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  • #2,261
  • Edited Nov 15, 2011 9:25am Nov 14, 2011 12:54pm | Edited Nov 15, 2011 9:25am
The latest FXCM Trading Station II platform is available now! We’ve added Fractional pip pricing on market range orders, more intuitive charting, more Fibonacci tools, improved strategy backtesting and optimization, and trading in GBP/Point (or currency/point).

To install the latest version of Trading Station Desktop, visit one of the following links: FXCM US | FXCM UK | FXCM Australia

If you would like to wait, the latest Trading Station II will automatically update when you login on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Fractional Pip Pricing on Market Range Orders
Increased price control and more precise execution.

http://i56.tinypic.com/1498ugj.jpg

Line Studies and Chart Elements
A better way to add lines.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2vnf76h.jpg

Fibonacci Tools
Increased Fibonacci studies.

http://i55.tinypic.com/fmiflt.jpg

Strategy Backtesting and Optimization
Integrated right into the platform.

http://i55.tinypic.com/2mer11v.jpg

GBP/Point Trading
More ways to select trade size. *Note - this feature is primarily for our UK spread betting traders, however every account can trade in Currency/Point. For example, USD accounts can trade in USD/Point to select trade size based on the per pip USD value.

http://i44.tinypic.com/14x2elh.jpg

And More…
For example, if you’re looking for a specific indicator, you can now search for Indicators in the Add Indicator window.

If you don’t have an FXCM account, you can register for a demo account to try the new features.
  • #2,262
  • Nov 14, 2011 1:35pm Nov 14, 2011 1:35pm
Thats great news!
looks really good!
trendlines are finally staying in place
awsome!
Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #2,263
  • Nov 15, 2011 12:16pm Nov 15, 2011 12:16pm
Quoting roughtrader
Thats great news!
looks really good!
trendlines are finally staying in place
awsome!
That's great! I place my trendlines on high/lows so it's a good improvement for me. If you have any recommended features you want to see in future versions, then post them here and I'll pass your requests along.

Good luck trading,


- Jason
  • #2,264
  • Nov 15, 2011 3:58pm Nov 15, 2011 3:58pm
Hey Jason,

Could you please explain "Point Trading"? What is it about?
  • #2,265
  • Nov 15, 2011 5:26pm Nov 15, 2011 5:26pm
There seems to be some glitches with the "ZOOM". Every time a chart is changed the zoom goes to 'MAX', are they gonna fix this....its irritating
  • #2,266
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:33am Nov 17, 2011 9:33am
Quoting Forex5050
Hey Jason,

Could you please explain "Point Trading"? What is it about?
Jason?
  • #2,267
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:38am Nov 17, 2011 9:38am
Quoting long day
There seems to be some glitches with the "ZOOM". Every time a chart is changed the zoom goes to 'MAX', are they gonna fix this....its irritating
Hi long day,

Yes we're working to fix this now. I will let you know once a fix is available and I'm hoping it shouldn't be too long. I apologize on behalf of FXCM for the inconvenience.

Let me know if you have any questions.

thanks,


- Jason
  • #2,268
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:52am Nov 17, 2011 9:52am
Quoting Forex5050
Jason?
Hi Forex5050,

Sorry about that!! "Point Trading" is popular in the UK with spread betting traders so that's the main reason it was introduced. Keep in mind that point and pip mean the same thing.

The reason point trading is popular is it allows you to place trades based on the dollar value per pip (point). For example, with a USD account, you can trade as small as $0.10 per pip which is a 1k lot. If you type in $2.00 into the "USD/Point" field when placing a market order on EUR/USD, then your trade size will be 20k because the pip value for a 20k trade on EUR/USD is $2.00.

For accounts denominated in other currencies like EUR or CAD, you will trade in EUR/pip or CAD/ pip.

To switch to Point Trading, open the Options menu > select General Trading > and then change the Amount Mode field to "Currency/Point Trade".

I hope that helps and let me know if you have more questions!


- Jason
  • #2,269
  • Nov 17, 2011 11:05am Nov 17, 2011 11:05am
Okay, I think I got it. Thanks Jason.
  • #2,270
  • Nov 17, 2011 11:54am Nov 17, 2011 11:54am
Quoting long day
There seems to be some glitches with the "ZOOM". Every time a chart is changed the zoom goes to 'MAX', are they gonna fix this....its irritating
Hi long day,

We will have a fix for the zoom issue after this weekend.

You will need to uninstall and reinstall the platform after Friday's market close to get the latest Trading Station with the zoom settings fixed. I'll post here tomorrow evening to confirm that it's fixed and provide the exact steps you will need to take.

Thanks for your patience. Let me know if you have questions.


