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Have all your rules for every possible outcome planned out ahead of time. Then just follow them. If you break your rules, you have emotional issues as a trader. If you follow your rules and lose money, then you need to reevaluate your rules.

I just saw an ad for www.gomarketsaus.com which allows partial futures contracts (so like you could trade 0.1 ES contracts). That is AWESOME. Their commissions were reduced by whatever fraction of a contract you trade. So he said round trip on an ES is $12 AUD, so round trip on 0.1 ES would...

Add to the list that you cannot change timezones. You're stuck on whatever timezone your broker is on. So right now I'm on the 03:40 candle even tho it's 10:37pm here. Why isn't this a basic option??????????

In the interest of fairness, some of these things are possible through scripts, such as closing all open orders. IMO that should be basic functionality built into all platforms by default, not something a user has to code themselves.

I'm demoing it now with IBFX. I must've been spoiled by OEC's platform, which, while it kinda sucks, it is incredibly awesome and easy for ordering and order modification... to the extent that I am almost considering opening a forex account with OEC just so I can use their awesome platform...

Prof has there been created a SierraChart version of your indicator yet?

who is your broker? SierraChart is compatible with a few forex brokers (maybe yours?) and you can set the charts to anything you want. Any multiple of minutes/seconds/hours, any combination of ticks, constant range charts, and volume charts (not applicable to forex). You can do a free 30...

Holy crap. A lot of info in this thread!

what kind of job are you in where you're not allowed to trade?

http://www.forexmicrolot.com/mission-statement.jsp

What's that?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard that one of the differences between MMs and ECNs is that MMs show you different data from what the pair is actually being traded at. I've had OEC and OANDA up before at the same time (both MMs) and their quotes were at different levels. OANDA's .9 pip...

$5 per side? Ouch. Edit - wait. It sounds like you're saying it's $10/pip, which means +1 pip in your favor and you're back to break even. That's not bad. Nevermind. Ok so if you do multiples of that, like 20k position on IB, do you pay a multiple of the $5 commission? In other words...

How much is 1 pip on a 100,000 lot? Is that the minimum at most ECN brokers? What margin requiremnts are there? I'm looking to trade really small so I can scale into things. Second question, is that $5 per side or per round trip?

Hi, So for the brokers that charge commission, what is the usual commission and what are the spreads on the EURUSD? Are the commissions dependent upon position size or are they flat like how Scottrade charges you the same commission no matter if you buy 1 share of 1000 shares? Are there...

Re: Futures - futures are great but not everyone is capitalized enough to trade futures. But I agree that for taxes and for being free from BS (ie they have low commissions and tight spreads), they cannot be beat. Are there any Forex ECNs that let you trade $0.01 per pip? I've used an...

It's always "oh they stop hunt" or "oh they're another bucket shop." Are there any good, non-shill reviews anywhere? Where would I go if I was interested in trading Forex in either micro or variable lot sizes, not getting a shit spread, not getting stop hunted, and not being unable to...

Was that post deleted? I don't even see it in this thread.

I mean the ones that are mentioned in every book. This is MACD, here's the formula and pics. This is stochastics, this is the formula and pictures. This is ADX, etc. I'm guessing that these indicators and their formulas are not proprietary or owned by anyone.

i talked to OEC support. Apparently my order disappeared the other day because they were doing maintenance on the demo platform. Apparently my orders are vanishing at 4pm because they are DAY orders (i didn't think Forex had DAY orders since the market never closes). He said that's also...