I find it very dangerous to make absolute statements like this. In the market there are absolutly NO RULES. You can trade just how you like, just as long as you make money. I bet there a million guys out there how have money in the long run ...

Why did the market reacted like this

What amazes me is that people think they can make money without doing their homework. So before an announcement I will have a plan of what what to do in each scenario and how I expect price action to unfold. It's good to know whether to expect a ...

How do you trade news?

A lot of what you said sounds like pure speculation to me. The brokers that don't widen spreads are simply bucket shops. Any true market place has wider spreads during volatility. That's just the way it is. You show me fixed spreads, I'll show you a ...

Major Chink In Oandas Armor

I see a lot of people straddle the news and while that's a fine strategy I prefer to go about it another way. Take the FOMC for example. There was money to be made on the straddle (both ways) provided you were quick enough to take your profits on ...

How do you trade news?

I got all my fills at Oanda. The spread on eur was 5pips for most of the time. Looks like you paid a 22pip "spread". The only negative was that gbp spread was at 10 for almost 30min.

FOMC trade

I don't see anybody expecting a big wipsaw day. I'm definetly going to have this scenario in the back of my mind.

FOMC trade

Why don't you just watch bloomberg on the web?

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