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I think it would be a good thing if Forex was shutdown with a return of a gold standard or something similar. Fx trading serves no purpose aside from making us some money and enriching the banks . Those FX moves are outrageous and take money from the people to put it into banker's pockets...

I have been trading with OANDA for years so I know them, it used to be an excellent broker, until about 2 years ago, when it became very difficult to trade on news, as the spread systematically widened up to 50 pips . But now anything goes, it's gone to shit, sometimes charts dont update...

Hello Investics How has your system performed since inception ? I have always been curious about the live results of RS based system when applied to mutual funds, with ETF's the ability to trade right at the close or in after-hours must work in your favor .

Very enlightening. Very few people seem to understand we are in the mother of all bubbles- again- and it's happening right now . Don't expect software developers working on applications allowing people to waste their time in ever more ridiculous ways to understand this .

I would disagree on taxation being the main cause of increasing disparities. It's pretty obvious that the Fed by creating bubbles after bubbles played a huge role in this. That's the reason why as the saying goes, the rich get richer. Note that in Germany, and the Nordic countries, bubbles...

Well OANDA is broken, it's over. It's become worthless for traders. Same shenanigans on the NFP release today. They must be doing it to take money from all the euro shorts. OANDA was a decent firm, but no longer apparently. I had a small short position in Euro and of course could not reverse...

they did it again today, at some point EUR/USD spiked up, OANDA slowed down and then shut down. The new platform absolutely sucks , I would say those problems are not at all fortuitous .

Best place to trade is Europe, time zone is perfect. You trade everything except Asian markets but who cares about those ? On the West Coast, getting up at 6 am to trade was a pain, you can never go out at night if you are like me. Bedtime was 11pm at the latest. My fitness level was getting...

wow huge slippage followed by shutdown at OANDA on Fed news :mad:

I agree with Cutten, it's going to be a carnage

I asked myself the same question. btw what exactly has been done to prevent another flash crash ? I understand some measures have been taken such as the individual stock circuit breakers but I would say that another flash crash or similar event is a near certainty. I am looking into hedging...

btw what is the reason so many hedge funds incorporate in the Cayman Islands ? Aren't capital gains passed on to the shareholders anyway in the US ? What difference does it make from the managers' perspective who is paid on the basis of before tax returns ?

Which one of these places has no corporate tax and no dividend tax for non resident owner ? And which one has the lightest maintenance requirement (no need to pay salary to local directors and no other taxes) ? Assuming you run a business under that corporation and reside in a counbtry with...

yeah Monsanto is evil, I didn't know they were behind agent orange and PCB's (and dioxin) as well ? Is that true ? Agent orange was one of the most evil war tactics used by the US, I don't understand how this was even possible to use such tactics in a civilized society.

I understand the taxation of carried interest in the US is only 15% which applies not just to the gains made by a manager on his own capital but on his share of the fund investors' profits (although strictly speaking this is a fee and thus no different than other professional income). On the...

mrhazelj you are obviously a shill for DB , who registered for that sole purpose. I wouldn't trust any CEO and especially a FX dealer, and especially when the low level employees resort themselves to all sorts of lies.

we are talking about same adress , same CS probably, same platform etc. so it may not make a difference if the feed from DB goes into the same platform that plays the same tricks on customers. What do you care about the spread if you are locked out of you platform or the spread widens 30 pips...

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter whether you know China or not. It's like for any bubble. People who are on the ground get sucked in and buy into the mania, outsiders despite their lack of intimate knowledge of the situation are capable of more discernment.

let me guess, and ... you are willing to share your new knowledge of trading master with us for a fee ? Actually I AM blaming the markets, the markets are a real POS, manipulated (especially FX I am convinced) and made of a majority of morons (hence the B.S., some of it at least )...

In Market Wizards, Bill Lispchutz , the sultan of currencies is quoted as saying FX is all about relationships. That was in the days trading was done over the phone. I understand trading is still done that way for some type of trades for ex. between institutions and corporate treasuries. So my...