Jim, my friend....I understood your point, however, I am in the process right now in openeing my account with IB...I am just waiting for their account approval...I can sense the law as I have been waiting for over a month for an approval... You ...

A little experience with TradeStation!!!

EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD & USD/CHF....In order of trading volumes as announced by many sources.... Thanks, Nader

Top Most Traded

Well, the other 3 accounts which I have in the US are with Etrade, Ameritrade & MG Financial....So as you can see, 2 accounts allow me to trade US Equities, options and fixed income securities, while the third one is a forex account... If I may ask, ...

A little experience with TradeStation!!!

Just my opinion....Defining a certain market as a zero sum one means that at any point of time, there is always winners and losers...Winners who realize real profits and losers who realize real losses....The futures & the currency markets are like ...

Is Forex a ZERO Sum game?

AUD/USD for sure.... Thanks, Nader

Whats your favorite Low Volatility pair?

Andrew my friend, thanks a lot for your nice comment....I am really proud of my country and despite everything, I am happy to live in this country and very glad that I am an Egyptian citizen....Ya, for sure, it is not heaven or paradise, but I do ...

A little experience with TradeStation!!!

Ya so true. One need to know the rules to be able to define the advantages and separate them from the disadvantages, and then create his edge.... Thanks, Nader

Why I like dynamic spreads

No, I haven't seen spreads widen with MG Financial ever, not in the past year at least.... Thanks, Nader

Why I like dynamic spreads

I do have an observation....It seems that spreads widen so much before unknown direction market moves to prevent gamblers from profiting out of the broker or market maker pocket.... My observation about market makers and brokers, is that they can ...

Why I like dynamic spreads

Clearing firms are those who actually settle trades from different sources, and sometimes taking large positions for themselves....In the stocks, bonds & futures exchanges, clearing firms are the big guys in which almost all the orders from the ...

Clearing Firm/ Broker

One of my friends started a forex account with a minimal $300, in which after wire fees, were reduced to around $270....He traded for 3 weeks, making it up to $480, around 77% gain, and then on the 6th of October 2005 (The day where Egypt celebrates ...

The 2% blues.

But you can find a certain pattern in traders' behaviour to news and get an edge from it...After all, people are people, and we will react the same way to same actions, almost Thanks, Nader

does anyone know a site that has historical news event charts

I believe that the Elliot wave theory is too theoritical to be true...I have also read a book about Elliot...The problem is that Elliot developed the theory to explain the movement of stock prices and the stock market indices in ...

EURUSD

Well, I removed the link, but I think we need an explanation from bulls&bearsfx.... Thanks, Nader

EURUSD

Agreed, the future is the future and nobody can predict it....But with historic news announcements, you can relate the price action to different news...It's something like fundamental backtesting rather than technical backtesting...Knowing how ...

does anyone know a site that has historical news event charts

I couldn't agree more, LOL, However, I do agree with Merlins' view. You either play the game or complain about the rules...It's not the olympics to ask for a fair game or fair competition....You just need to know the rules, and then you have the ...

Is this true?

Ya sure, I will check it and get back to you with my opinion about it... Thanks, Nader

Symc

Never mind, I was just kidding anyway Thanks, Nader

Technical Analysis

I couldn't find JAZ stock...Maybe I didn't search for it correctly...May you tell me how can I find information about this stock using the Yahoo Finance website??? Thanks, Nader

Symc

I think you need to explore the fund management and/or portfolio management world....I don't know how it works in the US, but I think that having a CFA is a major plus, although usually firms working in the financial industry are interested more in ...

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