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A stock split reduces the cost to buy a single share, but not the valuation assigned by the market, so it only becomes optically cheaper. A key reason for such moves is to lower the entry point for private stockholders, as the nominal price is no barrier for professional money managers. - Stock...

Edge can be summed up in a formula that applies to any instrument. Like risk management, everyone like to talk about it, but few people actually can distinguish between sustainable, stylistic, and systemic edge. There are several types of edges. For example, cyclical edge. Some people know how...

Hehe, I once heard a slogan that exactly fits my approach to markets. Trade more shit! IMO this is the case when the quantity can compensate quality. To some extent

It didn't invade Ukraine actually, but it can do it any time. The whole world nowadays keep up with the news with apprehension. Everything because the invasion will literally provocate crisis on the exchange market. Russia is considered to be a major player there, because it's a gas and oil...

Sorry to bother you guys again, but is there a chance you've ever considered custom portfolios with Tradecom? They do have some good Sharps on some of the algos. If I could combine that with my own strategies...

I know its individual ( One guy told me one of the broker is genius when it comes to executions. Guess what I've got there? Average 1.5 pip slippage on the 50 trades sample!

How often do you face slippages on this DMA from Trade.com? The point is that executions really matter for me. I need my market order to be as precise as possible.

In my opinion, the best match for investors worried about inflation are Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS. These securities carry a similar risk as other fixed income investments, but they add an adjusted principal amount if inflation increases. Other hedges to inflation include...

No, but the demand was definetely decreased actually. Everything because the materials which are used for creatin a good mattress became much more expensive than it was in the past and nowadays it's kinda tough to find a good mattress, which price will be okay. However, there are some people who...

Just wanted tyo get a summary of pos and cons based on the personal experience. So what's the trouble with this DMA?

Am I correct, someone here in this thread already has a REAL experience trading with a DMA account with Trade.com?

Any economic, political, social decisions in the global sense of the word have both positive and negative consequences - it was. is. and will be. One should not perceive everything as if there are no halftones or shades. This is what allows for a lot of debate and argument and new and...

I don't think that it matters so much. Anyway, trading presupposes spending much time following the charts and analysing the market. I don't think that it will be a problem for an introvert to write on forums and ask for advice because it doesn't imply any serious communication. The opposite...

Basically, hedging is all about securing your risks. When you open a deal there is always a risk that everything can go opposite from your expectations. In such cases traders tend to open the deals which have negative correlation with the opened one. So, that is the thing that when your main...

That is quite a subjective thing. Personally I prefer drinking coffee while trading which is also not really healthy, but who cares about it during trading? Smoking weed can be helpful for some people but you should remember not to overdo with that. Because weed can blow your mind and you will...

As for me, the most important rule for trading is to do what I know. Before opening a deal I should realise the reasons for opening and further planning of the deal, i.e. stop loss, risk/reward ratio, take profit. I never open a deal without thorough planning. That is why I prefer to trade long...

There might be a food shortage because of coronavirus. World economics handled this diseases, nevertheless it worked in full as I think. It was almost expired, however as we can see economics handled coronavirus. In my opinion, food shortages are normal in such condition, because all the...

I don't think that one strategy is able to work on various market conditions. Your strategy should be dependent on market conditions actually. If you see that something goes worng you just need to edit a bit your strategy and if you see that in the market there is a long-lasting trend, you have...

I would discourage newbies from using any leverage in their trading. As you are a newbie, you'd better pay more attention to the quality but not quantity. It is the same thing as learning how to drive on high speed without knowing the fundamentals of driving This will lead to the catastrophy...

I do really agree that it is not the best idea to trade on Monday and Friday, but speaking of trading hours, I am quite skeptical about it. If we talk about trading forex, this market is extremely dependable on what is happening in the world. So, the funniest thing is the fact that there are...