What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars (Columbia Business School Publishing) is probably one of the best books about how to understand the markets and its participants. I'm always surprised it's not mentioned more. The Market Wizard books are only ...

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AOC 34". Love them, but don't love the price (£500).

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

A) I was wrong about Jan' retail sales! b) The 3440 vs 1440 resolution is so much better on a 34" widescreen than 2560 x 1080. If you're thinking of going widescreen don't waste your money, pay up you won't regret the decision.

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

If it's a pure trading rig then you don't really need any Anti-virus. Slows the machine down and can conflict with data sources.

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Price drop on that AOC 34", now £490 versus £500 last week. Jan retail sales in the UK going to be a disaster I think, wouldn't be susprised if I pick these monitors up nearer £450 within a month.

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

1. I've never used demo but have heard that fills are normally always better there and things like slippage are small or even non-existent. You can see why the brokers would do this if they want to attract business. 2. No, I don't think if you did ...

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The only catch is it seems possible but in reality it's actually very hard to do with any consistency because you're using a very tight stop of just a few ticks. The best way is to find out things for yourself with some real money at risk. Open an ...

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Another good analysis job for people starting out. Look at the RESPONSE to a move, that's what should be traded or at least analysed with a possible view to trade. So the market gets smashed, perhaps through an important level. Important levels ...

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That Lata Mangeshkar music may well catch on. Plus, she's very pretty.

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One good way to learn is to pick a time period and then look for the big moves (this can be done for any market, stocks, bonds, FX, commods etc). So take EUR-USD as an example on the 20m. A big move will be at least 100 ticks and better 200-300+. ...

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Goa trance works for me some of the time - url

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I don't think it's possible to elaborate Heis. Try both out as there are fans/non-fans of both brokers. I've been using IB for many years and have no problems apart from their software so I use Button trader for order entry which is a 3rd party ...

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Plotinus, thanks a lot now I understand fully. Prime of Prime was where I was getting confused. I thought it was a 'higher' account than a prime one. But in reality, and as you explain, it's a sort of umbrella account.

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Am I right in saying that the only reason to use a PB is to latch on to the better liquidity? For example, many people on this board use Interactive Brokers for FX and are happy with their prices/fills etc. The only problem is their crappy software ...

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Concentration to me is by far the most important thing in trading. Give me weak analysis but maximum concentration and I'll beat anyone with superb analysis but weak concentration.

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The AOC 34" wide screen version gets better reviews than the LG models. Cheaper as well at around £500 in the UK. Plenty of YouTube reviews. I was out shopping this weekend and the high street (in the UK) is DEAD. Jan's retail sales are probably ...

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

Here's another good review, this one though is the 65 model versus the 95 and not the 67 but he talks about the resolution. These wide screen monitors go together with trading like fish & chips Pisses me off a bit because I was loving the £350 tag ...

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

Very useful reviews, thanks Shabs

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

Thanks Dem. I think the cheaper one is the better option.

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know

Been scouting around in the web I think the difference is to do with features (more ports on the expensive one). The expensive one may even be 4K as well. But I'm still interested about the difference between the resolution size. Anyone got a ...

Wide Screen monitors - Quick question for those in the know