currenex is a great platform and I have no complaints with it as I use my own fix app. However, the number of times cnx has gone down in the last few months is dissappointing. I'm talking about the ppl attempting to straddle on retail platforms that ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

You obv misunderstood my statement. The only reason any of you who trade on retail platforms like oanda, acn, ibfx etc get fills around news is pot luck and not skill at all. If you can consistently get fills for over 10m notional across every ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

No disrespect meant but that statement is so incredibly naive I wonder how long you've been trading and whether you realise the magnitude of tradable products and the numerous profitable strategies available that absolutely require spreads to be ...

complaining about spreads

most brokers providing currenex will require at least $50k for margin with a min trade size of 250-500k. The more you trade the less brokerage you'll have to pay. You can probably get as low as $15 per $1m if you're monthly volume exceeds half a ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

regardless of whether it's public knowledge (e.g.many figures are released on certain websites like phillyfed) but if for example you have a bb terminal, under the contract any data from bb whether public or not cannot be sent to noather machine ...

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if there is such a program then the ppl sending the figures arein breach of their contract with bloomberg/reuters.

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As you're obv determined to try and make easy money by getting in before the mkt moves, try currenex if you have the approrpiate setup. Of all the ecns is has the highest liquidity and therefore tightest spreads over figures. MB is a joke and you ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

Correct for the majority of cases. But there are certain figures that are always faster on reuters or even mni

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

There are only a handful of ppl who be able to do this properly and whilst I dont know you, since you're using a service and not doing this on your own I can be pretty confident in saying you dont have the appropriate skills and experience to pull ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

most retail traders stick to brokers like oanda because of their slow feed. HE could give currenex a go but I guarantee unless he's got a very fast connection to their servers and a fully automated process he's not going to get any fills. Very soon ...

Problem with my broker regarding the news trading!

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Trading the NFP this friday

everyone seems to be forgetting the unemployment rate. What it boils down to is a market that is so short dollars and at the end of a huge dollar sell-off. Traders will be ready to use any piece of good data to jump on. If headline figure comes in ...

Trading the NFP this friday

think about how a spread betting company works. Just like the bookies, they only make money when you lose. If you consistently make money from them they will shut down your account. I used to trade on ig index making quite frankly stupid money off ...

news with spread betting

higher implied vols will make the option price more expensive and your potential pay-off will not be worth the risk.

News trading with options

If merlin is using bb/reuters to automate the delivery of these figures then I suggest that he not quote on a public forum that he is doing so as he will be in direct breach of their contracts which state that any data sent to a bloomberg terminal, ...

NZD retail sales

I believe jon167 is using the demo on integration1/2 which does not accurately represent the volatility you'd expect to see in the live environment. Here a sample of just eur$ last week for the chicago pmi and cons conf. You will see that once the ...

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

I know this question wasn't directed at me but out of all the instruments you can attempt to trade aroudn figures, fx futures on globex are the fastest to move, least liquidity (and hence widest spreads) and depending on the contract you're trading ...

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

what ppl need to understand that while retial brokers do indeed play tricks sometimes, the fact that an institutional platform shows numerous prices from x to x+30 in the same time that a retail broker mightshow just two prices making it looks like ...

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

No disrespect here but how are you doing your analysis? I've been trading for the last 4 years and still distinctly remember aug'04 nfp when the market was exdpecting 240 and it came out 32. Cable gapped up two big figures. There hasn't been >1% gap ...

NFP and rumors around

If you think for a second just because you can automate your clicks that you're going to be faster than everyone then you still havnet figured out what is actually hapenning when you see the quotes to when you place your order to when you get ...

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