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None. 1.1:1 is 0.1 too much for a beginner, regardless of account size. When you were learning how to drive as a teenager, did you jump in your (friend's) parents' nice car while they were away, headed straight for the freeway and put the pedal to the metal? Thought so. Bueller...

Unfortunately, I don't have a specific solution... but, if you program, you might enjoy this read: Why Java Will Always Be Slower than C++

Those people could still easily buy it used on Amazon, currently for about $500 and change, or use the library. I bought and resold this book once, years ago... it was a very thin, illiquid market even then. Sure, you can ask any price premium you want for its condition, but who's going to...

Apparently, there's no way to say "Good Till Cancel" in German. Schneller, pussycat, Tötung, Tötung!

Forget about being right (not a bad piece of advice in this business)... how about taking a few seconds to look it up at the link I gave: What exactly is there for live chat to confirm? :confused: That their official website tools aren't just messing with you, for the fun of it...

Better use a real gun next time.

No, if CYN is the funding currency, that's a carry trade, i.e., long USD/CYN. You get paid extra 0.5%. Play with Oanda's Interest Calculator, you'll see.

For a carry trade, long USD/CNY, -0.5% works for you, not against you. You get paid more net interest, compared with either a USD balance or, say, long USD/JPY. "No interest" is neither bad nor good by itself. It would be just the ticket for any long-term reverse carry trade.

No. That's more than a slight understatement. Bad Tour de France for the last 15-20 years, if not longer. Professional cycling is, and has been for at least a generation, right up there with pro bodybuilding: an entertaining spectacle of drug-fed, pharmaceutically engineered, genetic...

What good is fame if you aren't going to misuse it like there's no tomorrow?

Yep, always take'em off to read and weep, then put'em back on. I wouldn't throw the book jacket out, though. Where else are you going to find such a pithy book summary (front and back flaps)... the author's brief yet impressive autobiography and professionally crafted photo (back flap)...

True, he could have moved. However, hidethereal still could not be ElectricSavant. Both the style (English language usage patterns) and the content (trading stocks and metals, etc.) of htr's posts are far too different from ES's. The "Michael B." signature is clearly a red herring... what's...

So, when you opened the first of those 8 positions, did you already know in advance that there'd be exactly 7 more to follow eventually, therefore risking 0.25% on that first position? Or do you always open 8 positions at 0.25% risk each at the same time, then don't open any new ones unless...

No. hidethereal is in "DFW area" (Dallas/Fort Worth for you non-Yanks) and bought fancy new hardware. ES is in Denver and... would not.

Smooth segway, Timmy. I'd hate to see your book not being promoted enough around here.

Things must be slow in Karlstad, Sweden (pop. 83,000; area 1,165 km²; pop. density 71 residents / km²) this time of year, for the city officials to pull publicity stunts like that. Ja! As long as the movie source can upload at 40 Gbps... and the hard drive can keep up...

Sure, but it's going to be the miniskirted crossed leggage on an open raised stage at FBC year round that will sweep CNBC no matter what.

If you can post online, then why are you "without Bloomberg" (TV)? It's free, you know.

The margin thing is even more skewed when comparing IB vs. Oanda, because at IB you automatically get a margin call at the same 50:1 (majors) or 25:1 (crosses). No breathing room at all. By contrast, Oanda has 50:1 leverage (all 38 pairs + spot gold and silver), but 100:1 before you get a...

Good point, GST, thanks. My OP is correct, though... just checking to see if anyone was paying attention. :p