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    Strategies to use 10x (or 20x) leverage with good risk/reward?

    Thanks Robert for your comments... How can you make money with arbitrage ? I never understood how it was possible... Can you give some example of how arbitrage with high leverage can be a profitable activity ?
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    Strategies to use 10x (or 20x) leverage with good risk/reward?

    Hello everybody and in particular Pro traders, Most people are afraid by high leverage but I do think they are smart ways to use it. As studying for my Serie7 right now I wanted to discuss with other pro traders about ways of using high leverage(10x or even 20x) with a moderated to low...
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    What is Haircut ?

    Thanks Jim for this clarification. In section 4 of the account opening document for Echotrade where they talk about rate schedule they also mention interest charges (broker-dealer rate as charged by the Clearing firm with no mark up) I understood that those interest charges are the...
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    What is Haircut ?

    Ok all thanks for your answer... Here is the details of the haircut fees at Echo : - Haircut Long or short : 2% per year on amounts over 3:1 of Net liquidating Balance - Haircut Conversions : 2% per year on amounts over 10:1 NLB - Haircut Risk Arbitrage : 2% per year on amounts...
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    What is Haircut ?

    Hello , I am filling my Echotrade documents and I have found in the rate schedule the following 'strategies' that I don't know called : haircuts It seems echotrade deals with 3 haircuts : Haircut Long or short, haircut conversions, and haircut risk arbitrage Can someone explain...
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    deal4free.com - CFD's

    As a US citizen you can't use CFDs on Nasdaq...
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    What is a bullet ? Serie7 for european people?

    Hello guys, I have seen you talking about bullets but I must admit I don't know what this is so can someone tells me why it seems exciting and what it is ? Also how can we pass Serie 7 exam if we are european daytraders trading nasdaq ? Thanks
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    IB TWS new ideas

    Hello there, I think it would be a good idea for IB developpers to have a look at Dealstation 2000 Java based Forex application for the look and feel. You can find it on http://www.forex-mg.com and you can request a demo account to test it... It is really beautiful...good inspiration...
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    European futures : who is the cheapest?

    Hello there, I am actually a IB customer for futures and I pay 3.9 euro per side for the CAC40 and DAX european futures and I would like to know where I could find better deals with lower margin if possible ... Thanks for that,
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    TWS software : what lacks...

    Should I call Thomas for the trailing stop you think? Or maybe we will discuss that next time we play golf ;-) I really don't think it is difficult to implement a trailing stop feature in Java on TWS. But it is a MUST HAVE feature for daytraders! We are all screaming for that. So DEF be...
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    TWS software : what lacks...

    Hello, I like InteractiveBrokers but the problem I have with TWS are : - lack of trailing stop feature : I would like a stop that follows the bid/ask (we can choose a default on bid or default on ask in the general settings where we actually choose the default sizes). In those settings...
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