i agree that 30% of performance isnt too bad. the reality is most great traders arent great at raising money. if someone is offfering your friend 250k and will just take a cut of the performance i think he should go for it. it doesnt mean that down ...

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It is because FXDD is an NFA memember but they are not yet a registered FCM... they are still pending

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

that is rediculous... tell him to take his 2 pips and shove them... if you are managing money AND getting a 2 pip rebate you should go to jail because you are stealing money...

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[quote=onu;2416563] You are not aware that many of very successful EAs are starting every trade with a hedge position. THATs the real reason why they bann the hedging. quote] yea they are probably the same ones that require fixed spreads and 500:1 ...

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

"hegding" might be the most illogical topic ever brought up here. 1st of all being long and short the same position is not hedging. its called being flat. A hegdge is when you use a position in one market to offset risk in a position in another ...

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

fast brokers are just an ib that does a white label and puts themselves out to be an fcm...

MT4 with ECN brokers' list

the problem is that nobody wants to admit that they are a crumby trader. the broker is the market maker and you know this when you sign up to trade with them. you have to play by their rules... once you realize that its much easier to "play the game"

OANDA Discussion

first of all fxdd is not a registered fcm, this is public information... check the nfa site. second in this market with such low liquidity its possible to see a different moves at different brokers. the odl candle does look much bigger than the ...

Three brokers diffrent spike who's lying?

i think that alot of these smaller shops especially, have a bit of cash available but seeing as we are in the midst of a credit (liquidity, cash, whatever you want to call it) crisis its not necessarily in their best interest to have a few mil ...

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

gotta expect high spreads right now boys and girls... i'd be wary of any mt4 broker showing you 2 pips on the euro right now. God forbid your trying to swing a big line... UGH one word "slippage"

Interbank fx spreads

Mate hate to break it to you but thats the way it is... when the cable moves 3 big figures in one day and banks arent trading spreads are gonna be up. (not to mention that the banks are squeezing the brokers as well) the best advice i could give you ...

FXCM Discussion

I also trade fx options with Tradeview. Now that spreads have tightened a bit, it is a good option if you want to hedge your spot strategy

Brokers offering FX Options?

you gotta figure that if the broker is getting 5 digit from the bank and showing you 4 digit they are always widening the spread even more. I would take a 5 digit feed any day

5 decimal places

hahaha volitility is "thier" friend!

IBFX Posts Record Revenues Despite Market Woes - Press Release

hey forex savior can you tell us anything about Lehman Brothers stake in FXCM? and what that means for them? Im suprised that you havent brought this up yet! i am very curious about what is going on. did barclays pick that up or are FXCM buying them ...

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

i am sure they have a dealing desk... they probably just call it an "order routing desk" or something like that. these are the same people that brought us the "introducing agent" to try to get arround Ib's having to get registered but hey they are ...

What is this chart spike?

think about it this way... if you have 10k with your broker leveraged at 400 to 1 then you have 4m worth of buying power. your broker has to be ready to cover that much risk for your account. so if they usually have 5m worth of credit at a bank and ...

Credit Crisis and Forex Brokers

wamu may go under and that would be an issue... wachovia on the otherhand will probably be accuired by Morgan Stanley to increase its presnce as a bank holding company, which as of sunday evening they had applied to become. so i would not be worried ...

Credit Crisis and Forex Brokers

Famagusta, have you ever tried to trade currency options through IKON gm? I have been trading spot Fx through Tradeview forex and my rep mentioned them offering options trading since they became a division of IKON. I am not really sure what to think ...

Trading Options... What I've learned (the hard way)

Fxtrader42, I respectfully disagree with you. Alpari wouldnt actaully send the trades to DB marked up but they would manipulate the MT4 price feed to show a marked up feed then a market order would be sent directly to DB. So say Alpari gets a fill ...

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