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Someone on another forum asked me if there was any advantage to using the stop if bid to place a buy stop, and I wrote the below answer. Figured I post it here as well as people don't seem to be aware ot this way in which the retail FX brokers take your money day in day out... If you are...

Anyone know if Dukas Copy offer the "normal" type of stop order, e.g. buy-stop-if-bid or sell-stop-if-offered?

Thanks Blotto Does anyone know of any otehrs than Interactive Brokers? Especially if there are any where I can use MT4 platform. Thanks

I wonder which retail fx brokers execute stop-orders the "normal" way? I.e. teh way stop-orders are handled in the "real" intebank market. I have asked Oanda, forex.com and FXCM, and none of them do this. They all execute the stop-orders like NO professional trader would like to have them...

At which broker can I find lower overnight margins on shares than the 50% I am currently getting at IB?

Guys Thank you all for your kind and useful replies! Very much appreciated! Andy

Thanks for showing me that site. Seems like there are many platforms out there. What can you guys recommend if I want to start back-testing and autotrade strategies? Would appreciate any input.

Hi Although I have been trading for many years, I have never programmed a single line in my life, and now I am interested in creating automated trading systems and also do automated back testing. My question is, what system should I learn and use? And also where is the best place to...

Hi guys A question please. I often hear about pivot points being used for ES trading, but have so far not used them myself. Are there different definitions of pivot points? Do some people calculate them from previous days open/close, and some people just name historic highs and lows...

Hi guys One question please. I often hear about pivot points fir ES, but have so far not used them myself. Are pivot points always calculated from the previous days open and closing prices? and if so, does most participants calcultate them the same way? Would also be interested to...

I found out how I can add a bracket to an existing ORDER, but is it possible to add a bracket order to an existing POSITION? Thanks Andy

SethArb - Thanks for the info on goldfutures, just what I was looking for! So GC has the best liquidity? Would you say GC is the best one for intra-day then? Are the prices of GC, ZG and YM identical, or is there some difference due to specs or similar? Thanks for the help Seth Andy

What is SMA? I immagen some kind of Moving Average, but what does the S stand for? What timeframe should there be on the chart for this one? thank you very much! Andy

Does anyone know a low cost charting tool for currnecies that incorporate the function to do moving average crossovers? thanks Andy

What hours do you guys trade EC? If possible, please also write if you positiontrade or scalpm, and if you are profitable. Thank you andy

Thank you very much for your help J-Trade. And thanks to all of you guys that contributed so far, Mark, Syrre, TL trader, Setharb, Streamline. The best of trading to all of you! Andy

Thanks TL

Anyone know what the daily volumes are for Euro-FX versus Mini Euro-FX? I couldn't find it on the CME website.

I'm looking at starting to scalp either the Euro FX Future or the E-mini Euro FX Future. Apart from the obvious differences (i.e. mini has half face value and tick value), what are the differences between the two? For example, what are the differences in liquidity and noise? (by noise I mean...

Are there any retail-brokers that offer electronic trading in Brent on the ICE? What are the comissions like? Cheers Andy