putting on a straddle before news is trading? that's up to you to decide

15 pip spreads?

I'm in no way doubting your expertise in this area but for certain stratgeis i use e.g. arbing spot/future 1ms most certainly makes a difference

News Trading Broker

even 1ms isn't negligable.

News Trading Broker

as most eur news (especially german news) is leaked the answer is ... not much no. There are only moves if the rumours circulating the desks minutes before the figures are completely wrong.

Plan of Action

welcome to a proper forex market with banks as your counterparties.

News Trading Broker

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with what you disagreed on. Agreed, spreads on bigger ecn's will stay tight around most figures but if you think that: 1. you'll have more than 5-10m (talking about top level of the book on eur$) to hit compared to ...

News Trading Broker

Let me apologise in advanced if you take the following as condescending in any way. First of all, all you so-called news traders clamouring for the perfect broker that will guarantee your entries and exits ned to understand how the market works. ...

News Trading Broker

there are at least 3 core japanese announcements that are worth trading. I can see from the onslaught of threads asking "ooh is tomorrow's xyz announcement going to cause a spike?" that most of you are in this for a free ride without wanting to do ...

JPY Trade Balance

first understand how the real fx market works. Any broker that will guarantee fills regardless of how wide the spread or high the commision is is not to be trusted. Stick with small size, they probably won't bother you. If you start making serious ...

15 pip spreads?

I'f you're intending on hitting them round figures go somewhere else. If just normal swing trading they will be fine. You're better off somehwere else though but keep a demo with them, the news and analyses they provide are actually quite good

Anyone using Saxobank as a broker?