SunTrader: If you actually read what I wrote, you'll see I voted US as well, and for some of the same reasons as you. You seem to get defensive every time I talk about your country, assuming I'm trying to knock it without reading what I wrote, but I ...

America's status in 2058

That's just plain wrong. Please understand that when you hedge, you HAVE NO NET POSITION IN THE MARKET, and yet you are paying spread. It's exactly the same as exiting your position, except that you pay for it. It is basically a scam by your broker ...

How do you get out of your Hedge trade?

That's not the point... You can make a lot of money and still opt for the Civic and give all your excess money to Greenpeace instead of your broker. That has been my point all along and yet it seems to be getting ignored. steviet, I've seen your ...

How do you get out of your Hedge trade?

I understand, however, if you treat this as a business, which you should, then the whole idea is maximizing your profits. There is really no good reason to hedge, and there is certainly one good reason not to: it saves you money. If you really ...

How do you get out of your Hedge trade?

I had a good laugh at that one... Still you have to understand that reading Bloomberg does not constitute fundamental analysis, just as looking at RSI does not constitute technical analysis. If you read 10 different technicians' views, you will also ...

EUR/USD Trading Room

This has been discussed ad nauseum. The logic behind this form of "hedging" is flawed. In fact, there is no logic behind it at all. By using it you will either decrease your profits or increase your losses. This is a mathematical fact. No one is ...

How do you get out of your Hedge trade?

If you read what I wrote above--- you will see that I was asking him to explain the very statement you say answers my question. spieler, depending on your broker, you're right, rollover can be better when buying the pairs separately. I don't buy the ...

Zeusjoes Market-Neutral Hedge Strategy

Would you mind going into that a little bit further. How is trading the 2 pairs separately different from trading the cross? Thanks.

Zeusjoes Market-Neutral Hedge Strategy

Don't leave us hanging like that...

Probability approach to trading

Yes and no. Pips are not a very good way to measure volatility (or anything else for that matter). Let me illustrate with an example: Fictional Currency 1 (FC1): FC1/USD = 2.0000 Fictional Currency 2 (FC2): FC2/USD = 1.0000 Now we have a 5000 pip ...

€ per pip, volatilty and inflation

I read about that yesterday... What was he thinking turning himself in? It's not that hard to find a country that has no extradition treaty with the United States, and while some of these countries may not exactly be heaven on earth, they sure beat ...

Wall Street close watch

Thanks everyone for your responses and votes so far. I must admit I didn't expect so many to vote "OTHER". BMW, you have explained your choice, but there are many who have not. I would really like to hear from the rest of you who voted "OTHER" what ...

America's status in 2058

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What will become of Japan?

Yeah I agree about the passive vs. active thing. I see it as long term vs. short term, but I think it amounts to the same thing in the end. As to which of these guys exactly are considered traders or investors I might very well be wrong on some of ...

The fundamental terrorists must be stopped

BRILLIANTLY worded. This confirms my beliefs, I just didn't know how to put it into words.

Crude Oil at $200

There are exceptions to this, but they are few and far between, so I would have to agree in general. However, what I was trying to say is that DT's post could have been construed by novice traders as advice to "get rich by over-leveraging". I ...

Advice Only. 1 Liners Concise.

I am not curve-fitting anything. I think the standard definition of an investor is someone who gets into the market using low or no leverage and holds on (often for a long time) until a profit is acheived. A trader is someone who uses higher ...

The fundamental terrorists must be stopped

Um... How about you read my post before commenting I make a distinction between TRADERS and INVESTORS. I think you failed to read that part of my post too. You get an F in reading . Also, you claimed in your previous post that it was a ...

The fundamental terrorists must be stopped

I thought divergences were technical in nature, no? Anyway, I do agree that fundamentals are, well, fundamental. I recall SL used an analogy about how you don't need to know how a car works in order to drive it, but I would argue that when problems ...

The fundamental terrorists must be stopped