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Agree with the whole story so far. In the end it is always costs vs return. But if what you trade now, so through IB, is alreadt a stable source of net profit it is worth to asses all posibilities. But as I understand you also hook up to US markets with the same ALGO/Blackbox. If you trade...

No, was not around figures......

Yeah, seems we have no real saying in what happens. But worst thing is that we traded late on friday and get a price adaption after the close, so markets are closed. Must say that it is still beyond my belief what we experience in FX markets (we trade all kinds of markets, equity, bonds...

Hi there, Yesterday we did a trade with our algo which was off market (130 pips, but at a price that was trading that day, say 2 hours before). We got the fill confirmation etc. I have no clue if any mistrade rules apply on FX trades and if gentleman's agreements are in place so if anybody...

It all depends on what you want and expect. Making money trading options is hard on Euronext and Eurex if one is trying to trade it marketmaking style. It is very much a tech game. If you are a little it more a positions trader it might work out. Just talk with Intal and Effective an Mwizards...

The think outside the box remark is uncalled for I would say. Atticus is spot on and is right. Ofcourse trading the synthetic (reversal or conversion) would cost money as dealt through a broker or market maker they will add spreads to the options and underlying pair. But Atticus is not trying to...

I am interested, but see no PM box to tick so let me know.....

Might be over for you, but accountholders that were owed over 10k USD haven't received anything yet and still have to wait and see what they will get back. I would, at this point in time, be very happy with 40 cents on the dollar. (even 40 cents on the dollar while my account was in EUR and...

Also be careful with the Swiss 'regulation'. Actually it means nothing, and all the regulation they present you are organisations they have started themselves. Nothing by law in Switzerland!!! If you want safety go for a Canadian government insured account. Then you are covered up to 1 mio...

Do you mean 1:400 on a deposit of 1 mio, or just 1:400 on a 1 mio trade (so for example 10 lots USD/JPY). Both is possible, but last is easy.

How and where did you hear that wobble?

I managed to logon to one of two accounts. Other still no go. They will probably get that one up and running any minute now. Scary still.

Website is back on, chat is working again. Some people should be able to logon again. Hmmmmm, now website is down again. Seems ISP problems for real.

Same here, large account, and already lost one in RefcoFX Actually, everything worked until around 5.00 AM EST, and pulling the plug in New York at that time is a bit weird.

I have heard it's an ISP problem, which makes sense, as their website is also not reachable. Hope that is the problem.

Well....there ofcourse will always be some tension between what they consider foreseeable positive and also what is and what is not a business. I do not think anyone has lost this battle so far. Also, I don't trade that much measured in transactions. I think, in the end, there are not that...

I am Dutch and in Holland FOREX (or whatever trading gains) and overhere gains are taxfree. One pays capital tax of 1,2% of all funds owned, averaged out on the year. So balance 1-1 against 12-31. So no taxation of gains or losses directly! Actually, we have very high taxes on income, but...

I use to have a Dell slimline which I fitted with a Appian Typhoon dual head videocard which was fitted with two brackets. One bracket for normal PC's and one for mini PCI's (low profile). Still have the card, with drivers on cd etc. If you want you can buy it, but I am in Holland so might be...

Still same spreads at IB? Interbank I see nothing unusual, and the banks providing IB's qoutes are streaming qoutes to the other platforms, so I guess IB also has tighter spreads now.

There is a lot to consider, but as you have experienced that selling 3 futures hedges your portfolio, why hedge with instruments that have a greater number of variables to consider? Pure to hedge the delta risk the futures are very effective, and it;s a cheap and easy solution. If you have...