Jan. 20 is "last-trading-day" for feb. futures so your CFD broker is rolling to mar. futures. Anyone holding a position will have funds added/reduced from their account to allow for the change in price. ***The contango in the futures is a good ...

Oil and Natural Gas

Correct. That's why the account holder should fund the account and use a sub-account. The only thing the account holder is risking is trading losses from the trader. The trader has no incentive to lose money as he/she has no access to the funds so ...

Looking for a non-US resident to partner with

1-The name on the account is the only person that can add/remove funds from an account. 2-The individual opening the account can open a sub-account. Put funds for the trader in the sub-account. This account will have a separate password for the ...

Looking for a non-US resident to partner with

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Stocks, futures, and options demo accounts

MT4 is just a trading platform used by many forex brokers. ECN (Electronic Communication Network) is a term used to describe the type of broker. url Buying 100 lots will not affect the market. WAY too small.

About oil trading

1-Brokers aren't in the business of sending out physical currencies. You need to go to a bank or financial institution to do the exchange. 2-Even though your broker might allow you to TRADE with 500:1 leverage, that doesn't mean you have increased ...

About oil trading

1-NO, forex isn't considered a CFD. Forex is actual currency. A gold CFD is just a derivative of a gold contract so has no influence on the actual price of gold regardless of how much you buy/sell. 2-NO, you cannot receive physical from your broker ...

About oil trading

Not sure which "data" you're looking for but here's a long-term MT4 chart of oil using the front-month data. From 1995 to present. Any MT4 data isn't going to be "real" futures data so volume will be "activity" rather than actual volume. Open, high, ...

Perpetual Futures Data for MT4?

Ask China. JPM controlling futures now to set price but China will set the price when the time is right. Anyone have an "inside guy" in China?

EURUSD

US equities look pretty bearish on monthly view IMHO.

EURUSD

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Alifari's Trading Journal

If you adjust for the 10-for-1 reverse split, the stock is currently trading @ 1.57 and not 15.77 if you want to compare to the $1-$2 price range it was trading at.

FXCM Stock Price Jumps Over 50% Again Today

I should have bought rather than wait for insiders to buy :-) url url

FXCM Stock Price Jumps Over 50% Again Today

NO Price could gap up 50 pips just as easily as gap down 50 pips. Flip a coin. Depends upon what weekend "events" influence the market by market open. If you want to find out, copy the current quotes & see how the gaps compare sunday evening. I ...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

The quotes on that site aren't live until 2 or 3 PM sunday evening (NY time). The prices will remain frozen until then so the current quotes are no more valuable than looking @ the frozen prices on your charts.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

We both know what we're trying to say, just getting it mixed up when the terms are the same for both :-) You're trying to use "fair value" referring to the arbitrage between the futures & underlying equities. I was just explaining why the FV you ...

S&P index futures - fair value sources?

The FV you see on CNBC in the pre-market is a very simple calculation & isn't adjustable. At exactly 4:00 PM the futures are @ 17,000 but continue to trade even though equities stop for the day. At exactly 4:15 PM the futures close @ 16,970 for the ...

S&P index futures - fair value sources?

The FV in relation to futures price you see in the pre-market on CNBC doesn't change throughout the day. It's only different from the true underlying value of the equities is because the futures markets trade for 15 minutes after the equities ...

S&P index futures - fair value sources?

url ***If you're looking for the "fair-value" calculation during the trading day, then this won't help. I'm not sure how you'd play the "arbitrage" if the futures is above/below fair value. Either the individual stocks will move to meet the ...

S&P index futures - fair value sources?

There are forex brokers that offer stock & ETF trading with CFDs but I don't know which ones they are. I trade ETFs with an equities broker. My broker requires a minimum of $10K to open an account & if you day-trade you need to keep $25K in the ...

ETF Brokers and their instruments