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What about GBP-CHF?

Too complicated for me.

Good thing about forex brokers is that almost each one of them offers demo account (Oanda's demo accounts do not expire) so one can try out his strategy for a while before trading live.

I bet your total cost would be lower (in the worse case it would be the same) if you go with calls only. Don't forget that going long on futures contract has additional cost of annual interest rate. By the way how far out options in terms of their maturity do you use?

What I mean is that with the deep in the money options if they have a higher chance of getting assigned one can write the same options ( with the same expiration month ) many times before rolling call writing to the next month. On the other hand if they didn't get assigned one would collect a...

Would it be correct to say that the deeper written calls are in the money the higher chances they have to be assigned before maturity? So deep in the money calls may be assigned even multiple times before expiration?

We'll see about that.

Have you ever thought that your edge might be technical analysis and fundamental analysis?

Sorry, I don't have answers for your questions. I never backtested my strategy and I am not using any technical indicators.

The idea that the brokers trade against investors is a total crap. It's very simple to refute it. Just check the quotes of your broker with the quotes at one of the independent sources like dailyfx.com or forextv.com. You will see that they are almost the same except of the spread...

Been there, done that. Nothing new in this thread.

Since you are so fixated on this issue here is my last advise to you - you should possibly look into trading options at Oanda. In this case you are garanteed of not losing more than their purchase cost. I rest my case.

It's very unlikely situation. I don't know what exactly they mean. You should talk to them directly for the explanation. The only situation I can think of is when a currency has a gap in quotes against you. Then you might wind up owning more than your collateral. But again in order for you to...

No, your apartment is safe. As I explained before it's the brokers money that's at risk. And it's not in brokers interests to let your losses extend beyond your collateral. That's why they require collateral from their clients to cover their losses. No collateral (or exhausted collateral) means...

One small convinience of Oanda is that there is no software installation required. Shoudnot be an issue for fulltime traders.

They just close out open positions automatically on expiration. IB for example has no delivery policy. You can read about it on their website or contact them directly. I believe it's true also across the board.

I don't understand it. Why would any broker let it happen. Whether forex or futures broker. The only difference between them is in delivery. But as far as I know futures brokers adopted no-delivery policy.

FXCM is as good as Oanda. At least it is not inferior to Oanda. (Explain if you think otherwise) Especially for ppl who trade major pairs. To say it's one of the best would be a valid statement.

Why is that unlike the futures market? The futures market is the same.

I would be much easier to answer your question if you'll explain why you think Oanda is a better choice. I personally don't see why Oanda would be preferable over fxcm. Especially for ppl who trade major pairs.