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That's not really how it works. Currencies are not like commodities or stocks where there is a finite supply or an expiration. They move on capital flows. As long as money is flowing in and out of countries it's currency is going to move. Let me give you some perspective here. In the 1980's...

QE? During a crisis the FED is "buying" securities or "lending" capital to the market. Or you could call it "providing liquidity". Pick your position. I should have said Fed vs gov't but same thing to me. In a panic, the "Fed" is essentially lowering rates while corporates are raising them...

They are implied spreads. Best executed through TT or CQG, not IB. Although IB might be able to do it, not completely sure. Here is a good video on the TED spread. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mhTXNLwcpOk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Actually technically your daystop is 50k in this example with Don. He'll let you go through it. I'm sure you'll get some interesting phone calls in the process though. LOL.

Well, I think there is some confusion here. Don's firm for the most part preaches a certain style of trading where the leverage does support that style. They have guys that run 100's of stock pairs that as a group exhibit pretty low volatility. I think the confusion comes from guys who think...

You can use a lot more then that but why do you think that is a good deal? You know your 100k will be gone with the first pre-market stock halt right? For the record, I think Don has gone as high as 20 to 25 to 1 overnight. Maybe you should get that wire ready. LOL.

BTW, this deal is real. Any anyone can take advantage of it.

I'll throw in a power bar. :D

Don, how about this for new traders. How about no licenses. Say they put up 50k, we'll give them 2.5 million in buying power (to use not abuse of course). No restrictions on shorting. We won't charge them a penny for the capital. In fact, we may even pay them interest (albeit very little)...

Something I just thought of. There may be a reason why they are choosing Singapore and Hong Kong. The regulatory environment is much friendlier and you can probably get a lot more creative over there with these types of trading schemes. Certainly you get away from all this series 56 BS.

Well, I saw this: "TrakInvest is finalizing details with banks in Singapore and Hong Kong" Again, who knows. I'm not endorsing them. Will be interesting to see if they get any connections at those banks.

Oy vey, where to start here. One, these "lunatics" as you call them don't want a gold standard, they want competing currencies. Let the dollar compete fairly in the open market place. That's it. Some, like Ron Paul even advocate to have the dollar tied to a "basket" of currencies. Not Gold...

No access to capital. Internship which leads to access to capital. Now, the devil may be in the details. It's implying these are high quality internships which they may not be. If the internships are legit then this is a good opportunity for some of our younger members here. I think the...

Happy Thanksgiving to you too and all the other readers of this thread.

USD/JPY anyone? GBP/AUD? EUR/AUD? On the move. Watch that Nikkei. It's making an assault on the highs on the back of the weak Yen.

Before all you guys go running in there trading this stuff, please understand I'm only giving broad explanations of this stuff on here. The devil is in the details as they say. For example, when you trade the TED spread, Eurodollars and treasuries have different term structures. Eurodollars...

I have Aikin's book and agree, it's a good read. Especially for stir prop traders.

Since I spent some time awhile back defending the Topstep Trader Model. I thought I would share this. It's different, but similiar. I'm sure the naysayers will come out screaming devil be damned. https://www.trakinvest.com Here is a brief description of it...

No. So let's make sure we understand what this is. The TED spread essentially captures the difference between a risk free rate and risk rate. Granted the risk rate is very low risk itself but still more risky then a risk free rate. LIBOR is the rate at which other commercial banks agree to...