exactly!!!!! and this is exactly how i trade the news, i listen to the price action to figure out what is going on behind the scenes! and i always try to be on the same side as the big guys. as you know, i call this the "human element"

Contradiction between Fundamental & Technical analysis??!

quite the contrary! the big players use the news events extensively to get good liquidity. there is no better time to go long the USD than when a really bad news is released. i think what you meant here is that when the market spikes UP on good ...

Contradiction between Fundamental & Technical analysis??!

yep! but on a 10-lot order, i would probably break it down into 10 1-lot orders. not that a 10-lot order would get a bad fill or move the market (1mil order is considered fairly small), its just good practice to spread out the execution risk.

trading with 10 millions VS 1 million ??

this is very common that the price moves opposite what you'd expect during news releases. this is mostly because there are traders on the sidelines waiting to enter or add to their positions, and they use the negative news to get good price and ...

Contradiction between Fundamental & Technical analysis??!

so true! i hear the darndest remarks from some real wallstreet veterans, especially the non-statistical, pure discretionary traders. they talk about all kinds of baseless mantras and beliefs, sometimes even making nursery rhymes for them! and the ...

Please, 95% of traders don't lose their accounts!

yes, always. even if you are trading with a very small account, its good practice to break your orders down into tiny bits. not only does it spread out the "execution risk" (eg your broker screwing you or a clerical mistake), but it also gives you ...

trading with 10 millions VS 1 million ??

yeah sorry i wasnt clear on that... narafa already gave the answer above - the buyer of the position wants to obtain the cheapest possible price. when the buyer starts buying, the price will move up, making it more expensive to add to the position. ...

trading with 10 millions VS 1 million ??

yeah i think the CME has some eniornmental futures products. anyone ever traded them?

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call me crazy, but i really think OPEC is shorting oil futures:

I see oil reaching 100 USD?!

the bigger the order, the poorer the execution. the really big players sometimes need a couple weeks to obtain their full position, as they would move the market against themselves if they did it all at once.

trading with 10 millions VS 1 million ??

LOL! yeah they are kind of known for their poor customer service. thats why i never suggest that new traders trade with them. they are best for the advanced traders who already know how things work, and who wants cheap commissions, best execution, ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

haha! love how you commentate the charts! i do the same thing btw, futures expirations have so many intricacies to them, its really hard to keep track of. its even worse than options expiration! after years in the futures market i still make ...

Futures expirations... be aware!

are you talking about real hedging, or the fake hedging feature found in broker platforms?? and if you are talking about the fake heding, id love to hear how it allows you to use a "more direct route".

hedging - A new flavour of trading

its about time somebody laid it out in plain english!! LOL this "hedging" feature that brokers offer is completely, COMPLETELY worthless. this is not even true hedging... its taking the exact opposite position, which is, of course, the same as ...

hedging - A new flavour of trading

charts are only a reference - especially in forex. the bid and ask being displayed in your trading platform is what really matters. this is by no means "cheating", its perfectly normal. btw, only use limit orders and you will avoid 99% of the ...

charting price doesnt match bid/ask

thats rigth bob anything with "holy grail" or "300 pips per day" type titles gets moved into the beginner section, because only a novice trader would put such a thing in their title. plus we cant have such titles showing on the homepage, it makes ...

The Holy Grail - Found

this is called a straddle, or a strangle if the call and put have different strikes. is it that simple? of course not, nothing that makes money is every easy there is something called theta, and its your worst enemy when buying a straddle. in ...

Options hedge for profit

well if we must bring this discussion to the public forum, i will do so. first of all, your complaint is petty. you are complaining that you havent gotten your funds after a week. its obvious that you are a new to trading, because this is perfectly ...

FXCM Discussion

simply amazing. it really shouldnt be that surprising how good of an indicator human reactions can be. afterall, it is humans behind every order. i guess the lesson to be learned here is that if everyone is predicting the same thing, its most likely ...

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