Recent content by swissie

Robert, Dodd Frank really does go to far. :) I opened a US account with Interactive Brokers. I will likely trade currency futures instead of forex. The nice thing with interactive brokers is that I can trade forex and futures from one account.

Are there reputable proprietary groups that allow forex trading? 50:1 is okay but not great for spread strategies. My apologies for the short question-this is all I have for now. Thanks for allowing me to post a noob question.

Rob thanks for the insight. I wonder if any new bills will come forward to improve Dodd frank to get rid of dumb things. Even equities have a min day trade deposit-my nephew tried to trade in his brand new ib account, only to have it restricted for being under a certain SEC limit (he was not...

Offshore trading accounts I'm an American, and I need more leverage in my forex trading (I do neutral strategies that require leverage). Unfortunately the NFA has a 50:1 limit, and does not allow forign brokers with 100:1+ to accept British or American citizens directly. I am looking...

I have traded forex for awhile, but am looking for more leverage. The us brokers offer a max of 50:1. A us broker tried to tell me it's illegal for a is citizen to open a forign account, which obviously is not true. I was wondering if any is citizens have used more than 100:1 overseas and...

I'm looking for a forex broker that will do 400 or 500 to 1. I found a list on the "brokers" section at the top, however there are many forex brokers and few with more than a couple of ratings. I found some with good leverage but with one or two positive reviews (legit looking), and their...