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I agree with late apex. I saw many posts that if you can make 100% a year, you will be richer than Gates and Buffet in no time. What is forgotten a little thing called liquidity. Just because your system tells you to buy/sell 10,000 ES contracts, does not mean you can do it. Each instrument...

I actually switched to DAX futures, I was using currency futures as am example for someone who really want to trade currencies. Actually with my style of trading (short term) futures suit me better.

I actually never got to the large size (over 2 mil) with Oanda, so still very curious. I heard from one person, that he had problems, but I have no details and am not sure how much there is to it. Michael Stumm answered my posting and said that 10k or 10mil will be treated the same.

Hi Late_apex, This actually is a bad reason. If one is undercapitalized and not able to afford trading 1 currency contract, he should not be trading. Instead, getting a job to make at least some small stake and then consider trading. Let’s call it retail forex, does allow one to trade with...

This is true, but crosses and non majors tend to have a larger spread and are riskier. My main goal is to minimize risk, then I think about profits. If you have carry trade positions (yen / iceland kcrona), you obviously need intra bank, but it is intra bank and not forex shops, and we are...

Hi Def, Thanks for this info. What is the difference between futures and open interest? redduke

Where do you trade NK 225, japan exchange (cymex?) or CME? Also, I heard that round trip is around $15-20, is it true? What is average daily volume? Thanks, redduke

With all this info, give me a reason to stay and trade forex and not switch to currency futures. :confused:

Do not even think about marketiva. There is a thread on moneytec where I mentioned few things. To summarize, they are brand new and therefore very risky. Also they are registered on British virgin islands and there was no mentioning of who owns them, plus there was no phone numbers to call...

Hi Ksonsinc, It actually going very well. I am all set up for live trading and will do at least one day next week to test platform execution. If real execution will be as good as sim (I am realistic now what size can be used on dax), I would be very impressed. I currently trade forex with...

Wake up call 2:30am (I live in New York). In front on PC at 2:45am to review the latest news and get ready for open Eurex opens at 3AM Stop trading at 6:00-6:30 Prepare and back up all logs from trading session. Also download morning session to PC to review while commuting to 9-5job Shower...

once demo platform is opened, one of the menus will have an option for news feed.

This really sucks (from my point of view only of course). I live in US and my wake up call is 2:30am, I do not think, I would be able to get up any earlier. Well this will kill my trading during first hour, so will need to review my strategies. Adapt or be annihilated.

open demo account at oanda, their news feed is pretty good.

Bernard, Any recomendations? Do you mean X-Trader? I thought to go live with PATS since NinjaTrader TT is not stable yet, but based on what was posted here, I have my doubts now. Thanks, redduke

Hi Bernard, I use Ninja Trader with 2 connections TT and PATS. TT periodically disconnects, about 2-3 times per Europe morning session, but it is knows since it is still in beta. NT guys are working on a solution. PATS never has disconnects. Thanks, redduke

Hi Bernard, I read everything I could find on DAX and have been doing very well on sim. Now the next step comes in, to test in with real money. Just want to make sure that I have the best possible technology (for reasonable pay). Regards, redduke

Brainwashed idiots cheered. This war is so wrong. The point of spreading democracy is great, but it is almost impossible to do it by sword. Even I, who pretty much know nothing, knew that the way Iraq is layout is as follows: Kurds in the north with oil Shiite in the south with oil Sunni...

US WOULD NEVER INVADE VENEZUELLA! It is one thing to find a justification to attack Iraq or Iran or North Korea. But to think that White House will attack a democratically elected leader is pure non sense, no matter how much they hate Chavez. This would go against everything our country...

Truff and JayS, Thanks for the info about zen-fire. I did a quick research and the consensus is that zen is about 10-15% faster than TT. Do you find it true? I am a scalper, hold trades anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes, and execution is very important to me. I am all in and all out. I...