can't be bothered, also I have no intent of educating people how to be pro. I'm just saying you can't be pro without knowing basics (and that is very basic) in the PDF from JP morgan. There are so many people claiming to be pros and don't even ...

EURUSD

for those interested in real trading, not just spot FX - take a read through this, fantastic research and good read url Bear in mind to the earlier conversation, there are no professional traders that don't understand every word in here - see how ...

EURUSD

honestly depends on the analyst, I don't look at all of them, I handpick with ones I know either personally, or that are good. Yes its true that some pros aren't very good - but then they don't stay pro for very long...

EURUSD

well I do use S+R, but the more you know the better - so long as one can handle the extra knowledge. I understand some people get confused contanstly looking at vol surfaces/skews, RR's, yields, x-asset, volumes (actual not tick) etc etc and by no ...

EURUSD

thing is, the pros don't have specific strategies that they follow, they aren't just a robot following specific rules - anyone can do that, and don't tell me money management takes skill. That just requires about 2 brain cells. And so as I will ...

EURUSD

well they are professionals and are better than us. It can't be a bad thing to listen to a pro.

EURUSD

yeah you need to be a client to be on the mailing lists, that is why I post them here so everyone can see them, I find them really useful and people would be foolish not to at least consider them even if they don't agree

EURUSD

Because some people like them url url url url url p.s. you don't HAVE to read them, but its nice to know levels and info that banks read.

EURUSD

GBP market rate swaps are -0.115 pips per day, so that would be about 4USD *0.115 = 0.46USD in swaps per day. you are getting ripped off with 10USD per day

The Club!

oh for sure, fixed income traders see this as a decent compression trade as you get carry from the bond trades which will be > than FX swaps (only just), but it depends where you start the model / where you base the chart from. I'll demonstrate by ...

AUD/USD

AUDUSD is presented with very large skew vs. fair value on a YTD view. chart is of AUDUSD vs 5 year yield differential. Taking data from this time period we can see the relationship of higher interest rate differential = higher AUD, we can see the ...

AUD/USD

FX alliance is the largest ECN, but that is now owned by reuters and will soon be incorporated into this volume heatmap but not yet.

EURUSD

impossible to tell, This is volume based of the Reuters matching ECN - which I think is the second largest but this will be similar to most other ECNs and OTC venues. Reuters is about 150 billion a day, with something like 30% being EUR. so as its ...

EURUSD

If I bought $500,000 and then covered that trade the total volume would be 1 mil so I pay $18 over the life of the trade. as Lumesh says, there is not really a concept of round trip, I buy and then sell at market and so total volume is considered.

Total volume so far this year?

Very large volume today unsurprising but double the average since ECB

EURUSD

some reading url url url url

EURUSD

JPM Asia Pac Morning Commentary: USDJPY Good morning from JPY Risk back on but USDJPY stays inbound as DXY trails off. Set a range for the day and trade like a retail trader is the only way to survive the day right now. 98.30-98.80 is my set range ...

EURUSD

BARCLAYS FX: GBP This time around UK IP and MP data came in above expectations and gave cable a boost up to yesterday’s high of 1.6118. We have since seen a mild pullback toward 1.6080 as US ISM data came in above forecasts and helped support the ...

EURUSD

DB Spot Trading Morning Report: EUR Open 1.3513 Support 1.3460/80 Resistance 1.3550 Euro continues to consolidate and posts a small recovery ahead of ECB, it's capped at the 1.3550 resistance as the market pre-positions. The market is expecting a ...

EURUSD

I'm averaging about 60mil USD per month, and pay 18USD / mil in commission, so over 1k in commission per month. Never realized it was that much....

Total volume so far this year?