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Depends on platform. Mostly it is % of total buy power. If you put it on 80%, it wil buy for 80% of your buy power( margin incl.)

If the car is your tools for trading, then it is more that you use another tool in different markets. Like using a bike for short distance or using a motorcycle for sunny day's and use an airplane because you can not get there over land.

An example of an non directional/arbitrary going wrong with huge leverage is Long Term Capital. And they where genius in their field of economics and math... You do not know what you do not know and using huge leverage in an uncertain environment as a financial market is crazy. There are many...

OP misunderstand how leverage works. Ask this question to yourself : Would I give 50:1 margin to anyone that will only put up 0.5 % of the total value size of an instrument that is all ready leveraged and has a high volatile range. The downside is so big, that it it could whipe out your hole net...

You don't have to look far to have an example of a 'sudden death'. Jan 2015 swiss franc, dropt 40% against the euro, intraday, due to a sudden death (Political change of carrying the swiss franc, from support to letting it go.) Many fx brokers closed shop and even some hedge funds, that where...

I think that OP is thinking about of that there is something out there in the forex market, that would give the same result as in oil going negative. And then the anwser is yes. Not going negative, but almost the same effect. Think about strong devalution, Sudden Death of a country (Political...

Amount is $50 X 2985. 25 (monetary value of total contract) Equity with loan is your dollars + the dollars IB loans to you. (range between 2 to portfolio margin)

Why would you take all the cost of delivery, storage and international shipping? Sell the contract and buy the amount of gold where you are. It will be cheaper even with the higher fees of a local gold broker.

I think he has to sponsor ET now. @Baron

There is no question of deflation or inflation in a country with fiat money. It will be always infaltionary, because that is the only option that they can regulate. For example, if a deflationary environment starts to be a problem, they can and will inflate their currency untill there is...

It is maybe hard to swallow, but futures market are not made for the trader. You, as a trader, take the risk off from supplier and vendor what happens after their agreement. If suddenly something happens like in oil monday, you cannot blame a broker or an exchange. Demand disappeared and there...

You would be playing the sentiment of people that believe oil is in a negative spiral. Oil is not in a negative spiral. It's just not yet adapted to the the falling demand. But there is one thing with oil... When the producer agree to adapt, and they will, price will go up to around 50 dollars...

Not suppose... It's a sure thing that your paycheck depends on the right implementation of your system. Failing to understand this, makes traders abandon their really good systems and search their hole life after the holy grail. The holy grail is the implementation of a system you know inside...

There is no advice. Either you own it or there is a mistake made.

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Do you see how the two comments you make tells you what you believe? You make money, money money untill you give it all back. That is like live forever ever ever and getting hit by a bus. You make your own rules from what you believe in this business and you trade those rules. Conscious or...

The statement is a projection of your believes. Maybe you should examine if it is helpfull to believe this? My believe is that 100% of the people will make it, if they just do the right steps without shortcuts.

You could formulate something like this: DISCLAIMER Risk Disclosure: Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones’...

When oil prices are getting weird (price below production cost) there will be only one outcome: production stop and higher prices. Negative prices will be very local and will be very short in time duration.