Not really a surprise direction.

USD/CAD short?

You are spot on. If a broker see's 10 stops at a certain price they will spike to it no matter the amount and hope that no one complains. 8/10 won't, generally they will refund the 2 that do no problem. You've got the small fry comment correct as ...

Can Brokers Really See Us???

Most of these questions should be asked in the Forex Beginner forum so that others can find the answers when they need to ask the same questions.

Can Brokers Really See Us???

In a word: Yes. Brokers with a dealing desk can see your orders and, in fact, have monetary incentive to stop you out. It is very easy for a broker to simply sit back and collect their pip spread every time you get into the market, but there is much ...

Can Brokers Really See Us???

Certainly heard that before. Any rise in the CAD will be short term. Oil Prices just are not going to go down in the foreseeable future. The US is being depressed by many factors that don't seem to be letting up anytime soon either. Oil is the main ...

USD/CAD short?

This indicator can help determine what your broker time is. Primer, you have another PM.

Daily95pips

This is your most likely candidate. If you get this EA by paying for it, they probably sent you a demo EA right away and you need to request the live version and send them your MT4 account number to be coded into your EA so that it can run on your ...

EA open position on demo, but not open position on real account. Any Comment

Let the forward testing commence. I got a bad headache trying to figure out timezones vs brokers at 2am last night for my alpari data. Will try again today. Of course, the problem with forward testing is you won't even know a setting is bad for ...

Daily95pips

This is going to be a complicated EA to backtest. Every broker has a different time zone, you need to understand what time zone your broker is in in relation to EST 5:00. Once you have that setting correct. You cannot test for more than 6 months at ...

Daily95pips

Pr1mer, I read this thread a while ago but didn't realize there was an EA being made. I have 3 computers dedicated to forward testing and an FTP server that I can have forward tested results auto-updated to through MT4, so statements are easy to ...

Daily95pips

Didn't realize this thread had taken off again, it's been an interesting month. Back when I did this backtest, I was using UGMFX as a data feed. However FXDD I believe is an EST as well. I'm saying my daily candle closes in different timezones for ...

BackTest Timezone

Yes, I trade live. I just use smaller little TL breaks on the 1 and 5 minute in the direction of the 30 and 1hr trend. Something to do after entering long term trades.

any comments about MBTRADING (not eFx)

I've opened a smaller 5k account with them recently and have been enjoying 2 pip spreads scalping the 1 and 5 minute gbp/jpy alot. I use it to entertain me while my larger trades brew. As an ECN, the spreads can widen, but the GBP/JPY 2-3 pip normal ...

any comments about MBTRADING (not eFx)

Why Nations? Mostly IB rebates. Nations paid alot to their IB's and then allowed their IB's to do basically anything with their spreads. (ie. Nations would charge a 3 pip spread on the GBP and the IB would spread that an addition 2 pips. Earning 3 ...

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

I don't think you understand the theory here. At the end of the day, you will have 1 positive and 1 negative position. Close the positive position, booking that profit into your actual balance, then rehedge. Now you have 1 negative position and 1 ...

True Hedge System

Don't know that the Forex Trading discussion forum is the appropriate place for this, but you might simply check Ebay or go to your closest international airport. I'm sure there are others.

How can I get current physical foreign currency?

It was a percentage of gains last I checked.

PipBoxer and FXDDAuto

If G/J spread are of real concern and metatrader isn't top priority, try an ECN broker. I've entered the G/J on a 2 pip spread on MBTrader.

Best MT4 Broker?

There's plenty to be made, and lost, for all. Your certainly not taking my cash. Though I don't believe I said anything negative toward FR. I've got nothing against a positive interest hedge. I personally trade a basket of currencies on some of my ...

information on hedging for newbies

An excellent question. In fact the word "break" is one of those words in the forex that can mean any number of things to different people. Depending on the methodology, a break can be any spike through a number (as a spike through the number means ...

A break below - A Break Above Question