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Thanks. The Buy order at 60 would not have been triggered becuase loking at their software you can have the orders sitting on the platform but aren't live until you hit 'T'. Therefore once the figure came out I would hit the T for the sell order and leave the Buy limit untouched. So say it is...

Thanks. So if say Euro dollar is 50/53 just before a figure is announced and you want to trade the figure is this strategy sensible...... Have a sell limit order ready at 42 and a buy limit at 60. If you want to go short when the figure is announced you hit the sell at 42 order and you...

Euro dollar is currently 87/88. If you put a sell limit order in at 82 would you be filled at 82 or at 87?

Thanks. Slowness would be an issue as I trade when markets are at their most volatile. The free add ons though are not an issue as I pay for 2 news services and a chart package seperately.

What are yuor complaints about them?

Would appreciate answers from people who have traded on the Oanda live platform for a while and who make good money. Can you hit them in any size you like up to an amount of say ten million per trade. What is the widest quote you have seen on euro/dollar in the most volatile times eg the...

I have traded for 15 years and do decent size but still trade spot rather than futures. I do sometimes wonder if it is because I am a dinosaur and should change but I don't think so. With spot you should have several brokers on and hence if one is say 62 64 and all the rest are 63 65, if you...

Who would trade a demo accoun to possibly make $1000 rather than trade their live account for real $?

Through figures like trades, NFP and retail sales what is the spread like on futures?

Where are the de rigeur amusements and toys?

In response to the two previous posts: The first one - when i said the thread was amusing me I didn't mean every single post on it-apologies. With respect to the second one I agree with what you say but was merely pointing out that there are perfectly legitimate fundamental and technical...

This thread is so amusing. Who cares about fundamentals if any contract wants to move it will move - what is the point of trying to trade counter trend. Look at LTCM - they were 'right' long term but it doesn't matter a bean if you are wiped out first. If you don't want to short it fine - sit...

Is this SD?

Thanks for the reply but I don't think it will add too much to be honest as have no interest in equities apart from if there is a big move in the overall index and already get research on fx from most of the major banks.

What time zones do they cover? Is it mainly equity based stories, macro economic, fixed income or fx?

I don't know how it works in the US but in the UK all the news agencies are let into a room 30 minutes before the figures are due for release. They are then given the figures and have half an hour to prepare their release and commentaries etc. When it gets to the allotted time then they can...

They released at the same time although on occasions one of the news services will be a second or so quicker than the other. However sometimes it is MNI being the first, other times Reuters or Bloomberg. I have my screenes configured so that I can view all the news sources at the same time for...

I have a Bloomberg terminal and a internet feed from Market News. The latter gets all the economic stats as fast as my Bloomberg terminal and just costs about $200 a month.

Why not short $ HKD as a proxy - it is a floating currency within a band but it is right at the top of the band so v little currency risk in shorting the dollar unless they devalue, not revalue, the HKD. The funding cost is just 3.2 pips per day but you could just short the dollar on a Friday...

For what it is worth I think we are due an explosion. So far this year the fx markets have been very choppy but stuck in a fairly tight range - this means when the break out comes it will be brutal. Despite Greenspan's claim in late 2004 that anyone who isn't positioned for higher rates must...