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Well if I didn't know what I was talking about I would choose a slapstick name like yours to lower expectations. Sure I suppose you can put a volume number on anything even if it does ignore 80% of the market, it will be meaningless, but I'm sure if it exists the newbies will eat it up. Why...

Hello Tom, No charting packages in spot FX are going to show volume. There is no centralized exchange in FX so there is no reliable guide to the amount of exchange taking place (it is all private transactions). Most traders can use other substitutes for volume on the packages they choose...

Just based on how its marketed and the claims they make I would stay FAR FAR away. Trader/God

Yeah these guys really do! But my trading is FOOLPROOF and RISKFREE and has 200% RETURNS. Risktaker I would be happy to trade for you for only 50% of all profits. But only cause its you! Trader/God

Think of it like a poker table. You can get lucky for a while and even poor traders can have a long profitable run but eventually the most skillful players get all the chips. Some people necessarily lose because they have a spread (rake) that decreases the pot with every trade, so even if they...

Very profitable firm, looks like JC Flowers pulled out so they won't be able to steal them for a song. Many interested parties currently. Trader/God

It can take a few days to one billing cycle to appear as a spendable balance on the card. Once the trading firm sends the money back it is out of their hands as to when it will be added to the card, it is up to the CC company at that point. They won't post it instantly becuase they don't want...

No effect at all Refco just has an investment in there. Kind of like if you invest in GM and then go broke, GM couldn't care less. Of course the FUD marketing by some other brokers is a disgrase. Trader/God

Refco doesn't own FXCM, they have an investment in them an several other brokers which won't affect the solvency of either of them. Kind of like if you owned shares of GM and you went broke, no effect whatsoever. Trader/God

No. Its a non-event. For some reason Bloomberg posted and article citing it as a reason for currency movement, must be a slow news day. Trader/God

This is a buying opportunity nothing more. Trader/God

Well because if you did that continuously you would in short time have more money than all the wealth that has been accumulating on earth since the dawn of time, that could be a limiting factor. Trader/God

Kind of small firm, guys like these are a dime a dozen. Trader/God

At least one of the numbers sound like it may be incorrect. Most brokers will give you 100:1 or 200:1 on the account meaning that for a trade with the notional value of $25,000 you will have to put up either $250 or $75 in margin for the trade. Do you know what kind of margin you have on the...

Exactly right, it is at the discretion of the broker. Trader/God

Well depending on your measure: http://www.fxcm.com/contest-winners.jsp;jsessionid=GAEBEKBPOHMH China might be close to the top on this list, but I would put my money on the Americans for the long term. Trader/God

A perfect long oil position. That pair has exploded in popularity in the last three months. Trader/God

You want to not only look at the implied vols for the pairs but the risk reversals as well. Here is how the implied vols work, it is a theoritical volatility you have to plug into the model to get the options price to equal what you are seeing in the market. Options are priced by volatility...

They should be similar because they are based on the same fundamentals, it depends on how generous your broker wants to be. Just a summary of how interest works in the market for the newbies. Every currency has an interest rate associated with it. So when you hear about Greenspan raising...

Short term the CAD trend is definitely bullish, the market has started to view CAD as a proxy for oil/commodities. Longer term the trend is less certain, to overcome scandals from earlier this year the gov't mortgaged the future with huge amount of patronage to all the parties. As long as the...