I think this thread is the most convoluted blob of horseshit I have ever read. Forex IS a zero sum game. All markets are zero sum. Some of them just have a more abstract method of price discovery. The money you make comes from someone who lost. Who ...

Where does the money come from?

I'm with ya, but we don't need to "trade" live money. We could just as easily accomplish the same goal with a $10-$100 buyin. All the loot goes in a pot and the winner just gets paid. No need to mess with trying to get oanda to do something out of ...

Challenge - Oanda contest

Its a demo, so you can start with whatever you want. The statistics are: number of trades total trade value maximum drawdown sharpe ratio and return on balance % The winners will have the best sharpe ratio/return %. So it doesn't matter how much you ...

Challenge - Oanda contest

OK, WTF? There are like 26,000 members at the factory and we cant get more then 10 to sign up for a comp.? Quit being babies and sign up! :

Challenge - Oanda contest

<Shrug> How Rob manages to get all the moneycenter banks to provide him with their complete orderbooks is beyond me, but I suppose it is possible. Let me know if you find anything even remotely close. As far as the FXCM (Which is just a delivery ...

Price movement as a function of Supply and Demand

Thats my point. As a retail trader you have only what is provided by the moneycenter banks through IFR and related services. You won't ever have access to the real orderflow because you don't have orders that your managing for other people and there ...

Price movement as a function of Supply and Demand

Agreed, not sure what you mean, yes, and in theory but if your smart enough to develop a neural network your smart enough to just think about the order flow that exists and trade off of it. The hard truth is your NEVER going to get enough orderflow ...

Price movement as a function of Supply and Demand

Read some of the literature on market microstructure. Applying that information to the orderboard is going to require alot of thought on your part, but it can be very lucrative. The orderboard information is about as reliable as you are likely to ...

Price movement as a function of Supply and Demand

It's good that your examining the idea within the confines of a good money management system, but your missing the point Phil is making. You should do some research on the Black Scholes option pricing system. Black Scholes is the accepted stardard ...

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

Isn't it weird how that happens? Most people daydream about the weekend and are sad to see it end. Traders loath the borring ass weekend and can't wait for sunday night/monday morning. I guess thats what it means to truly love what you do.

Microtrading the 1 minute chart

Yeah I had that problem too. I made her watch video and now she is as excited about it as I am. I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theorist plot the movie outlines, but it sure is effective...

I'm making money now what?

fx2.oanda.com and port 80

Challenge - Oanda contest

Give Sam the finger and move to St. Kitts. It's what I'm planning to do. We can start a forex community on a beautiful Caribbean island.

I'm making money now what?

You have to have an oanda demo account. Once you have one the account number will be listed at the top of the main trading window.

Challenge - Oanda contest

There is more then enough data contained in the FXCM news system to profit from supply/demand related orderflow. The trick is in thinking about the trade mechanics and participants behind the orderflow.

Price movement as a function of Supply and Demand

Sounds like fun...

Challenge - Oanda contest

Ahh another carry trade thread. Must be time to long the Yen.

Swap Trading System

The box option pricing is total bullshit. Risk reward is so badly skewed against the purchaser that it is all but impossible to make any money with them long term. And the news trading opportunity is destroyed as well due to the fact that an ...

Successful Box Option Trades (Oanda)

All your stop are belong to us!

Market Orders or Limit Orders?