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Nikkei closed at 4 1/2 year highs above 17,000 resistence barrier for the past two days. I too have been watching the close correlations between Japanese market indicators and gold. I feel it has to do with the excess speculative liquidity that exists in the world and is available for...

I agree and think the Nikkei is still a great play right now. But the Japanese retail investors are definitely not the ones behind the recent rise in the Nikkei. They have all their money overseas trying to get better interest than their crappy savings accounts at Japan Post Bank. Look at the...

This is a fascinating discussion. I guess it really comes down to each person's unique individual needs. But don't overlook that databases can easily be swapped in and out. Design your programs with data connection classes and abstract out your database interaction from your trading/testing code.

I'm using MySQL to store forex quotes and I think I have about a gig of data in there right now. All your points are fairly valid but you don't really need anything faster in my opinion. I mean as long as you aren't trading off of these quotes, you're just backtesting! It's fine for my usage...

It makes perfect sense to me. But I've been doing software development for 5+ (10?) years... Essentially the calls through VB.NET or C++ are nearly identical except for syntax in calling a method. That's because underneath the VB.NET API class is the exact same C++ class that C++ developers...

Fair enough. Custom entry screens are not something I figured most people would do. But good luck to you. I am not using the Oanda API. My strategies do not need to be automated. But it doesn't really matter what language you use it in. It's just an interface so you can send and receive...

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator .. Lefevre Education of a Speculator ... Niederhoffer They were not published in '05 but I read them then and you'll learn way more than anything with the word 'forex' in the title like something written by Kathy Liens from FXCM, Profiting from Forex...

When London and New York overlap. I guess between 8 to 12pm EST. You'll find great volatility and liquidity. Unless you like getting up earlier. Say 1 or 2am EST to trade the european sessions? Opening breakouts from Asian session are a common theme.

That's 6 mio roundtrip you can do it on $10k account easily. If your systems must be automated and you don't have $10k ... you're dreaming up a river... Start saving and get real. Oanda's a great deal.

I'm in Burnaby. Soon Japan. FX with a small account :)

Hit the street and network your ass off meeting every single person you can that will listen to you and your dream to work in the markets. Cold call people (chief dealers, chief traders, etc) and ask them if you can apply for their trainee program. Are you trading now and what is your track...

Which group? One of these Forex scams at $1000USD per course? You can learn everything you need to know for free through self-study. It will take years to master the skills needed. Why would you be in a hurry anyways? The market will always be there. There are no easy paths to learning...

Thanks very much for the reply. It has given me many ideas for further research!

In case anybody is searching through old posts (like I was earlier today) to find details about how to use implied volatility and the futures/options market as a tool in spot forex, you will be interested in checking out this article...

http://www.forexite.com it's in russian but the page names are not. browse the site by mouse over the links and look for the forex history section. you can get 1min data back to 2001 use it as you see fit, but be warned that i believe other people have reported spikes and strange bars...