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    MT4 time change - Build 418

    the MT servers have been changed and have a one hour earlier start their Open is now 2pm PST - 5pm EST and presumably the Close will also be one hour earlier at 2pm PST - 5pm EST, and 1pm PST - 4pm EST on the Friday Close — check and verify the only exception to the above is Oanda's...
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    'Where are you on the global pay scale ?'

    "Do you earn more or less than the world's [monthly ?] average wage ? The average wage, calculated by the International Labour Organization, is published here for the first time. It's a rough figure based on data from 72 countries, omitting some of the world's poorest nations. All figures...
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    Fairly new PC slowing down.

    aside from components, some antivirus sw can significantly slow down the computer's operation, McAfee for one, too many utilities serving no useful purpose when I remember I disable the free AntiVir I use and don't allow it automatic updates, it isn't necessary to run antivirus when one's...
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    'Analysis - Turning point in the currency war'

    by Mike Dolan LONDON | Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:38pm GMT "LONDON (Reuters) - A counteroffensive of sorts may be underway this year in what has seemed like a one-sided "global currency war" as developing economies slow, western money-printing pauses and the heat comes out of pumped-up emerging...
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    I wonder if I'm just getting too damned old for 1 minute charts...

    there's no question that the longer the timeframe traded the less time required to trade I only trade one instrument, the 6E, and my trading system is the same for intraday trades as day-to-day/s trading and variations of overnight trades because of the leverage offered by futures...
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    What's the story with Alpari?

    one of The oldest fx brokers, started in Moscow in 1998 never heard complaints about them registered in London UK and New York USA where they've expanded into futures, and may have offices elsewhere don't believe there has been any regulator action against them anywhere only used their...
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    Can't get $tick for low cost for NT?

    yes, the AMP+CQG+NT feed is fine now, no connection - realtime issues problem was CQG updating their sw then NT having to update after the change
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    End of day Crude Oil Historical Data

    this is a simple conversion using the MetaStock utility - The DownLoader — see attached: Menu/Tools/Convert
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    End of day Crude Oil Historical Data

    ASCII crude oil prices, starts 03/31/1983 to Fri Feb 24/12 updates Fridays via Barchart: http://www.barchart.com/futures/
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    Customer Protection Enhancements - white paper

    there's only one 'protection' - insurance
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    CFTC Releases Results of Limited Reviews of Futures Commission Merchants

    thanks for the advice bwolinsky, but it's way too late I've been trading futures since the 1980s I could of course open accounts with a Canadian or US brokers registered here in Canada and get $1M and + insurance coverage regardless, the US continues to have blow-ups where account...
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    CFTC Releases Results of Limited Reviews of Futures Commission Merchants

    big deal, the CFTC and NFA doing what they're paid to do futures and forex client accounts still need to be insured and client funds segregated out of bankruptcy proceedings
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    [Newbie Question] Where To Get Commodity News?

    here's a site that sends me a letter I don't read, so don't know how useful it will be to you: http://www.barchart.com/# I don't bother with the info you want, however there are a lot of sites/blogs that concentrate on a particular commodity, suggest you google eg corn, crude etc or corn...
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    'Google's New Privacy Policy: Why You Should Care'

    PCWorld» Blogs» Today @ PCWorld by Ian Paul, PCWorld Jan 25/12 8:02am "Google plans on tracking you across almost every one of its products you use including Calendar, Docs, Gmail, search, and YouTube to give you better search results, more precisely targeted ads, and helpful schedule...
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    Sipc coverage needs to go to 1.8m

    Global Securities Corporation, Vancouver, Canada provides an additional up to $9M insurance - futures and options. last paragraph: http://www.globalsec.com/products_services/futures.aspx don't know if there are other Canadian brokers who also offer additional insurance
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    Sipc coverage needs to go to 1.8m

    agree the amount should rise; the Canadian Investor Protection Fund is C$1M and additionally covers All types of brokers, stock, futures, forex, etc but there still remains the bankruptcy problem, that if not scooping client funds, can hold up the return of clients funds during very...
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    Canadian trading tax

    "The combination of the following factors may result in gains and losses being treated by the CRA as income and thus be subject to full tax: - Frequent and extensive buying and selling of securities, - Short periods of ownership, - If you have some knowledge or experience in the industry you...
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    Esignal down?

    thanks trader123abc checked the eSignal forum but no thread about the feed being down
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    Esignal down?

    trader123abc, in your experience, does eSignal go down often ? - thinking of subscribing to the feed
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