TS Support (Multi-charts) has a forex component called MCFX that includes your choice of 3 data feeds (FXCM, Gain, and they won't say on the third). The price is $39 a month uless you want to do your own programming in which case it is $79/month. ...

Is tradestation the only one?

It is a common misconception in trading that a bad system can be made better by reversing the signals. If this myth were true, every bad system could be converted into a winning system by changing the order of trades. Since there are relatively few ...

Trading the equity curve

Freedom Rocks is a total scam. Those little pyramid scheming rodents spam this board from time to time and are quickly sent back to the underground borough from which those little beady-eyed creatures originated.

Using a 401K/retirement to fund a forex account

Yes, you can trade a 401K in the Forex market. By law the money has to be introduced by a trust company so check with your broker first. Some brokers also require you to accept reduced leverage (higher margin) when trading retirement funds.

Using a 401K/retirement to fund a forex account

Palmer, If you want to understand the advantages and limitations of MACD then you should read or study Gerald Appel's book. He is, afterall, the inventor of MACD. He suggests that the long EMA is 2-3 time longer than the short EMA. The only lengths ...

Need a faster MACD because...

Your thinking way too much about this. Just trade what you see. Here is an article written by some genius this morning when crude opened up. After he posted the article crdue dropped and closed down for the day. People get paid to make up excuses ...

Cad/Jpy ready to fall?

Do a search for a book called "Trading as a Business" by Charlie Wright. You should be able to find it in PDF. It should spark some ideas and put you back on our path of enlightenment.

Frustated in SA

Crude oil is down a buck, the USDCAD is up 100 pips and the USDCHF hasn't moved which loosely means the USDCAD moved on CAD weakness and not USD strength. You'll drive yourself nuts trying to figure out why all of this happens...don't hang yourself.

Cad/Jpy ready to fall?

funnyboy, welcome to FF! Any institution can buy/sell any currency at any time they feel like it. There are no restrictions on times when they may trade. Many larger organizations have offices in different time zones such as NY, Tokyo, and London. ...

Market-Hours and Institutions

Jack, I just have a simple question for you guys...how do you know you paid a fair price for the option? Most people don't trust their broker to quote them a good price. Now you are writing a blank check for price, time, and volatility.

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

DS, That is pretty much where I was headed with this. Given the general mistrust of brokers, I am baffled that someone would trust them to price out an option without knowing the formula for it. Real stock options on currencies will be out soon. The ...

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

Just to make sure I understand you then: You paid $100 for the first box and made $50 so you made $1 while risking $2. What about the original price of the option? Did you make $50 over the $100 you paid? And, I guess the bigger quesiton is how do ...

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

SWTRADE, can you give us an idea of what the risk:reward is for the two box examples you showed? Also, how is the option price calculated? How do you know that you got a fair price for the box?

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

freak, with all due respect, I don't think your chart makes your point. It is no secret that in recent years the price of crude has doubled. It is also no secret that they value of the yen has plummeted. You could have put up a chart of USDJPY, ...

Cad/Jpy ready to fall?

Cheese, there is nothing wrong with letting your computer take care of some mundane tasks for you. It is the computer age after all. That is what they are supposed to do!

What are common candlestick patterns?

Tweezers are two or more candle lines with matching highs or lows. They are called tweezer tops and tweezer bottoms because they are compared to the two prongs of a tweezers. In a rising market, a tweezers top is formed when the two or more ...

What are common candlestick patterns?

Remember, reversal patterns are not to be used unless you are at an overbought or oversold condition. Nison himself begs people to use this method but many seem to ignore him. To my knowledge, railroad tracks is not a term associated with ...

What are common candlestick patterns?

Sorry to disappoint you. Perhaps you could post something more relevant to show the relationship that you speak of. The fact that you are in a carry trade with others has little relavance as to how the market behaves to changes in crude prices.

Cad/Jpy ready to fall?

It does seem that there is a high degree of negative correlation but I think that might be the opposite of what you are suggesting. When crude drops the CADJPY seems to actually go up. Perhaps this means that Japan is more sensitive the changes in ...

Cad/Jpy ready to fall?

For some reason I knew your last name might be Coltrain. If only you had a dog named Flash. I loved that show when I was a kid.

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