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yes, leverage, but also the reduced day trading margin, and, profit potential I went from fx to the 6E Euro FX contract Because of the leverage; but there's also the M6E - micro fx contract, although volume is low - 5,468 v 227,064 for the 6E on 1/8/13 however even if a 1 or 2 pip fill...

just discovered Mirus have an fx 'division': http://www.mirusfx.com/ they must be the only futures broker who offer MT4 , via Alpari account minimum $500 micro and up; and $2,000 for the NDD + commission, mini: http://www.alpari-us.com/en/trading-accounts.html Alpari also offer futures...

Handle123, yes, had the idea it was something like that, but no range ! if an order that size hit the 6E during any part of the day it would bing the price 150 pips no problem; mind you the order probably wouldn't be filled in 1 minute I keep thinking it's something like market makers...

usually there's a H-L / L-H range of 1 to 3 points when multi-thousand volume 'orders' enters the market - less than 10K but Large orders hitting the market near the Close don't seem to move the market at all – how come ?

attached is 3 reports, Q4/09 , Q1/11 and Q3/12 : Q1/11 from: 'winning traders: from + 23.5% up to + 39.9% profitable' http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=222307 and the first report Forex Magnates published - Q4/09...

"Despite the less than volatile Q3 2012 the number of accounts didn’t grow as expected and neither did the traders’ profitability. Apparently low volatility doesn’t necessarily mean improved traders survival."...

"Computerworld - Microsoft on Saturday confirmed that Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8 contain an unpatched bug -- or "zero-day" vulnerability -- that is being used by attackers to hijack victims' Windows computers. The company is "working around the clock" on a patch, its engineers said...

J.Joseph: the word 'responsibility' comes to mind which might jump over and past what you've been writing about another is 'take charge', You are in charge You take charge and accept the responsibility of Your actions, something that's readily seen in adult males' personas they know what...

the problem besides the ineffective CFTC, their FIVE commissioners who've sat thru years of client funds being stolen without doing a thing to prevent repeated thefts by utter imcompetent futures brokers or outright theft, and, the system of US law that permits clients' funds to be included...

interesting first off, trading a 1 min chart, he's 'scalping' ? what's he trading ? in regard to J.Joseph's post saw this story on one of Canada's tv news shows: 'Woman wins stalking order against mom and dad' "We’ve all had or known parents who are a bit smothering. Aubrey...

"We know its not Paulson, Ackman, or SAC; is it Dalio's Bridgewater? No, the world's most profitable private entity that is in business to generate profits via speculation in financial markets is, drum roll please, the Federal Reserve. Stone & McCarthy (SMRA) estimates the Fed will make...

a few days ago I couldn't open ET and saw penetraterarest/etc on the lower address line. googling penetraterarest.pro I found only 1 reference - the Sniper's Hide site - http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3771500 - malware free and wondered if the malware...

in Canada we have the CIPF - Canadian Investor Protection Fund - http://www.cipf.ca/HomePage.aspx which insures client accounts of registered brokers including forex up to the sum of C$1,000,000 'the day after' was the CIPF making a Canadain bankruptcy court claim against MFG - The Globe...

by Philip Stafford in London "The trustees fighting over the estate of MF Global have reached a settlement over its assets, in a move that paves the way for an earlier-than-expected return of more money to the failed US futures broker’s customers. The agreement between James Giddens, the...

agree with your points lescor I can understand competition athletes taking drugs; one chance, very short working life get the money while you can I watch the Tour de France every year on the tv and Lance Armstrong's performances were amazing, whether or not he took drugs. in a race where...

when AMP first announced their $500 account minimum with NT and the CQG feed it was a big deal for me, at that time I was on a restricted budget but the low minimum allowed me to open a futures account, also their daytrading margins were low many futures brokers allow their reps to set...

well AMP are now an FCM so maybe they Are paying themselves but I've no objection, I'm ok with their commissions, at 40 cents rt commission they haven't been getting rich from me

a first for me, 6E price data stopped updating, don't know if other contracts stopped Globex 5 min chart of the 6E appears to indicate Globex was generating price data so who dropped it - NT or CQG ?

haven't read the thread so don't know if it's been mentioned - t'ai chi ch'uan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T'ai_chi_ch'uan Jim Fixx started the jogging craze in the 1970's. he died age 52 of a heart attack — while jogging. one of his coronary arteries was 99% clogged, another was 80%...

I'll suggest the the euro futures contracts be considered since imo the euro is similar to an index, but more 'stable', more 'regular' in its price movement trading volume's about 10% of the ES, but, large orders tend to spike the price bar to a range greater than that which occurs with the...