- Jason
  • #2,271
  • Nov 17, 2011 11:55am Nov 17, 2011 11:55am
Quoting Forex5050
Okay, I think I got it. Thanks Jason.
You're welcome!
  • #2,272
  • Nov 17, 2011 3:35pm Nov 17, 2011 3:35pm
Quoting Jason Rogers
Hi long day,

We will have a fix for the zoom issue after this weekend.

You will need to uninstall and reinstall the platform after Friday's market close to get the latest Trading Station with the zoom settings fixed. I'll post here tomorrow evening to confirm that it's fixed and provide the exact steps you will need to take.

Thanks for your patience. Let me know if you have questions.


- Jason

Thank you very much Jason!
  • #2,273
  • Nov 17, 2011 7:36pm Nov 17, 2011 7:36pm
Jason! A very good support from FXCM representative.

cheers
  • #2,274
  • Nov 18, 2011 8:28am Nov 18, 2011 8:28am
Quoting long day
Thank you very much Jason!
Quick update. The platform will receive an automatic update for the new build with the chart zoom fix after this weekend's maintenance so you shouldn't need to uninstall/reinstall.
  • #2,275
  • Nov 18, 2011 8:42am Nov 18, 2011 8:42am
Hola Jason,

TS II pivot indicator. Can I set my pivots to the London open? I have changed the time of the platform to UTC but that is still not working.
  • #2,276
  • Nov 18, 2011 9:05am Nov 18, 2011 9:05am
Jason,

May I know what is relationship / partnership between ATC Brokers and FXCM? They're offering TS II, better spread like Active Trader account, and with minimum requirement ($5,000.00 iirc)

cheers
  • #2,277
  • Nov 18, 2011 4:57pm Nov 18, 2011 4:57pm
I just installed the new patch to the newest update,
and suddenly my old trendline problem was back again,
I think they must have missed something.
Jason if you could foreward anything to the developers
it would be this, just look at that poor trendline after I zoom in
on the chart, it's very hard to do Analysis in Tradingstation
because I allways! must adjust trendlines that never! stay in place.
the trendline should allways stay in place no matter how much
I zoom in or out on the chart.
the first picture, (highest) left chart, is how I want the trendline,
the lower picture ( left chart) is how it looks after I zoom in.
totally out of position :/ very annoying
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Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #2,278
  • Nov 19, 2011 5:02am Nov 19, 2011 5:02am
Hi,

I would like if possible, in the near future to have an option for indicators, lines, tools in general to only show on a specific time frame.

For example I want to see daily pivots only on 15 minute chart.
The reason is because I do my top down analysis using one tab per pair and I go through different time frames choosing from drop down list.
I find very annoying not being able to hide daily pivots on weekly time frame - everything gets way too cluttered for my taste.
I am aware that I could use different tab for every time frame, but that is time consuming for my system - imagine having to mark monthly, weekly, daily and 4H support/resistance levels every day, on every time frame, for every pair I watch.
This is the only feature I miss from Metatrader 4 and the only feature I always wanted from FXCM trading station!

Thank you very much for understanding
  • #2,279
  • Nov 21, 2011 10:19am Nov 21, 2011 10:19am
Quoting knucklehead
Hola Jason,

TS II pivot indicator. Can I set my pivots to the London open? I have changed the time of the platform to UTC but that is still not working.
Hi knucklehead,

I have a custom day pivot indicator attached that may help. I downloaded it from fxcodebase.com.

The steps to load the indicator to Marketscope are:

1. Open the attached file and save the daypivot.lua file where you can find it.
2. From Marketscope, select Add Indicator.
3. From the Add Indicator window, select, "Manage".
4. Select, "Load" and load the daypivot.lua file.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the Add Indicator window and located the indicator under "Other".
6. Select the indicator and load.

All info below can be found at fxcodebase.com: http://fxcodebase.com/code/viewtopic...t=pivot#p11252

http://fxcodebase.com/code/download/...771fde13fa47bc


Notes:

1) this pivot is only 1-day pivot.
2) this pivot cannot be applied on H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, Day, Week and Month charts.
3) the most probably it can give you weird result for:
- candles which appears inside the non-trading period (between 17:00EST of Friday and 17:00EST of Sunday)
- irregular nontrading days (such as first trading days after Christmas or New Year)

I hope that helps!


- Jason
Attached File(s)
File Type: zip daypivot.zip   5 KB | 435 downloads
  • #2,280
  • Nov 21, 2011 10:27am Nov 21, 2011 10:27am
Quoting zam4ever
Jason,

May I know what is relationship / partnership between ATC Brokers and FXCM? They're offering TS II, better spread like Active Trader account, and with minimum requirement ($5,000.00 iirc)

cheers
Hi Zam,

Companies like ATC brokers introduce customers to FXCM so we have a business relationship. We can't endorse any Introducing Brokers (IB's) so you would have to decide if their value-added services are right for you.

I hope you're good and let me know if you have more questions.


-Jason
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