Sorry, I actually meant to quote Alcopop, nonetheless - good work

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

At the risk of sounding like a broken record - COMPLAIN! It's not over until it's over - another week or so.

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

The Swiss brokers Dukascopy, otherwise known as Russians Yes, it's a massive own goal. Looking at the options, I think the risk of people opening accounts with lots of brokers outside EU is probably limited so maybe the better sell on the ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Wishful thinking. Whatever the classification, true spot forex would imply delivery of a currency - and when's the last time your broker turned up with a wad of Swiss francs at your house? Rolling spot implies no delivery and is what we trade daily. ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

And where you guys go, we follow a couple of years later, I know... As an unwashed rube, I use leverage to drain my account in the shortest time possible, but other more professional uses... - structured, geometric martingale progression trading. ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Well I really hope you're wrong too. The prompt to complain came from them, this is one of the ideas they gave but the only one I think has traction. The other point I've made is that it reduces amount traders are required to entrust with brokers ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Agree with almost all of that; opening up the system increases the risk of outsiders exposing the flaws in it. The brokers are tiny fish, which is another reason I don't buy their influence. I did once see a SB customer breakdown ( 8 years ago so ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

You mean is this an elaborate ploy orchestrated by brokers across the whole of Europe to screw their own clients? I'm cynical at the best of times but no, there's a far simpler explanation - naked self interest - both of brokers, and us traders. I'm ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Great. More of this please

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

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FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Ladies and gents, This is a thread of action. I know for a fact that many of you have gone through blood, sweat and tears to get to where you are now, and this will effect thousands reading right now. So... - if you think this will effect you if ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

Tomorton - Cheers mate. I'm sure it'll encompass everything. Even if it's not specified right now, they won't leave anything unchecked. Diceman - Eeesh. I've seen a few sham consultations before in gov but I think the terms really are still up for ...

FX Trading in Europe under threat - act now

These are the last years of trading we will ever experience. Since I started around 8 years ago the moves are already far faster. spikes that will wipe out overleveraged account are WAY more commonplace. And to cap it all, markets entries ...

Do we need Artifical Intelligence in trading?

I'm not sure about your conclusion here - options are explicitly a way of trading volatility rather than assuming it's constant. In order to do so, the directional component is taken care of through delta hedging, and in FX the interest rates too, ...

Lives, Lived, Will Live. Dies, Died, Will Die.

In order of predictability... QE (anywhere), NFPs (US), interest rate announcements, interest rate votes in joint place with employment stats (other countries), the rest of them. But this is after the dust has settled. Stops can be taken out above ...

are some news releases more predictable than others?

I called bullshit on this and checked three brokers. And to my horror, Jason - you are right. Interactive brokers. Without notice Dukascopy. Without notice. Saxo. Without notice. This doesn't make it ethically right, it just means that the entire ...

FXCM Discussion

Jason, let's be really clear here because the details matter. Changing margin requirements WITHOUT NOTICE is utterly not acceptable. Saxo, that AAD mentioned, isn't doing it without notice, they are merely updating their risk profiles in advance. If ...

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Nison will go down as the only man in history that can discover a chest full of gold, empty it out and triumphantly return with just the chest.

About Candlesticks: Why they were created? What do they reveal?

I'm not one for most of this scaremongering but right now, FXCM just made an unprecedented move. They've now included in their T&Cs the right to change margin requirements due to volatile conditions arising from US & North Korea. Fair enough with ...

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