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Nipapage, You asked some excellent questions - that I was myself looking into few months back. I am wondering if you have figured out a way - if yes, it will be great if you can share your experiences with the community. Best, -R

Looking at the output, it seems that # of trades in system 1 >> # of trades in system 2. With above in mind, I might go for system 1, since statistically its more significant, and performance will be less prone to missing some trades. Just looking at 2 params you have given and not knowing...

My operations are confined to only major pairs. So, I can't really answer your questions. Though, in case you do find answers - why don't you talk to IB itself? - I would be very interested in knowing the answers. So, it will be nice if you can post the answers. Also, you mentioned you will need...

I don't have much to add, apart from what HuggieBear has already said. I primarily trade FX and my hedging scheme is pretty simple. Since, mostly I have pure delta1 positions, I have three alternatives if I want to hedge: 1. Get out of the outright position and look to enter again at a better...

There are something called FX ECNs....maybe you should try to find out what they are. Dealer will not put you on manual execution on them and you won't get thrown out if you win too often. And to answer your question, yes I used to work for a premier investment bank, and I was on IRFX desk...

Ollie, You just repeated your assertion. But, my question is 'on what basis' are you saying this. You are using a flawed analogy of casino in which house has an edge. In markets, an individual fx trader can have an edge. See my point is: you come into a thread and post an 'opinion' using...

Olliecox, I congratulate you on your confidence. Mind giving us some color on what basis you are saying this? And keep in mind, we are not talking if on the whole market can make money against the dealer or not, the question that thread starter asked was whether as an individual fx...

ok let me give you a more helpful answer. I just wrote 'yes' in my previous answer since I was going with the flow, as two traders before me had written 'yes', and being a good fx trader => you gotta go with the flow many times :) You can be successful in FX, but you will need to develop an...

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promet - very very well said!!!!

Moarla, Why not post a screenshot of live LCG quotes. Thanks,

cstfx - yes, I hear you on getting the limit changed with IB. yes, I am set up as an institution, I will talk to them. Here, I am just trying to explore what will the optimum solution over the long-run.

Elitist trader, thats a good suggestion. Thanks! will look into it, it may actually work during off-peak hours.....hmmm Achillis28 - I checked platform of Duca, seemed to me like phantom liquidity and liquidity at NBBO is pretty bad like 1-2 bucks, IB is far better than that. Another thing...

ccooper, Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. I understand liquidity on EBS is a function of your prime bank and who you are. But I am not sure what you mean when you say on EBS also I will get done in 1-2 mil size only. Last I checked, I know that trades get done upto 20 mio per trade...

Blotto, Thanks a lot for your detailed reply. I gather few very interesting observations from you viz. 1. Going through ccy futures on majors is a very good point indeed, provided If I can get 25 bucks in one go in futures markets (duing London hours) at a one pip spread that will be...

one suggestion. rather than 1 tick below ema for your stop, I will suggest allow greater room for stop. You may want to do some backtests to see if you agree with my suggestion or not! Good luck!

No, you didn't get the reason of me asking for your past performance. I am not going to analyze your past performance for you. You are smart enough to do it yourself. I would have rather given you some feedback abt finengg in general and as to how finengg from a top school can get you closer...

I am having a good laugh. OP wants to do finengg from top schools and his name is Jesse Livermore - what a contrast. FinEnggs quantify a lot of things, whereas Jesse used to be seat of the pants trader initially (agreed - he used to read tape though, which is essentially taking super quick...

Robert, I have been following your thread on and off. Am happy to see you progress. If you don't mind sharing, what is the account size you are trading now ? Happy Trading to you!

SABR and HJM are interest rate models, not used for FX. For Equities, different banks have different models. Heston (in its various forms) is one, but you really don't have to go with stocvol models, unless you are doing something very complicated. Depends on what your objective is? For...