Re: options+spot broker — Hi NewFX, The ones you mentioned are the only ones I would recommend for retail spot FX. I'm not sure what account size you have, but prime brokerages such as UBS would be able to offer what you want with much lower ...

FX Spot and Option Broker

Carry trades only work over the very long term — Shoku, what Fry said is true- you should consider that interest rates could move against you, and New Zealand is facing debt problems, and low consumer activity. It's likely that NZ will ...

noob question about carry trade

The market moves during the speech — Wasi, For scheduled speeches there will always be press there live. Media companies pay a lot to have someone listen in on the speech and immediately inform their company when something significant is said. ...

Question regarding news analysis.

Interest rates are key — Hello, historically the UK has had higher interest rates than those in the US. (This had to do with a lot of things, but mostly inflation due to housing, wages, and North Sea Oil production) The key point to keep in ...

Relative value of currencies - a basic question

Re: why currencies are believed to be the "trendiest" instruments — Lorenzo, I don't know the complete answer to the question, but a main reason for currencies being perceived to trend for the longest periods of time is because of ...

General Market questions

Re: is price more likely to reverse or continue after a 100 pip move — Hi, First of all, it is difficult to know whether price has a higher probability of continuing in the direction of the 100 pip move or reversing. (Especially if you are ...

General Market questions

Rules of the game — Thank you Fugly, for beginning this post. Soros is the poster-child for global macro and it's helpful to know how he approached the markets. I did not start becoming profitable in the FX market until I internalized a ...

How George soros made his billions

The great fundamentals vs. technicals battle — I agree with the things shamus and spudbox said that there's no need to separate the two. Forex, like most macro markets, are driven by sentiment. But, both fundamentals and technicals tell you ...

technical analysis -or- fundamental analysis

Randomness — Respect randomness. Give your trade time and breathing room by applying lower leverage and not too tight stops.

Advice Only. 1 Liners Concise.

Re: 5 steps — Hi all, I'm glad that someone posted these steps to provide a "road map" for traders, so to speak. After years of figuring it out I would say that the most important step in trader development is recognizing the role that ...

The 5 Steps to becoming a trader

For OTC forex, bloomberg is the only real way to get it if you have access or can afford it.Otherwise you can try ivolatility.com. They will have IV for currency futures which should do the job for you.

Implied volatility data for Forex options in .CSV format

OTC (over the counter options) can be traded through Saxobank and IKON Global. PHLX exchanges also offer currency indexes with options that you can trade through any stock broker, and the best liquidity that you will get are CME/globex futures ...

Options Trading and Forex

Does a lower spread matter when there is no charting? — Hi everybody, I was wondering: If you try to cut costs by using an ECN with lower spread, but use charts that may be off by 1 or 2 pips, then you don't know whether your limit order got ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

Re: fixed rate options — Hello, I'm not sure if you're interested on speculating fixed rate options, or are you interested in their effect on the forex cash market. For the former, I would like more info as well. As for the latter, They are ...

Fixed rate

Re: forex options — Mr Trend, Thanks for the reply. I'm also demoing Saxobank and their OTC options. I talked to my representative and he said Saxo will offer exotics in Q1 next year. Anyway, I would like to learn more about forex options. So ...

Forex options