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Weak hands means you try and get out if it goes against, then keep trying. You are holding as if NG is going to spike limit up any day and you just cannot miss it. What have you been doing each month on rollover? Most people just can't stand -realizing- a loss (though it makes no...

Can you put up an ecbot bid/ask and see how that compares to your pit fill? When the market is moving, I'd guess your thread title is spot on: either you do it yourself and hit the bid/ask 50 points away, or have to sit and wait a few minutes for them to tell you you were filled 50 points...

And you call me pathetic? Sigh.

The same principle applies to the medium - long term, the "fundamentals" don't necessarily equate with what happens in the markets, and the markets can deviate from perceived "fair value" (no such thing in fx) a very long time. Why don't you give an example of a trade idea based on...

I use fundamental releases to clue me in on how the market is positioned, or perhaps as an entry point for a trade idea that has little to do with them, that's about all. Used in isolation, they can be outright dangerous for the short-term trader. No one loses bigger than he who depends on the...

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It never occurred to you to sell out your position to buy back lower? Or to just trade short-term against your position as support after support got blown out? Why the need to pretend to be a strong-hands player? Are you taking delivery and selling retail? Trade with weak-hands, and be...

Remember what bonds did because of LTCM? Makes this run-up look like nothing.

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Yep, it's a joke that they advertise currencies as the "most liquid market" to trade.

Stocks have wider range of opportunities, less concentration of competition -- evidence for this is clear, as there are many more profitable equity traders than forex. The only reason anyone trades retail fx over stocks is that you don't need 25k to trade fx. Only advantage (but it's a big...

Gold for scrap, mostly used jewelry.

I seem to only learn from the expensive lessons -- here's today's tuition. But it's my last lesson of the kind, that much I can say. Let the shaming begin! :)

Forgive another newb question, but how are these options if they trade like ETF's? Are they not like normal options with strike prices?

Forgive my newb mentality when it comes to options (doesn't go far beyond puts and calls), I just meant if one were just trading currency futures intraday as their primary vehicle, there's not much practical advantage to using puts and calls to either substitute or hedge. Nevermind, it was a...

His interview in MW was always my favorite. I'd trade in my puny IB account to be his unpaid intern-assistant-gopher anyday. I've read that Hathersage actually focuses on an intraday time frame in the fx market, not many of those around.

My understanding has been that there's not much point in using fx options in conjunction with cme futures if that is your primary vehicle? Correct me if wrong.

+1100 or so, the realized is inaccurate.

Did someone hit the lights already?

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