Are you sure you are posting on the right thread? The thread is about Thursdays black swan and future implications (in the form of new regulations and or broker behavior ) which will affect retail traders. So why should I talk about equities going ...

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You are talking about nominal GDP I'm talking about PPP GDP. Swiss PPP GDP is around 371B

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Thomas Jordan hinted in the announcement that they are maybe more interested on the level of USD/CHF than the EUR/CHF. So they may be buying dollars now.

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According to my researches, the SNB foreign reserves was at some point around 80% of the Swiss GDP. Their latest GDP figures are 371 billion dollars. So at some point the SNB had 297 billion dollars to screw around the markets. Some of this money ...

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Brokers should work out a reward model with regulators. The longer you stay in the game the more leverage you are allowed. You start with 5:1 leverage if you can't prove prior experience as a trader. As years go by you can reach the 50:1 limit.

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The company will be re-priced as price discovery goes on. They are still the same company,same management but new ownership. It almost feels like a hostile takeover. Even if technically it isn't. I bet their price model will change.

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Bodies already starting to float...... url

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Understanding how FXCM got margin called. Forex brokers belong to basically 2 models. Market Makers and ECNs FXCM used to be a MM. Than they became a hybrid MM/ECN and lately with their NDD they were in process of becoming a 100% ECN broker. FXCM ...

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If you are so tired of my opinion there is a whole bunch of other threads you can go and post. I would suggest you to take your empty posts somewhere else!!

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I find amazing that even if we are in a forum created to discuss ideas, people that have nothing to say or add, insist in wasting time posting!!

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My opinion.... Currently the last post. url

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Checking around the internet I was able to see how leverage really became a bad word for economic news outlets. I kind of agree with the fact that leverage can be used to screw the naive. Now, the more tricky question is if the naive has the right ...

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Their risk management failed...but again who could predict a 4000 pip drop in 5 min.

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Oh boy!! Jason Rogers in flesh and bone retraced from a early unsubscription Anyways, nice to see FXCM bailed out. The new boss will probably make sure those 300M comes out of our butts in a probable new pricing structure. But thats better than ...

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Agree but take a look on the tone of the article.......it is all about the bad consequences of leverage. ‘Keen Eye’ The client losses are shining a spotlight on U.S. regulators’ oversight of retail currency trading and whether they stopped short of ...

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Bloomberg article on how FXCM lobbied against a proposal to reduce leverage. url The article is insinuating that, IF leverage was lowered FXCM would be in a better shape. I kind of agree. I'm not against a reduction to ...lets say 20:1 or even ...

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So...you are saying they found a sucker to give them 300M?

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Now that they are bailed out the next move for FXCM will be changes on their pricing structure. I bet they will go back to their 2.5 pip spread on the E/U

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So you think the 300M infusion into FXCM is all fake?

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Yep!! According to CNBC the deal is closed. So the Bloomberg chat gossip turned out to be true. I guess FXCM was TOO BIG TO FAIL ! url

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