At least learn the basics about options trading before claiming options traders "have no idea of the market". Google>>> "options trading" Hundreds of ways to trade options. You don't even need to pick a direction to make money :-) Example: Short ...

The Options Thread

My "guess", if I'm reading it correctly is that he rarely gets hit with SL because he just uses "REVERSE" on the opposite signal. So SL is only hit if price reverses almost immediately after he enters in a direction. Need tight spreads & enough ...

5 years and still no strategy

Good performance but not his money. PAMM account>>> ( url )

5 years and still no strategy

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C-12's Supply, Demand and PA thread

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ATR/ADR historical levels

I'm not much of a "gambler" but just wanted to say this is one of the better "commercial" threads on FF. Straight forward explanation with no BS hype & unrealistic claims. Good luck!

Gambler's Dream 1.6

Long EURUSD spot = long EUR call & long USD put. (except spot has unlimited loss but options has limited loss) When you're long EURUSD spot, the EUR & USD have no limit to the upside or downside so profit/loss is unlimited. When you buy a call or ...

FX Spot and Options

No, you'd have to be long EU Call & long AU Put. ***If shorting AU call, that would need to be deep ITM & need to continue to roll ITM if price moved fast. ***Be aware of premium decay or you'll lose money even if you get the direction correct. ...

FX Spot and Options

There are different methods of calculating pivots so maybe you just need to find a new pivot indicator. There are many pivot indis around. Also, some brokers use sunday evening trading as part of the previous week so that will create different ...

How to read your broker's real time MT4 hedge margin settings?

In the top screenshot, the broker will charge no margin if your position is completely hedged. In the 2nd screenshot, the broker will charge 50% margin if position is completely hedged. "Contract Size" is 100,000 so 50,000 is 50%.

How to read your broker's real time MT4 hedge margin settings?

Usually if I have a connection problem it's with IB connection to internet & not IB connection to Ninja. Not sure if that's an IB problem or my internet provider. Usually reconnects pretty quickly. I have IB phone # in case I need to call in an ...

EURUSD

I trade futures & equities with IB but not forex. Minimum account size for futures/equities is $10K. Minimum is $10 million to trade forex if in the US. ***Platform is poor so I use ninjatrader connected to IB account for scalping.

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Southern Cross Trader

Agree.....................and spurs have no chance.

5 years and still no strategy

url "Moreover, the system proposed by Questra Holdings has every appearance of being of a pyramidal type or at least of a Ponzi fraud." "The use of new affiliate revenue to pay off existing affiliates makes Questra World a Ponzi scheme." "Leave ...

20 to 28% monthly without any drawdown

Big picture view. Corn (& all grains) are much lower in the price range than higher because of large supplies but price could still get cut by 50%. Poor weather can change the picture in a hurry though. Just look @ 2008 & 2012.

Corn

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EURUSD

From a pure math perspective, it's lower cost to just close a trade when wrong as you're adding commission costs by hedging but there are times when hedging makes it easier to "follow" your trades. As an example, if I have a long swing trade based ...

Hedging/Nedging