Try this: url It's a lot less cumbersome than opening excel all the time. I calculates lots in standard, mini, and micro and will return results in any major currency.

looking for lot size calculator

Can I be your broker? I'll give you 3 pip spreads on everything.

A question about an idea I developed

Your code resides on your computer. I can't help you with that API and DLL stuff. Honestly, I pay a guy $100/hr to program and I do other things with my life.

automated trading systems/programming/back testing

To start, if you have a 50 pip stop and you risk 3% of your account per trade, you would need $83,000 USD just to support trading 5 contracts assuming a xxxUSD pair.

Exceptional or Normal Results?

Asking people on Forex Factory if they like MT4 is like asking a fox if they like the taste of chicken. Almost everyone here uses it. If you do, you will be locked into Forex only and you have to trade through some crappy little forex broker with ...

automated trading systems/programming/back testing

Your example is fine. You bought USD then the AUD went up so you will be able to purchase fewer AUD when you reverse the transaction. In short, you lost money. If you thougth the AUD was going up you wouldn't have purchased US Dollars.

Interesting Question

If you are Australian, you are already long AUD.

Interesting Question

He could go to the bank and buy US Dollars. They would most likely rape him on the spread though. You may pay a couple pips trading electronically but they will likely charge him several hundred pips for the transaction.

Interesting Question

I would find a new friend. Preferably one who was honest with you.

Exceptional or Normal Results?

I use this: url Make sure you select your timezone from the dropdown. Welcome to Forex Factory.

Market Opening Times?

Try the CNYUSD. It doesn't move very much.

Looking to trade very slow pairs, any suggestions....

Your broker takes the other side of the trade and you will always get filled immediately. Once your account grows to several million dollars and you start trading directly with banks, then you might have to worry about matching trades but for now, ...

Simple question! NobuyersNosellers!!

Hi StockJay, thanks for the feedback. I see what you are saying about scrolling. I'll point that out to the programmer but I'm not sure that can be fixed. As soon as you move your mouse, the number does update to the correct value. The table was not ...

Correlation

You could just go here: url It has 30 currencies and 4 different time frames. More than any other website.

Correlation

My humble trading desk...

Show your workstation!

Congrats on figuring out the hedge ratio. If this works perfectly, you will make absolutely no money.

Help with Lot- range Calculations

This has nothing to do with banks. They don't know anything about your mini-lot.

Question regarding swap rates

It's just another way of your broker skimming some funds from you. It occurs on smaller accounts and is usually called a "maintenance fee" or some other clever name.

Question regarding swap rates

I wouldn't touch a system that had a profit factor of greater than 2 and I wouldn't give the person claiming a higher PF the time of day. Anything over 2-2.5 is curve fit and will not stand the test of time.

Is Gross Profit/Gross Loss > 10 possible?

Here is the one I use on every trade I take: url It lives in my task tray and is there when I need it. It can be used on standard lots, mini lots, and micro lots. The results can be returned in any major currency.

Position size, Pips and Leverage calculation...