having worked with ppl who used to quote on the dem and chf desks I am informed that (at least for the major banks) whilst automated market makers are taken offline they still provide quotes which are executable. Being soley on the buy side I still ...

Markets During The NEWS (FXSol explanation)

All you need to do is listen to the trichet at every conference where without fail he is asked indirectly or otherwise about the strength of the eur against the yen. He has yet to deviate from his stance that the yen shoudl reflect japan's ...

Consistent Market-Moving News for the GBP/JPY

the spike was valid and most likley caused by a fat finger on reuters.

October 4, 2007 - UK Rate Decision

that and also there used to be a trader who'd place out of court bids and offers on reuters and since a lot of market makers use reuters prices as a reference they'd automatically update their bids/offers on the ecns they're quoting on. The main ...

Spike like news?

watch this pari more often you'll see that it's more susceptible to sudden moves like this. Whether it's from stops going off or ppl spoofing the mkt it doesnt matter.... that's just the way this pair behaves

Spike like news?

dont just look at the price action ... look at the price itself... whilst $cad hasnt been at parity for 30 years ... the big 1 level will surley have been a place where many stops and option strike prices will have been

Spike like news?

I'd just like to add that imo, cnx via manfx (chicago) and fcstone are the best. If you want to add cnx to your existing roster of fx platforms then by all means use bgc as their comms are low and for the most part they are adequate. IF you are ...

Anyone Trading With BGCFX (MT4 Currenex)?

it's not all the time ... just the few little things. A colleague of mine used bgc's cnx offering for a while and there would be times when I'd joinig the bid but he could not see effects on his platform and vice versa. At other times (although I ...

Anyone Trading With BGCFX (MT4 Currenex)?

I'm not talking about finding arb opps between futures and spot (though they do exist when the mkt is volatile but you really need to have a lnet solution to take advantage). On anytihng apart from the to p2-3 most liquid fx futures contracts you ...

Which Broker?? IB TS MBT ???

stay away from bgc .... even their std cnx platfor mhas seriously dodgy prices

Anyone Trading With BGCFX (MT4 Currenex)?

what's the point of a 1 pip spread if theres only 5 contracts available? The futures vs spot debate has and will continue to raise tension but I cannot understand why anyone woudl choose futures over spot. The margin requirements for futures are ...

Which Broker?? IB TS MBT ???

baxters has got the most unprofressional institutional platform amongst all the main ecns. THe person who made the decision to use flash for baxters should be fired. That aside, the spreads on avg are better than cnx via my pb and is less prone to ...

EBS or FXALL

which pb/white label is this with? I am using cnx thorugh 3 diff white labels all of which have consistently choice - 1 pip spread (with at least 10m) on eur$ during europe nad us session.

Currenex platform broker with low deposit?

bravo

Volume case study during News

you can choose to ignore my posts if you wish. Forums like this are not just about contriubuting but posting opinions. I prefer to post when i see someone (whether in my opinion of factual) seems to be goign down the wrong way. If you disagree ... ...

Volume case study during News

the problem with using globex trade data is that on most fx futures contracts a significant volume is made up of pure spot/futures arb. What ppl must remember is that wrt fx, futures follows spot and not vv. There have been on occasion instances ...

Volume case study during News

you quite obviously have no idea what an ecn or how the market works and yet you are trying to trade around periods of potentially extreme volatility. I woudl recommend that seeing as you can only afford to put up $5k, then you should not risk it ...

Currenex platform broker with low deposit?

oh dear ...

Early spikes before news time

I dont' mean to pick but it would be incorrect to say there is any meaninful correlation between equities and their underlying currency. THe reason for this being growth and inflation affect fixed income, fx and equities differently. ignoring yield ...

The Concept of 3D Charting.

if you calculate the implied vol from the price of the options you'll see that they arent actually that bad. If you dont understand the market dont trade it. You wont tend to find many fx option specialists even within the banks that will trade them ...

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