I don't believe they are an ecn. Far as I can tell, they trade against their retail customers. Ie...Allow the big boys to make their cut first. If all want to trade with them,... have it at it. I doubt you will be profitable....its too easy for them ...

FXCM Discussion

they must be trying to woo customers back after cheating them out of their money....bucket shop! I seen spikes on fxcm that would make your skin crawl!

FXCM Discussion

how much time do you have? can you handle watching a chart for hours? Can you handle having a trade going against you or for you without closing too early? Most good trading times are early morning. Also, can you program ? I like action everyday and ...

Trading Methods

I say you take out a loan!. And go for it!. Just let er rip.... The market NEEDS YOUR MONEY!. Here's a thought. Put in a trade in both direction. -- at the end of the day... close the one in profit if it goes a hundred... The other one should ...

My personal experience - Lost 5,000 USD in 4 months Forex. Please advice.

forex momemts — forex momements --- these folks are trying to program an ea off the system and really are interested in contributions... your feedback is beyond the scope. I mean,,,, --- don't trust backtesting? Really? I guess these folks ...

"The Pip Nailer". Any time frame, any pair

If your in the us; your options are a little limited. I use both fxlite and interbank fx for my us based accounts. Interbank, is a little bit of a bucketshop at times. Ie.. spreads vary just when you ea should be taking the trade and have a habit of ...

Live Trading with MT

just added the new bar function so your alerts dont go wacky. (multiple alerts ...now its just 1 per bar) Managing mtf at once on metatrader uses a lot of resources when using alerts easier if ea. may want to copy over into bwr1h.mq4 alert. Just add ...

Can someone please write this?

Coming off L3.. Don't sweat it...YET!

Something big is about to happen...

Maybe 95% lose because they morons! Id say most lose because they have no system that is reliable. It takes a long time to develop and think through. ITs about concepts and how fast it takes you to come to the conceptual change. The market ...

Why do 95% of traders lose?

why would you only buy above the pivot? That is, isnt it risky on a pullback to s1? Why do they label it S1? I thought "S" meant support?

Pivot Point, Psych Levles and Intra Day Trend Lines

yes, but not on metatrader. tradestation i heard has some. but it is pricy. The software will estimate each wave and "take a picture" and get back best probabities to the users. A computer will generate based on all the moves in the database. You ...

The Basics of Elliott Wave Theory

add the fib. right click on the "red" line and go into fib properties. At that point, you need to add the fib you want. you need to "pull down from the top of the fib" for an extension.

IBFX MT4 Fib Extension

I guess that didnt answer the question on scalping below is for s/p but could use on forex...I have a few times I do other things now./

I need a good 5 min. scalping strategy

scalpings — here is an example of scalping 6 techniqes./ these are s/p but if you work around the currency opens.. they are valid at times. I like forex bootcamp scalps on the NFP.. very cool and profitable.

Scalping - WHat Do You Guys Mean

whats more risky---mn or weeks? Its all realitive. How much per pip .01 ct or $1000 per pip? 3 to 1 rr and stoploss along with broker commission have to be factored in. If holding a position for 3 weeks in a 500 pip loss is the answer .. count me ...

I need a good 5 min. scalping strategy

You mentioned that williams is better than rsi? what setting cross? Is that 50 or 80 or 20? ALso, I would assume that you need to determine trend? On RSI, it does miss "alot" and would chew you up unless u have the trends figured out. I as of yet, ...

The Holy Grail - Found

nice call .. I took it a little earlier but not a lot. nice little breakout trade.

The Holy Grail - Found

thanks. This does help alot --- I will need to figure out some close condition language to add to it also, thanks John W. ..your dead right about indicators and crossover systems, they are giant cash cows to the charlitans. I have programmed a ...

The Holy Grail - Found

I hope someone could answer my alerter thread. IT would make all of our lives easier. I am not very good in programming in custom indicators.

The Holy Grail - Found

Well, here is telsa's alerter. My question is does anyone know how to bring over to the ea from the indicator using the "icustom" feature. That is, the goal would be to draw these trend line breaks using the alerter and if in proximity trigger a buy ...

The Holy Grail - Found