Zazzy, for more information about this subject (Broker manipulation and trading against retail traders), please visit this thread: url This thread is by far one of the best threads and discussions over this forum, you will find a great wealth of ...

How long can I use compounding?

Hey Vegas, your presence here is really great and I think all board members appreciate your contribution... Your thread have hit a sensitive portion of system trading I guess...I think you are one of Dr. Van Tharps' fans, exactly like me As long ...

Why a "Trading Method" is important

I wasn't sure anyway about Oanda and Fxsolutions Thanks, Nader

Brokers that offer guaranteed trailing stop?

Interbank Fx have trailing stops but you should leave the platform open and connected, it's client side trailing stop and not server side...I think FxSolutions and Oanda have trailing stops as well... Thanks, Nader

Brokers that offer guaranteed trailing stop?

Hey Vegas, your contribution here is really great...Since you have joined the forum and since James started his PF (Almost both at the same time), this forum is only becoming better and better everyday than ever... Thanks, Nader

New file from Vegas is finished

Well, this leaves me with Trade Station...I have just ran through their website and watched some of the tutorials...The platform looks great, loaded with features which one would never have dreamt of...No wonder that you are long the stock of Trade ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Merlin I have read over some other forums that the customer service and the platform outages are what everyone else is complaining about....Actually I read around 100 reviews, and they all seemed to badly rate reliability and customer support..Have ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Fundamentaly speaking, I disagree with you guys...If we are talking about a flat to down dollar against majors for the second half of the year, which I believe is the strong looming scenario, then the USD/CAD will continue going down...Yes, the pair ...

Lets talk USDCAD

Qweet, just keep in mind that the flywheel thing is just a metaphor...Real life is another thing...The metaphor perfectly fits, but some differences apply.. Most handsome and professional investing books always say that you should start investing as ...

The turing point in becoming a successful trader

I don't think retail traders might be able to fool market makers or brokers for a long time...The case we are talking about in here is to cause damage to both market makers, you force one of them to pay interest because you are long the currency ...

Warning to Carry Traders (Perfect Hedge)

Thanks a lot malagiri for the valuable information...This is really something which I would have never known unless I actually traded with both brokers Thanks, Nader

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Ya Merlin, I am looking for margin requirements because I am intending to include selling naked options for this account...Apart from selling naked options, I don't care for the margin as I don't buy stocks on margin... Actually I would combine ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Well, I am comparing IB, TradeStation and Ameritrade for the account I mentioned in the first post of the thread...I will mostly need stocks and options, maybe futures in the future, but I don't think I will need forex trading for that account as ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

I am emailing them for this issue?? Is it the minimum lot size of $25,000 or you should have a minimum equity of $25,000 to be able to trade forex in the first place...The examples on the website are a little bit confusing.. Thanks, Nader

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Good luck with whatever you are being stuck with Thanks, Nader

My Journal Of Beginning Again.

So how many trades (On average) you make per week or per month??? If your objective is to gain 20 pips per trade, then you must have some idea about the frequency of the occurence of your trades...It will be worthless to trade if you get 1 trade per ...

My Journal Of Beginning Again.

Well, I am not sure if this would be a good idea or not..But who knows, maybe I will start one in the future Thanks, Nader

My Journal Of Beginning Again.

This is not true, the US markets didn't end flat....The S&P 500 ended the year up about 5% (Not too much compared to the gains of the Japan index, the Nikkei 225, but still a gain of 5%).... The Nasdaq ended the year up around another 5%, and the DJ ...

Yen price change?

In options, the Buy and Hold strategy usually turns into a Buy and Lose strategy....Unless you are using complex straddles and other butterfly strategies, your chances are slim, and those strategies require a lot of capital because the transaction ...

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