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Guys, the problem is that it is jut a beginning. I personally do not care if someone listens to my phone calls, I have nothing to hide, but how far does it go. Today, warrant less monitoring, tomorrow warrant less arrest, decade later GULAG for American citizens, and all in the name of...

Hi Pabst, Thanks a lot for sharing the stories. Very interesting. Do you see pits becoming obsolete? I am sure they will be around for a while, but do they look to you as a thing of a past? I am planning to go to LBR seminar. Very curious to meet a market Wizards. FXCM is throwing...

I remember hearing Bush in TV that warrant less surveillance program is only for the calls going outside US. Now we learn that they have been gathering our calls. And I am sure that the excuse will be that no one is listening to these calls, they are only scanned by some program. The question is...

Greed, fear, to pull or not to pull the trigger, the answers lay in "Trading in the zone". Read it as many times as required, you'll be amazed at what you learn.

Fh2000, I hear what you are saying. I have been in IT for about 10 years, make 6 figures, and if I would be willing to travel I can get $100-$120 per hour ($200-$240 K per year). And if $1,000 per day is all that trading would be able to provide, I would not even bother. The great thing...

Hi CNC, Good luck with your journal. I am in some what similar boat, but my biggest problem is staying focused. I trade of 1 min charts (DAX futures), and this time frame requires undivided attention. I find myself distracted (various thoughts, something on TV and so on) a lot, and miss good...

Aok, Thanks. Like I said so far the feed was pretty good no problems and not a single freeze. I go for points, but not many (4-6), so real time up to second feed is very important to me. If things work fine, I try not to mess with them, but always on the look out for better options...

Hi Aok, Can you please explain why. I have e-signal as charting and use NinjaTrader with TT feed (PATS backup) for placing the trades for DAX futures. I did not see discrepancies between my DOM and e-signal details window / charts. If there is an issue, I sure would like to know what it is...

TGM, Thanks again. Can you program indicators in Esign? They are basic, but I would need to code them, since they are not available in standard charting packages. redduke

TGM, Thanks you very much for this info. I will check CQG out again, it is strange that their rep told me that they do not support tick charts (I called them few months back). I trade on very short time frame, and data quality is extremely important to me. Few hundreds extra a month will...

Hi Tnc$ddc, I got a slightly different vibe in this thread, but your point is valid, if people encounter tons of bugs and nothing being done to fix them. I use 1 min charts, and do not see any delays at all (eurex DAX futures), may be have not experienced it yet, I generally trade during...

Come on guys. I hope that most of you just posting on this thread because you have some free time, I do not trade during this time, so periodically checking elitetrader. I trade part time (working on grub stake for full time trading), and $200 per month that I pay for e-signal (eurex and cme...

I do not wish to spend a lot of time to argue advantage of futures over spot fx. I provided here some info, why futures are better. See it for yourself. But when you try to do size in forex, be very careful. Best of luck, redduke

Hi Dandxg, Yep, my point exactly. Oanda is very good, and this is where I traded forex. But in forex you pay more per trade and the risk is greater. redduke

"Unit size increment advantage" - I guess whoever said it, meant mini lots, but they are only good in the beginning, if one trades decent size (it is of course different for everybody, but you'll know when you no longer need mini lots), the increments will be in standards, and futures can be...

It is not the platforms, it is forex in general. I still did not hear a single valid reason why trading forex (on retail level) is better than currency futures. The only "advantage" is more crosses, but if you know what you do, you can construct pretty much any strategy with using majors. If...

These are the crosses available: http://www.cme.com/trading/prd/fx/crossrate2625.html Check CME website for all products. Not sure how liquid they are.

DAX is traded on eurex, and it can be traded with IB.

Hi Tgregg, This is hardly a post from an intellectual person. I am center/left and was the first to say that US invading Venezuela is not going to happen. US would not invade a democracy with a democratically elected leader, even though administration hates him so much. It always amazes...

Guys, good points, and I hope people will read them and make up their minds. We do not really know if FXCM trades against their clients. Some people who claim that they do, and the reason why they know it is because is because they worked for FXCM, could just be competitors. Always keep an open...