Hi 8fingers, Having a system with over 125,000 users and having it up and running 24 hours a day 5 days a week without interruption is no small job. We have a quite large support staff monitoring systems 24 hours a day, but despite this technical ...

FXCM MT4 & Scalping

Hi Ed, The short answer is yes, you could do that. But you would have very little room to avoid a margin call. Let’s walk through it step by step how a margin call works on FXCM's MT4 platform using your figures. First, you open a position that ...

FXCM MT4 & Scalping

That's right, MT4 doesn't have OCO capability built in; however, you may be able to find a script or EA that can do it.

Novice Question

Hahaha. Love the picture. The cat does not look happy.

will brokers steal your charts

Why don't you just trade USD/NOK and GBP/USD together to create a synthetic trade. Not perfect but worth a shot. I used to do it when wanting to trade ZAR/JPY for a carry trading. If you want to go long GBP/NOK you could buy GBP/USD and buy USD/NOK. ...

Kroner Update (SEK, DKK, NOK)

Hi fugly, while the virtual dealer plugin was not discussed in this thread, I don't mind addressing it. It is an important topic for anyone that plans to use MT4. The virtual dealer plugin was designed by metaquotes for a broker that uses dealing ...

FXCM MT4 & Scalping

1. All FXCM MT4 accounts use no dealing desk execution. There are no requotes on the MT4 platform. Whether you make money or lose money on a trade, FXCM makes the same amount. MT4 accounts use the same feed as standard 10k accounts, exception being ...

FXCM MT4 & Scalping

Find a charting package where you can save your layout to your computer hard drive. That way if it ever disappears, just re-load it onto your charts.

will brokers steal your charts

While you could trade in 50 million per click, I would recommend using the active trader platform if you start to trade larger size. That way you can see the liquidity available.

What are the spreads for the majors on a very large position?

I agree with Kevin. Traders look for an in-depth analysis probably won't be fully satisfied with twitter, but it's a good source for headlines and snippets of information. Here's a forex aggregator that I ran across url

Twitter - a great platform for traders?