Recent content by UncleJ

Thanks for the links. From what I can tell, if you are intraday trading with liquid pairs such as EURUSD and GBPUSD, then currency futures are they way to go :)

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I have been trading spot forex for the past two years and recently became interested in currency futures because of their lower transaction price. The more and more I research it, it became clear that the spot forex market is a big shame setup to take...

Thanks for everyones help. I am trading CME. I am interested in either stop or limit orders. My current broker does not have this feature and I have been slipped up to 10 ticks trading currency futuers during news time. It would be great to find a broker that will not slip me and will...

Are there any brokers or trading platforms that can provide a "Fill or Kill" limit order for futures trading? For example, if I place a limit order at price X trading the emini S&P during a very volitile time, I want to either be filled at that price or have the order canceled (ie: no...

My current charting program makes me scroll through all the days and its really anoying.....

Is there a free charting program (web based or stand alone) where I can jump to a specific day in the past and look at the 1 minute chart? For example, I want to look at the open on September 8, 2006 on a 1 minute chart. Thanks for any help.

Ahhh I feel like I am going crazy. My broker (Saxo) is now telling me that all brokers, even US brokers will first convert your account balance to GBP if you are trying to go long GBP. I have been trading forex for a few years and I always thought I could open a position with full...

How can any trading be 100% anonymous if they need to identify your account positions to credit you with P/L? I think when brokers use the term "anonymous" they only mean that they dont share your name/details with the liquidity providers.

I opened an account with Saxo Bank London to trade Forex. I was surprised to see my leveraged buying power at half of what I have with my US brokers (both are 100:1) It seems they convert my USD deposit to GBP, then give me leverage on that smaller amount. I not sure how/why they do this...

Thomfergu, Sorry for coming off harsh before. I am still learning to trade myself so please bear with me. When you place your order through your broker, they do NOT have to fill you right away. They can send it to a Market Maker (MM) who has the option of sitting on it and waiting. What...

So it has nothing to do with the larger S&P index? Is there anyway to tell future price action by looking at volume in the bid or ask columns of a trading ladder?