Absolutely. The fact that the spreads widen on Oanda is so not an issue for me that it didn't even cross my mind but this could be the straw that breaks another trader's back when it comes to tight stops and news trading etc. Very good point.

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Oh, yeah, I forgot to add in my glowing review of Oanda that the spreads do widen during news times but as I generally don't trade news or have tight stops, this doesn't affect me. Not sure how that aspect plays out with other traders.

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Don't know sorry. I haven't traded with them but there are quite a few threads on FF about different brokers that you could have a squiz at.

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Yep, I don't want all my money with one broker. I very rarely trade with FX Solutions anyway. Their spread on A/J is 7 pips whereas Oanda is usually 2.4 or so. I've been waiting for the big KABOOM those cable traders have been going on about since ...

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Hi shoeysfish. The twice daily sentiment readings are only available on FXCM's trading platform although they do a weekly sentiment index on their website. I think Puks found something. I have accounts at Oanda, FX Solutions (US), CMC Markets (UK) ...

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I only have sentiment readings going back to last Friday on the platform and 76% were long last Friday morning and it looks to have just increased most of this week. The readings have been $ bearish on all pairs as traders are long on the US$ across ...

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Well that will be nice for FXCM traders as a whopping 82% of them are long USD/CAD. Funnily enough sentiment turned for EUR from short in the morning to long last night and 53% were long on EUR but 67% short on GBP which usually translates into ...

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I like this site for all the goss ... when I can't be bothered pulling up my platform's news service url and I also throw my eyes over FXCM's news feed as well when I've got time url

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Hey you Nice of you to pop in. Hope you are well and happy new year. I've branched out and am trading A/J most of the time now. Do you have any pearls of wisdom for me?

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Hi Tradoholic - when retail traders are so heavily biased one way it always makes me reassess my charts. The charts were as clear as mud to me with conflicting signals so I look to trader sentiment just to see how average joe is placed. Probably a ...

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Well good for you but if I want to hear someone repeat themselves several times a day I would go and pay a visit to my grandfather in the old people's home. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy a joke as much as the next person but we get a spate of ...

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Oh, believe me, I stopped laughing a long time ago. You must have some awesome parties telling your joke again and again and again. This thread used to be one of the more decent threads with a joke thrown in here and there. Now it's all about ...

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Jaysus, give it up mate. Don't you know when a joke ain't funny anymore?

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So London didn't want to take it up - that's interesting. 4 hour USDX could be poised for gains and to fill the gap Still not really that clear to me unfortunately. Although they say your charts should tell you everything, I think it's waiting ...

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Maybe they'll try for a double top at 0.9406? I'm always long on A/J anyway - the rollover is too good to pass up given the shit interest I earn in my bank account in the UK. I think December's reaction to AUD employment figures was different ...

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Hey Puks - I think I would feel more comfortable shorting if we were closer to our average weekly range of 300 pips. I've got conflicting signals on my Jurik charts - daily has just turned down but weekly has just turned up. If we get a dose of risk ...

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Hi Shahab - happy new year to you too and may it be prosperous. Good old AUD aye. Back to it's usual tactics. Was just listening to Bloomberg on the box and Mr Harvey of Harvey Norman was being interviewed on the telephone and he was so talking the ...

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Hey Puks - happy new year to you too and I also wish you a prosperous 2010. I don't see anything special with A/U at the moment. It's a typical NFP week it seems. We've done 240 pips so far. I'm expecting it to range until NFP figures are released. ...

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I hope that you do succeed as well. I don't mean to sound so cynical or pessimistic about forex (if that is how it came across) but I just wanted to say that I've been in the same boat as you and that I never found it easy but I'm still plugging ...

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There is nothing to disagree with. In my post I stated "I would say most people lose money" and "I'm sure everyone has different views on this market". This was purely my view. Hellboy posted his question 8 hours ago and I didn't see anyone step ...

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