Thanks for that, vip! Wise. Yes, .5 makes sense, though I'm an algo trader, so lots of small trades going at any one time, or at least that's the plan. They'll last from a few minutes to a few days, depending on market movement. On both failures I ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I'm in BC... on day 4 of the challenge...my second one. I got blown out by the spreads holding too big a hedged position over the weekend on the first one. Had closed a few losing positions to where I figured I'd be safe, 1,000 to spare, but the ...

FTMO - For serious traders

No worries. Good luck with it all.

FTMO - For serious traders

"conditions are tough" : you can lose up to 1,000 in equity (open and closed trades) of your 10,000. So it's like working with 1,000, not 10,000. This is so you are not trading in a risky manner with other people's money. No lot limitations, as long ...

FTMO - For serious traders

good luck to you in your trading, too. Cheers.

FTMO - For serious traders

I don't have an issue with FTMO and their requirements... they are fair enough, and achievable, if challenging. It wasn't me who said it's almost impossible. I'm just talking statistics and how these things can be viewed. I understand your point of ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I'm just pointing out there is a statistical fact. It's like in one year there's 2 murders, and the next year there's 4 murders. That's a doubling in the annual murders, or 100%increase in numbers. It doesn't matter if there's a population of 10 or ...

FTMO - For serious traders

it depends how you look at it... it's semantics/statistics. In one framing of it, traders are challenged to yes, double their money in 22 days, because effectively they only have 10,000 of their nominal 100,000 available, due to the loss limit. And ...

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thanks for that maahome... Cheers!

FTMO - For serious traders

I just passed my second trial... the first one was blown out on the second or third day due to rollover spreads... I was at about 80% of my daily max loss, and the spreads took it the rest of the way. On my second trial I knew I had to reduce ...

FTMO - For serious traders

True and good point... though I hope FTMO will sharpen this up so it is more to the moment, and have an actual countdown clock telling you how many hours left till the new day starts after the trader registers his time zone... they may need caveats ...

FTMO - For serious traders

the indicator I included is the same as Chris.GER showed above...

FTMO - For serious traders

Hi, all... great thread, I've read the whole thing... doing the free trial... I got knocked below the daily loss limit on day three at rollover, though before rollout I was only 80% of max... I guess I had too large lots open. Glad it's the free ...

FTMO - For serious traders

I did try Darwinex which has no suffix first, before Axi... I'll try 17, then, thanks... cheers!

Hedge Trade-panel

removed all pairs except GBPUSD.pro, removed all special pairs... same result

Hedge Trade-panel

axitrader same thing... force downloaded... default settings except changed GBPUSD to GBPUSD.pro to match Axi's suffix... This showed up after first loading: 2020.07.20 00:07:25.584 HedgeTradePanel35 GBPUSD.pro,M1: zero divide in ...

Hedge Trade-panel

wow... just read the whole thread... what a great and generous contribution! I downloaded 35, force downloaded history, double checked correct symbols, on Darwinex live... CHFJPY & USDCAD. getting the error: zero divide in marketdistance.mqh (74,69) ...

Hedge Trade-panel

that's inspiring, Tony... thanks. I needed that.

Central Banks & Big Players

or maybe different account types? premium, for 50k and up, might have better execution than standard... or maybe mt4 vs Oanda's platform... what kind of account and platform are you recommending, Tony?

Central Banks & Big Players

okay... almost there now... let's light this candle.

Central Banks & Big Players