Thanks but this doesn't make sense to me. By 2am EST Tokyo was already 4pm and Frankfurt was only 8am. Nikkei was relatively flat at the time. If you're saying this is related to JPY bottoming out, the EUR spike is across multiple pairs, not just ...

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Hi, What's the best explanation for the EURUSD spike around 2am EST 6 Nov. See chart. Can see the spike in various EUR pairs. German Industrial Production was released at 2am. Actual was -.6% vs -0.3 forecast. Spike was about 15 minutes later which ...

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Looking at the options closest to the money with the dec19 futures as the underlying the volume is pretty dismal. Example: .00925 call option vol on 21 Oct: 18 contracts .00925 put option vol on 21 Oct: 0 contracts Given avg daily volume for USD/JPY ...

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Thank you! What drives the liquidity in Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec? Such a huge difference..

Volume in currency futures

Hi, I'm with interactive brokers residing in Australia. IB only allows 40:1 leverage for forex but pepperstone provides up to 400:1. Anyone know why such a huge difference? Thanks.

Is it good use high or low leverage as a beginner?

Most of the trading strategies I'm seeing here are based on charts and various indicators. Wonder if anyone has used some other forms, e.g. statistical correlations with other assets, etc.etc.

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Hey, newbie question here. Why does my chart look so different to yours? See my screenshot. I'm using MT5 which by default is GMT+3 I am told. Differences between brokers can't be this much?

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