yes, apparently in certain countries. I would like to know which ones they are. So if anyone knows of a country where this is the case, please post. I heard South Africa is like this (but don't take my word for it)

Is it true that FOREX profits are not taxable until withdrawn from your account?

saxo

Does anyone trade the Baht

I think the broker is more important also. And if the broker has a terrible charting application (like many of them), then I would just use metatrader on a good demo feed for the charting.

What's the best trading platform available?

I had thought it was your time zone. Kind of like "My Documents"

World News and a World Clock to keep time

thanks BK, yeah that was my conclusion too. I was wondering though because it looked so nice in your screenshot, I figured maybe I was doing something wrong. Still, I dont think I really have room for it - if I bought the full version. I really like ...

World News and a World Clock to keep time

If you do find out it is an ea or and indicator but want to keep it, then you can probably rewrite it for good performance. Just some people write things without thinking about impact on performance.

Sloowww Mt4..a Cure?

I have to admit, I was thinking the same thing... you are ready when you are ready.

When is it safe to trade full time?

FT.com — I also put headlines from FT.com (just the latest 3) on my google home page. I wanted to put bloomberg but the rss feeds for it don't work anymore.

what's your daily morning research routine before trading?

remove any custom indicators or EAs... poorly written ones can cause sluggish behaviour (although they are far and few between - poorly written sluggish ones, not poorly written ones - those abound

Sloowww Mt4..a Cure?

After trying all the stuff from ActionForex for months, as well as other options... I finally settled down to just one daily briefing... the commerzbank one from forex.ch It is succint, but more importantly... it is a really nice looking PDF

what's your daily morning research routine before trading?

I have the holy grail v2 in my opinion trading is about making good money, not maximum pips. Pips don't make you money... Pips + Lots makes you money. Therefore, in my way of thinking, the number of pips is not altogether relevant, but the ...

Can Maximum Profits be Consistently Attained?

I submitted a request at metaquotes for this a while back. If anyone else wants this, I suggest doing the same thing. From a programming standpoint it shouldn't be that hard to do... Therefore I assume they do it for other reasons. Maybe it makes it ...

Time Settings on MT4??????

considering Alpari UK is brand new, that's no surprise... Alpari UK handles swaps the old fashion way though, and really is tough for me to get a handle on. I'm used to keeping trades open until I close them. I've been using the Alpari demo for ...

about Alpari UK

sometimes it is hidden... you have to choose "show all"... even sometimes if you choose "forexall" it doesn't show all pairs on some brokers... in the currency pairs window.

NZD and Metatrader

yes definitely. The growth of the account is what I meant. I just assumed everyone would read it that way. about your example though... problem is that you probably won't find 2 very successful traders trading the exact same way. Many (most?) ...

What was your largest profitable trade?

BK, how did you get the free version to display multiple clocks? In the 2 mins I had it installed, I couldn't figure it out. The trial version seemed to work just fine though.

World News and a World Clock to keep time

ah, ok... I had just woken up when I posted that... I thought he was asking about fx trading ebooks. but still there is a problem for me (and probably many other people)... where it is easy to get swamped if you read too many books. If you skim many ...

Can reading too many books be bad?

I think this poll is a bit flawed — Profitability of a trade is not measured in pips, but in $.

What was your largest profitable trade?

definitely — experience is everything... it is 10 times more important than anything you will read in a book. especially dangerous are books that give you rules you *must* follow. Like (paraphrasing) "never question your system, always follow ...

Can reading too many books be bad?

if you are in bed, can't you just plug it in? my lamp even has 1 electrical socket in it. Could be useful for that kind of thing.

MT4 on PDA or Smartphone