i entered a oanda comp couple years ago. it was buggy af and leverage was off. long story short. some bloke turned 10k to 20m while i only managed 700k lol image subsequently oanda fixed it and only gave away ebooks as gratuity ...

Eightcap scam?

the political correct answer: do your own due dilligence. the IMO answer: No, there are many other AU brokers that do not hide behind shell companies.

Vantage FX Broker Discussion

Am more curious on your take on at what point does mt4 gets phased out completely? Given metaquotes no longer updates mt4, at what point do you think aggregator's stp gateway will cease mt4 support completely?

Market on MetaTrader 4/5 Platforms

If you are insistant on giving it a go, rule of thumb is to go in small, withdraw your deposits as soon as possible and then start withdrawing profits.

MT. Cook

tons of brokers out there, god knows why you are looking at one that doesnt even bother spending on SSL Certificates for its website..

MT. Cook

vtmarkets moneta markets atom8 . . . . . are all basically trading names of vantagefx. it is their divestment strategy to have multiple brands. because of vantagefx's shady past. url you can see the reply from christian dove here, the original ...

VT Markets

it is avoidable. but not everyone employs these risk measures + black swan are basicially unpredictable by nature. key take away is that clients monies are pooled together. if 50% of a broker's clients are in debt. the other 50% that avoided the ...

Negative account balances

Google snb crisis 2015. Stop orders and margin calls failed to work because it happened so quickly and there were no bids in sight. Because no one at the instituitional level knew how to price it

Negative account balances

When Satoshi came up with the ideal of a decentralized currency, it was based on taking back power from the central banks and regulators. imo asking regulators to patrol a industry it was meant to deter defeats the entire purpose. all crypto ...

Leverage changes to 30:1 for major pairs

Binance Australia is not regulated by ASIC. Because crypto is not recognized as a financial product. To become a financial product, a custodian bank must be able to reconcile your client trust / assets. As far as i know, in the region, only a couple ...

Leverage changes to 30:1 for major pairs

i agree with what you said, however. how a broker handles its books is a whole different topic and as im not certain of the inner workings of the broker in question, i will not comment on it. I believe TS wasn't stopped out either, purely ranting at ...

Price manipulation in forex

it isnt manipulation. more likely a bad tick from datafeed. ie; a Quote server came online prior to being updated and stable > MT4 cant tell the difference and detected it as best bid. Mon-Wed. Japan and China was on holiday. these 2 countries ...

Price manipulation in forex

in 24 hours his total net worth would be in the trillions. you can try it, and you'll see the shortcomings for yourself btw these erractic price moves at daily open is basically a LP coming online after maintenance or ...

1 or 2-pip volatility-based scalping idea?

"Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. i would suggest everyone read it. esp if you are new or one of those that loves backtesting/holy grails/looking for strategies. it'll gives you a reality check and hopefully wake from your stupor.

Which Forex books to read?