This whole swap rate discussion = shiznet — Compared to my bank account the swap rates are great. Why anyone would try to establish a carry trade this year with the current volatility is beyond my comprehension.--does not compute-- so I'll ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

only a million things wrong with this. . . — when I exit the platform for the day, I want to verify that there are no open orders, the open order window may be hidden but I always have the balance window open, which is reflected on the balance ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

.1 works fine here — as in .1 lot equals 1000USD or whatever the other equivalents are for the other currencies as well .2 .3 .4 and so on. on live, it works here. Best regards

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Just when you thought that Oil is running out — Just found this nugget from my favorite research tool. Its a shame that the N Americans will continue to beg OPEC with all this oil in the area. If only the powers that be were as pragmatic as ...

Sweet, sweet Oil

Oil tied to equity strength, or lack thereof? — with the DJIA crossing below its 200 MA on Friday, there is reason to believe that the DJIA and American equity markets will sell off for a while, maybe 3000 to match the 1987 decline in % terms, ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

why I trade with efxgroup/mbtrading — I became a fan of trading GBP on a demo and what got my attention, was the "you must put in a stop loss at least 10 pips away from your entry price" error message that I got from one of the deal desk ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

cot??-- Commercials short at 114K — Anyone with knowledge of prior Commitment of Traders reports offer their observations on this? I remember one of the daily fx posts saying that the COT USD/cad shorts were oversold a week a ago but with a ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

Take one of their webinars that are archived? — I had trouble understanding the stop limit order until I took a live webinar on the advanced orders. They put up a diagram that helped me understand perfectly what that order was. Many other ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Spot fX options — With the Navigator software, is there a way to trade options on the spot currencies? What would I need to do to trade these options?

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I appreciate your time and info — I don't see myself claiming the trader's status for the near term future. But reckon that traders accounting would still handle capital gains for non trader status individuals. Will look forward to working ...

Forex Taxes

Do you get requoted? — Still in the deciding phase of finding a broker, I'm heavily influenced by the EFXgroup comparison of their ECN method with various banks vs other non ECNs and dealing desks.So do you get requoted on any of your orders?

ODL securities -long post

Weekly MACD is most important — to determining if a trend reversal will occur. At the start of the week, the USD/CAD MACD was bearish and the price channel trend lines were tight. Until there is a daily close above an 18 day SMA then I might ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

Highly Recommended — Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John Murphy If you get it you will see why it is a classic for Technical Analysis. Anything by Nison on Candlestick charts should round out most of the basics.

A Good Forex Book and a Broker?

Looks really good. — If you hit around 40%, John Murphy,a 30 year veteran trader, says that you are hitting par for a futures trader. So congrats so far you are at least 25% hit and success rate.

East Coast Cable Sleepover Strategy

Did you see the EfX group intro? — One of their customer service people come on here a few times a week. You need to check them out. They have archived tuturials on their web site www.efxgroup.com . Enjoy

ECN brokers/tutorials?

Difference between DD and ECN — So there is payment of rollover with EFX? I'm starting to think that the ECNs are the only way to go because they, the banks, pay rollover directly into the account. DD would be counterparty to trades so, they ...

Market Makers & ECN’s, Is the grass greener?

Donchian fan — Hi I just read Tech Analysis for Dummies, they had a great section on Moving Averages. A system invented by Richard Donchian was mentioned using 5/20 SMA. My way is to use 5/15 SMA and 20SMA setting on Bollinger bands. Then I ...

Whats the best way to use MA's

no — no when is allowing a 500 loss a possible idea?

Leverage Equity....Bigger Bets, More Reward, Less Risk?!?!

Is your broker an ECN ? — If you think that their is a difference with interbank rates to brokers then there is a problem? Don't mean to be harsh, just that observing what I think is a quality ECN to various banks like EFXgroup, I don't have ...

average spread between interbank rate and various brokers

don't believe in italian voo doo — I like moving averages, candlesticks, multiple time frame charts, bloomberg's news and web forums for news stuff too. I don't like the numbers but I love the Italian's soccer and their country.

Anybody trade using only fibonacci or just one indicator?