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    Where does the high level of US self criticism comes from?

    first, this thread should be in the Politics forum do me a favour, i don't equate Americans crying in their beer over the milk they spilt to be a "high level of US self criticism", given where the economy is and how it got there nor do i think America any paragon of free speech, there's...
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    'Which States Had The Most Foreclosures In 2009 ?'

    by Daniel Indiviglio "Foreclosure data tracker RealtyTrac released its final 2009 foreclosure statistics today. The results, as you can probably imagine, are ugly. The U.S. had 2,824,674 foreclosed properties. That's a 21% increase from 2008 and a 120% increase from 2007. Yet, the results...
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    10:1 could be the new leverage rule

    recent changes to fx regulation Only in the province of British Columbia, Canada has meant that BC residents are limited to a choice of 3 fx brokers, and a 100:1 leverage limit UK companies such as FXCM and Alpari will not accept an account application from BC residents due to the BC...
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    FX Demo that does not expire?

    Oanada's FXGame is identical to the FXTrade feed but their charting is very limited so i also use MetaTrader 4 because of the comprehensive charting tools + historical data MT 4 is available from many brokers, most now use STP, i use Alpari NY unlimited demo they go to 5 decimal points
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    Oops ! and Ouch ! — Neely and Prechter's 'tops'

    "Neely called the top in Jun [for 5th time]. Oops. He seems to have lost his confidence since. Prechter first called the top in Aug and then went double short a couple of months ago. Ouch." http://yelnick.typepad.com/yelnick/2010/01/predicting-the-end-of-the-hope-rally.html
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    How useful is Economics as a trader?

    from mpov economics is a too abstract and dispersed subject to render into a useable tool to trade with knowing what i know now, i would though study 'finance' and think it Would be useful what impressed me when the subprime fiasco was raging was one Andrew Lahde who made millions for...
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    Unregulated Forex Becomes Criminal Offence

    thanks for the info Loukas i know the UK's FSA is the 'person of last resort' to the maximum of £40K ? after all other means of recouping client funds have failed in Canada it's an opt-in with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), formerly Investment...
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    eurusd - 6E - ($) lines - euro topped ???

    correction over, starting Sun/Mon, down to 1.40 - Jan 29 / Feb 19
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    Oanda's 5 sec chart/spreads today's NFP release

    Oanda's the only fx broker i know of that has subminute charts Oanda's spread is usually fixed at .9 pip, starting at London open - midnight pst ? and remains there until noon ? pst rising to 1.2 - 1.5 pips, but it can and does widen depending on market activity, news releases it's well...
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    Is "Yesterday close" an important indicator?

    have to strongly disagree, tho for you it may be unimportant, fx has a daily close - 3pm pst i use a MA 1 S C on all timeframes of my charts to highlight the Close because, often but not always, the Close will confirm a H/L of a move based on fibo and or pivot levels i only work with...
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    Europe’s Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Hits 11-Year High

    'Euro-zone unemployment hits 11-year high' Steve Goldstein & William L. Watts, MarketWatch "LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The pace of the rise in unemployment at 102,000, however, is well off the pace of around 500,000 seen at the height of the recession, said Jennifer McKeown European economist...
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    Cool Tools

    Dimension 4 synchronizer: http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/ NetMeter: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Bandwidth-Tools/NetMeter.shtml TimeLeft: http://www.timeleft.info/
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    Virus help???

    an av program may identify but not remove a 'virus', but if you can obtain the name of the 'virus', google the name and often there's one thread that has removal instructions, sometimes a free software specific removal tool
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    Any large size annual chart on gold bigger than this?

    http://www2.barchart.com/mktcom.asp http://mrci.com/pdf/charts.php
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    'Banks Roll Out New Check, Card Fees'

    by ROBIN SIDEL - WSJ "The nation's banks will be bombarding customers with new fees and products in 2010 as they try to replace more than $50 billion in revenue wiped out by new rules that clamp down on certain business practices."...
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    Futures vs Equity Trading

    oh yes NJ1000, something that hasn't been mentioned, the Sell not sure how many equity traders sell - Short Sell stocks regularly but the nomenclature of futures trading is Buy, Sell, Close: Buy the futures contract, Sell the futures contract and when exiting the trade, Close (the Buy)...
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    Happy New Year

    TIKITRADER, if that's you you should be called TITTITRADER
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    successful traders are snollygosters

    "Snollygosters, meaning "shrewd, unprincipled people", is actually an old word revived: first recorded in 1855, it fell into obscurity until the first stirrings of election fever in the early autumn." 'New words of 2009: the year tweetups and snollygosters arrived'...
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    For US Citizens to trade FX throug non-US brokers you must be an accredited investor?

    yea, obvious now you've pointed it out about fxcm / US originating brokers can't answer your question re: "What I'd like to determine is whether this is a real law/regulation that is applied to US citizens, and where is described in detail." try the CFTC, NFA ? i don't know there's an...
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