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I've got a Dell 8300 purchased in 02-03. It has a Radeon 9800 AGP card in it. I currently have 2 20" monitors hooked up and would like to add a 3rd. I believe my machine has standard PCI slots. What are my best choices? Do I find another card or look for a quad card and replace my...

I'm confused. If nowhere will guarantee my limit/stop orders during news spikes, why should I be concerned with widening spreads during news? And if ridiculous spreads is just one example, please provide all the other examples.

OK, since this the hottest forum topic of all newbies to the FX market, you tell me: Where do I go to trade the spike on NFP (or any initial spike on news for that matter) where the spreads aren't widened, where my limit/stop orders are guaranteed and where I will not get requotes or hung orders?

10 pips is the most I've seen on the E/U. It last for 1 min or so. Remember the day is made up of 24 hours so if that 1-2 minutes is what makes or breaks you, consider another career. If you're trading many times a day for small amounts, I can guarantee you that widening spreads will be...

There is no right tick chart to use. It all boils down to one you feel gives you the best trades for your style. I prefer a 34 tick chart on the Euro FX. This chart to me provides some very nice swings. I use fibs to trade the swings for my entries and also use a 10ema as a trailing stop -...

Look up.

Any idea on the commission per contract for the Euro? I like the idea of a 50,000 contract as opposed to the 125,000 on the Globex Allows for a little more flexibility in the MM.

Today in the E/U was a great day to scalp. So many nice swings up and down. Or, you could of just sold the break of the congestion at the 4700 level and held on all day for a total of approx 30-40 pips. I'd prefer to be an idiot...

Mb/EFX commish is too high for scalping. You'd be better off trading the Globex. You can get RT for around $5-6 per trade there as opposed to $14+ with MB.

Anyone have any further info/experience with this? Looks interesting but I suppose it all depends on how well it catches on...

Your best bet to start out with, is to trade/learn with Oanda. Your trade size options there are as good as it gets since you can trade any size, 1 unit 187 units, 124,999 units, etc. This can be a very valuable MM tool. Fills are instant and you get interest on your cash balance. Also...

I've looked into CMC before and any quick search in Google will reveal user feedback that this MM is no different from all the others - requotes, hung orders, etc. I guess we all have different experiences and I'm sure that is because we all trade differently.

Nice. Will you post your blotter for us?

In that case, I would take my next trade at the same lot size or somewhere inbetween 600,000 - 1,200,000. I must state though, that I would personally never take a 10 pip loss with that lot size. The only case would be price suddenly spiking too quickly for me to react, etc. When I'm...

Lets say I make 10 pips with 6 standard lots = $600. Next trade I scale back and make 10 pips with 2.5 standard lots = $250 Next trade I'm not real sure on so I go with 5 minis and make another 10 pips = $50. I'm now up $900 for the day on 3 trades for 30 pips. Now I decide on the next...

Interesting thread so far. It amazes me how rigid some people are in their approach to trading. I aim for small scalps each day - 3pips, 5, 10, whatever. I don't like to give back so I cash in as often as possible. To me all that matters is that I make money at the end of the day...

10 pips a day isn't too tough. What's important is your MM. If you know how to utilize it, you can have days where you finish -30 pips but with a profit of $450.

OK - seeing you graduated a genius from your 6th grade algebra class, explain to us dummies who can't read why it's 10x?

Only if you trade the same size every trade.

What does your capital have to do with catching 10 pips a day? I'm beginning to see why your so jaded by the fx market...