So your question is why there's a difference in spread, not why there's a difference in price? The spread depends on the market liquidity and the amount of sellers and buyers. The less liquid is the market, the higher will be the spread, as there ...

price difference between spot and futures

Don't you think 5 times is enough?

EUR/CHF

Why 1.2120? That level doesn't seem logical to me neither from fundamental nor from technical point view.

EUR/CHF

Some Middle Eastern countries still peg their currencies to USD, but that won't help you much. url

EUR/CHF

Sorry, forgot about CH. Corrected my initial post now.

EUR/CHF

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EUR/CHF

Are you kidding? The pair is almost pegged to 1.2000 and you are asking if the are manipulating the price?

EUR/CHF

Less than a second. They don't need to print cash, just increase the account balance.

EUR/CHF

I can't agree with spzd on this (the durable goods orders report was positive for USD as they fell less than expected and July number was revised positively). It's not the trend you should watch, but rather the general sentiment of the markets - are ...

Why does news have reverse effect on the Currency?

Unfortunately, almost all of them do.

Why does news have reverse effect on the Currency?

M3 Money Supply report is ambiguous, because rising money supply could mean a higher supply of currency, which is bad for it. It could also mean a higher supply of money in the country, which means a higher inflation and a higher probability of ...

Why does news have reverse effect on the Currency?

Anyone using EUR/CHF for carry trade? Like longing it to get the overnight swaps?

EUR/CHF

See the budget report here: url Deficits are covered with debt.

Implications of a Negative Interest Rate

You know, banks prefer profit to doing good . From one point of view it would, but from the other, how the budget spending would be financed if borrowing is to stop suddenly?

Implications of a Negative Interest Rate

That would reduce the demand for the US Treasury Notes. That wouldn't help the domestic situation - banks would borrow from Fed and would just sit on that money, paying negative interest (that is, getting paid interest).

Implications of a Negative Interest Rate

That's weird. My broker also uses 5 digits after a dot, but it doesn't prevent indicator from working.

FF Tunnel Method

jamon, from your post it's evident that you had a short EUR/AUD trade. Short trades are closed at Ask price. The MT4 charts display Bid price. 13.5 pip spread between Ask and Bid price isn't rare. For example, the normal spread for this pair is 10 ...

Blown stops, how often does it happen and when

Why? With another good bit of luck ...

Is a return of 4500% possible? Alpari contest.. (Brainstorming)

Bare MetaTrader 4 can't show that, but some brokers use plugins for MT4 and other offer different platforms.

How many lots at a time?

Why not? Extremely aggressive position sizing with a good bit of luck.

Is a return of 4500% possible? Alpari contest.. (Brainstorming)