with transparency in mind and I am following through with it. Thank you for honoring that! After all its the sharing of content and information that creates...

First move by IB: -------------------------------------------------------- Mr. P, Please note that IB has the right and not the obligation to liquidate your position when there is a deficit. As the owner of the account, you remain responsible of your position and you need to manage your risk...

Please all stay constructive. All opinions welcome but no bragging about your gains, nor bashing on the losers. We all know that there needs to be someone else on the other side of the trade. If something comparable happens to you one day, you may be grateful that this thread exists. Thank you.

Nope...no contact from them yet. Just a general message to all CHF based clients that they should check their account balances and should transfer cash to meet any margin requirements. Another user got the message that they supposedly need some time to sort out the mess on their side...

Hi all, I would like to start this thread as a platform for people who got wiped out in last weeks EUR/CHF move and are unsure on what to do now. Ok, day 3 after the FX tsunami...I'm one of the suckers who got hit hard by the EUR/CHF floor removal...very hard! When coming back from a meeting I...

Hello MGJ, thank you for your very interesting reply! ...unfortunately the topic doesn't seem to interest a lot of people... :( I've been thinking about the results you've posted. What was especially intriguing for me is, that the systems performance results are differing with a factor of...

my2cents...very interesting links you have posted ealier. I also believe that some systems leave "footprints" in the market, especially when they are traded big enough so they can be tracked...as far as I can tell this is usually the beginning of the end of a system...just like systems that are...

Hello MarkBrown, mathematically speaking: Yes, it is possible to "model" the market...but the concept has one significant flaw: The number of variables to describe the system is far too big!!! On top of that, the variables are changing constantly, so that your models needs to adapt...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some experienced trading system developers to give me a hint: After some serious drawbacks in my trading system design...including postdictive errors, curve fitting, you name it ...I've decided to start building my road to success all over again. Lately...