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] But how did you get the arrows? I have something very similiar set up but just have a colored band where you have arrows.

I asked for criticism because I was not sure about my assumptions. I know IB has tight spreads but they also charge a commission. I havent seen sub pip spreads on the three larger forex brokers that Ive been looking at. Why do you say you only pay the spread once? You do not give up the spread...

You might consider doing currency demo. I think EUR.USD behaves very much like the minis and you can get free live data and charts.

Please tell me if my math is correct. EUR future moves at $12.50 per tick which is equivalent to one pip on 125,000 in spot. Assuming 2 pips in and 2 pips out this would amount to $50 spread on spot vs. $4.80 commission and 12.50 in and 12.50 out on the futures contract assuming you give up the...

Just starting in the currencies myself and it is disconcerting to see those red numbers as soon as you enter the trade but the same thing is there when trading futures but you just dont see it, the commission and the spread. The main thing that stands out to me so far is that the best trading...

Sam Are your ideas based on indicators? I am interested in automated trading but know very little about it but I have set up a couple of things in Quotetracker using their paintbars which give me long and short signals so I assume it would not be a big deal to transmit these signals to IB...

Greenspan is a shrimp.

Traders are not normal people.

One thing Ive been thinking about is Las Vegas real estate. They import almost all of their water and the country is facing a water shortage. If Las Vegas water supply is ever threatened what would happen to real estate values there?

Somethilngs not right. Im using Oanda and IB and the charts are pretty close. There is a difference in the bid/ask most of the time but its not usually more than a couple of pips. Are you sure your not looking at futures quotes on IB?

After monitoring Oanda for a few days I find Im have a lot of momentary disconnects, sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for a minute or two. I know its not my connection because IB is still running during these events. Is this a server problem on their part or an expected outcome of using a...

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Where do the brokers get their quotes from? Is there just one main source or a bunch of them. I am watching Oanda and IB and they seldom match.

Tim What are you doing now? Are you still actively trading the micros in the midst of all this publicity? To have gotten to where you are at 26 is not too shabby. Will be interesting to see how you fare from here.

My understanding is that these brokers are acting pretty much like a bookie. If they get too much action on one side of a trade they lay it off. They want to collect the spread as risk free as possible. I am opening an account with Oanda after using their sim for a few days. It seems to me to be...

I have always thought trading hard commodities should be done with fundamental analysis. IMO t/a applies to crowd behaviour and works best where there are large numbers of amatuers involved. With copper, gas, etc. you are dealing with a lot of people who are experts in that field. Of course...

scarylarry I hope you are not going to throw a teaser like "undeniable predicting powers" out there and then leave us all hanging.

I think forex may be a very good place to learn trading. You can open up an account for a few hundred dollars and trade 1000 at a time and pick up invaluable experience for a tiny fraction of what it would cost you in stocks or futures and from what I can see they behave very similiar to the...

I have just gotten into forex and am beginning to see that the old maxim, it takes money to make money holds true. It looks to me like you can make more with the same margin trading futures over spot but Im not sure Ive got all my figures straight yet. However the spot market looks like a great...

I used to have a problem with this. It often led to selling/ buying bottoms and tops. Now I am happy to see a big move because I know Im going to get a piece of it most of the time. I am pretty much resigned to just getting small pieces here and there.