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There is so much to be said about the revaluing of the Yuan and its impact on the USD, Asian Stocks, Global Bonds etc. Recently it comes out that the Bush Administration believes they will revalue in August and JP Morgan predicts they will appreciate 20-30% in the next 2 years. There is a...

I thinks its more what Equalizer said - traders that frequently scalp and take advantage of arbitrage that get placed on the dreaded manual execution

Liri - Like I said in my first post - all I have is my own experience and I havent had any problems yet with stops or with execution (except around NFP's). In fact, overall I would say Im very satisfied. But thats why I started this thread so I could hear what others had to say about it...

I use stops with FXCM and have had no problems - what makes you say that? Also, which currencies were you trading that the quotes were far from the interbank - I have found their spreads to be the same (if not better) than most companies. Terry - what made you choose Oanda instead?

I have been very interested in Chaos Indicators and have posted on other forums (DailyFx etc) and havent gotten a reply yet. Which ones do you use and how are they used? (A lot of this is curiosity) My charting package has Chaos Fractals, Alligator and Awesome Oscillator - do you use these and...

I believe that the Yen will rise because it is a net exporter as well as China and the increaded competitiveness will help appreciate the currency. It could also impact government intervention there.

I was going through a bunch of the other threads but it got tiring so I figured I would start my own about this topic. Ive been trading FOREX for a moderate amount of time (Im no expert guru etc.) and have been using the FXCM platform. I was wondering what others think about them and...

Well...you are being realistic but like people have said - how muc are you risking? I try to have profit/risk ratio of at least 2:1 if not more so if you are gunning for 5% you might have some tight stops which might make it hard. Theres no right or wrong way though so good luck to you.