No 25m+ net equity/aum.

Prime of Prime Broker

Well I believe ive read in this thread you have a PB that is located in Zurich? So either Credit Suisse or UBS or Julius Bar. Don't know about Julius, but if you want better conditions then CS and UBS and you have a PB with them then I assume you ...

Prime of Prime Broker

Im using various of ECN's depending on the orders (size and pairs). But main ones that im using are Bloomberg Tradebook, Hotspot, Currenex, FXALL and Fastmatch. There is nothing wrong to chopping your orders up into 5M clips and just execute them ...

Prime of Prime Broker

If you are looking for EBS access via a PB, then you just need to open up an account at a PB and not looking for a PoP. But a PoP will give you the same access, since its direct via their PB; just another 25m+ hop you don't have to take...

Prime of Prime Broker

As from 15m clips it can makes sense if you truly want to be undisclosed and just want to be done. Everything below that is not economically sensible; you are cheating yourself from better prices and commission then. On a 10m clip order you can save ...

Prime of Prime Broker

We are talking about prime of prime, not (retail) trading platforms. So FXCM is(/were?) offering prime of prime solutions, just like Saxo bank; its only a credit and clearing facility for you - nothing more and nothing less. You will decide what ...

Prime of Prime Broker

FXCM Prime, FCSTONE, Saxo are offering EBS Markets. The question is: Why would you prefer EBS over any other ECN?

Prime of Prime Broker

Yes they are. Public traded on NASDAQ:INTL

Prime of Prime Broker

I forgot to mention INTL FCSTONE; 250K min. $5 a m (possibly can be more these days)

Prime of Prime Broker

Probably ABN-AMRO is a good choice these days as a (prime of) prime-broker; 1.5M collateral and I believe they dont require any AUM. FXCM also started up PoP; not sure if they will continue to build it out after the CHF debacle. Maybe Saxo Prime ...

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Nope I did not...

Is anyone here an institutional trader?

What did you just smoked???

Is anyone here an institutional trader?

I used to think averaging is for losers indeed and was not open to the idea it could be successful - however, later i realized, this would come from trading on smaller tf's/scalping and was not considered a part of my strategy. I think everyone can ...

'Averaging Down Is for Losers' - valid or not?

Im not getting this - why would corporates would be in the market (hedging?) during news? But anyway...never mind...its not really important...

Is anyone here an institutional trader?

Why is it important for news flow traders to know if its corp flow or leveraged / real money demand etc?

Is anyone here an institutional trader?

So they do hedge to maintain profits...just not more (or the same) profits... Where does the news trades comes in play with that?

Is anyone here an institutional trader?