Ok now I get it. Looks like I have to open a live account to get a better feel. But how about commission? I suppose i still get paid for my limit order entry and those trades that close due to TP, right?

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Ops it should be 1.6070 for GBPUSD, my mistake. The limit order in the 1st screenshot was accidentally deleted before it got match therefore i just recreated the same limit order again below the ask price. Oh ya this is a demo account too. I have ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Ok for example, I place a buy limit order at 1.6070(edited) when the current price was 1.6075/77. However, the buy limit order is not executed even if the price dropped to 1.6069/71. I thought my order should be executed before the bid price touched ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Hi jleblang, I just started to play around with a MT4 demo account yesterday. However, I noticed that all buy limit orders can be matched at ask price instead of bid price, and I didnt get paid with all these limit orders too. Why? I also tried ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

it says log-return follows log-normal distribution, so that means return follows normal distribution. Dont trust your naked eye, it looks like a normal distribution to your naked eye but it is actually far from normal distribution. Check its ...

Securities prices follow a log-normal distribution - a winning system?

Return or price change of all financial instruments do not follow normal distribution. You may compare the Q-Q plot for real GBPUSD data and excel random generator here.

Securities prices follow a log-normal distribution - a winning system?

yup, what that software does is disable the nagle's algo without editing the registry manually.

Improve latency by disabling Nagle's algorithm

neither me know lots of net protocols especially interaction between broker server and client platform. That is why I am looking for some opinion from some IT experts.

Improve latency by disabling Nagle's algorithm

Correct me if I am wrong. I think changing to a faster dns server is not so effective because our pc will check with our local dns cache for the second or subsequent queries of same domain.

Improve latency by disabling Nagle's algorithm

I am willing to buy your ea for USD5000. Please let me know your paypal account asap because i just came back from a Porsche showroom.

99.99 system

Hi everyone, this is my 1st post in this thread. IMHO the monthly chart is currently consolidating above the resistance and still looking good. It looks like it has flushed out a lot of weak bull holder during the rapid down last week. However the ...

AUD/USD

I do not agree on this statement. A trading strategy with high probability of loss does not mean that it will bleed you dry as long as you have a positive profit factor. Yes you may be bleed for most of the time and it gives you a bad feeling, but ...

Help me get 100% Win Ratio & 10 pips a day

I agree with you. Many traders just dont understand how spreads affect their profitability. It does not matter whether they are daytrader or long term trader, every pips count. Oanda has changed their 0.9pips average pips to 1.2pips, which is 33% ...

OANDA Discussion

Try url . It has limited features but good enough for emergency.

OANDA Discussion

I had encountered this problem too. Through out my observation and comparison with other b r o k e r, it happened because the ticket has been closed due to a spike but it has not reflected in your fxTrade screen yet. It is not a surprise that Oanda ...

OANDA Discussion

I wish to do it on real data but too bad I dont know where to find a real price data that its average gain is double of its average loss. If you got one please tell me.

who has series of random generated price data?

Log return is used in random walk model but it does not mean that the price will double or halve in each timestep. Log return is used in modelling because it will have equal percentage of return in each timestep in regardless of its price level. The ...

who has series of random generated price data?

Please enlighten me.

who has series of random generated price data?

I just did a quick check on your spreadsheet and I found a flaw. The excel formula in your asset column indicated that you make 100% if you win and lose 50% if you lose. By nature it is already a profitable system because the profit factor is 2. So ...

who has series of random generated price data?