Hi TraderT, I agree the details are a little vague. The typical MO of a market maker is to aggregate positions internally and then manage the remainder of the risk which sounds like what you described. Would be interesting if they would have given ...

MarketMakers

Below is the DailyFX volatility index. You can see that during the height of the credit crunch volatility spiked and since then it has slowly decreased. David Rodriguez pointed out that volatility has turned up which could be important seeing that ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Forex Trading Execution: Learn The Facts! — We have put together a webpage that goes into detail about trading execution and how a dealing desk operates versus STP/No Dealing Desk. Very interesting read on the parts about dealing practices and ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Hi Snow, The standard 10k and active trader accounts are STP. Standard 10k accounts include MT4, Forex System Selector, ad spread bet accounts. The FXCM Micro accounts are through the dealing desk. The FXCM Micro mission statement goes into more ...

NFA - "No more Limit or Stop Loss orders"

Metaquotes announced testing of the plugin in February 2006. See screenshot provided by TC East on another thread url . Boston Technologies wasn't founded until May 2007. Traders assume that BT created the product since they customize MT4 ...

NFA - "No more Limit or Stop Loss orders"

I checked and current setup doesn't have an option to send it as an actual SMS rather than email. I will let DailyFX know about your request. -Jason

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Oops...I think the picture was a little too big. Thanks for letting me know!

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Boston Technologies provides the bridge which connects MT4 to our execution system; however, the virtual dealer plugin designed by metaquotes is not used in our MT4 platform neither does it make sense to use it in a No Dealing Desk setup since FXCM ...

NFA - "No more Limit or Stop Loss orders"

Take a look at the rollover amounts on the AUD currency pairs. I hadn't been paying much attention to rollover with interest rates so low. Now that Australia has started to hike rates, the rollover amounts will start to mattter if you're holding a ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

King of the Micro — Reminder to everyone that the next King of the Micro competition starts Nov. 1. All FXCM micro accounts with a balance of at least $500 are automatically entered. You can find more details on our website here.

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Only on the FX Trading Station right now.

FxPro, any experiences?

The DailyFX signals are bullish the USD on the EUR/USD, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD currency pairs. The GBP/USD and USD/CHF pairs are giving mixed signals, so not included in the screenshot. image You can register here for a trial login to DailyFX Plus. ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

After nearly 3 weeks consolidating between $1,045 and $1,070, gold has broken below $1,045. Not much support found on the chart until $1,015 area if this keeps dropping. image Chart was taken from FX Trading Station II CFD demo. You can register ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Hi kengur, By hedging, I mean the process in which orders are offset with the banks described in this post url . Banks will take 10k lots directly in addition to 100k lots, and 2 out of the 10 banks we deal with will take micro lots as small as ...

MarketMakers

Hi sloanman, Some of the strategies are designed for tiered exiting. So if there are 4 stops you should exit the position at 4 points if the market is moving against you. To do this, you could open 4 separate positions each at the same price and set ...

dailyfx.com free trading signals

Here's the current analyst sentiment from the DailyFX analysts. Overall pro-dollar. image Two central bank events to keep an eye on. The RBNZ rate decision is Wednesday at 20:00 GMT and BOC Governor John Carney is speaking today at 11:00am EST. ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Two pointers. Sounds like what you need is a LAMM setup for the "employee (Traders)" part of your problem. Also be aware of upcoming NFA registration requirements for money managers url

Brokers and money managers

Bullish GBP?!...scratching head... — Interesting article from Bloomberg today where Goldman is calling for the GBP/USD to rise to $1.85 by year-end. That's 2200 pips from current levels. While I can see currencies such as the AUD, NZD, CAD, ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies

Hi Peter, Your point about not taking the other side of clients positions (thereby not profiting off of trader losses) is correct. The distinction means the conflict of interest and incentive for traders to lose money is gone. One correction is that ...

MarketMakers

Here's a run down of the top 10 most watched areas on DailyFX and where to find them: Top 10 Favorites on DailyFX.com 1) Economic Calendar: An in-depth look on major events for major economies and currencies, which one can sort by Currency, Date, ...

FXCM/DailyFX Signals and Strategies