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- Calculus replied May 2, 2018
You got that right buddy. EVERY ONE of us is at risk of the most crazy event hitting us hard. And anyone who thinks otherwise is not thinking right.
- Calculus replied May 2, 2018
Trip, this is where we disagree because as I said in my first post, financial history says whenever there's a currency peg there's always a risk it will break in the future, either by the market attacking it, or the Central Bank abandoning it. A ...
- Calculus replied May 1, 2018
Yes there have been some nasty ones but they seem to be more due to market mechanics (computers activating stops with no thought or common sense) plus some chicanery thrown in. You can bet with FX on the chicanery part The thing to do is ...
- Calculus replied May 1, 2018
It doesn't really matter what could lead to a big move, how much the market can move is far more important. Assuming you intraday trade, if you stress test for a move of 500 ticks (before being able to get out) that should be fine for 99% of the ...
- Calculus replied May 1, 2018
The Swiss massacre was just that, not a Black Swan. Study your financial history because when there's a currency peg in action it's normally just a matter of time before its busted as with the Swiss. Everyone who lost, lost because they either ...
- Calculus replied Mar 27, 2018
I agree, of course they push the prices around some of the time in their favour, but it's a competitive market so there are many failures as well. And for everyone who complains about the institutions why not try to use them instead of them using ...
- Calculus replied Mar 27, 2018
But what happens if institution A wants to 'manipulate' prices lower in the thinner Asian session yet institution B wants their Asian desk to 'manipulate' prices higher? Someone is going to lose via their manipulations so manipulation only means ...
- Calculus replied Feb 13, 2018
Startling revelation that Smike. So let me get this right, when the sun is up in say Thailand the liquidity will be better in the Bht than it is when the big Thai banks close for the day and the Sun shifts West? Would it be the same with say ...
- Calculus replied Aug 28, 2017
So we can't blame you then for trashing an account? It's the robot what dun it........
- Calculus replied May 26, 2017
Most of the brokers charge such high swap rates because it's generally a marketing hook, ie ultra low spreads alongside ultra high swaps. Most retailers only look at one side of the equation, the bid-offer spread and if that's tight it's good. The ...
- Calculus replied Apr 27, 2017
Yes. I'll put some together over the weekend.
- Calculus replied Apr 27, 2017
Not really that sure what dark pools are. I just look at the price and for brokers I use IB, run their data through Ensign for Windows (charting program) and Button Trader for order execution. I joke that the setup is the setup of champions. Ensign ...
- Calculus replied Apr 26, 2017
Vee 1. I like the really short term price action as there's always so much opportunity. People think under the 1m is too fast, it's not once you get used to it. I like to use the 15sec for main analysis and also the 7sec as it often gives a good ...
- Calculus replied Apr 25, 2017
aaven Go look at the good moves, look what happened before them. In many cases, but of course not all, the patterns that develop before a good move will make it hard to either get on-board or will be designed to force people out who were already ...
- Calculus replied Apr 25, 2017
Here's a strategy for you to all build a profitable trading plan - Dramatic price movements tend to unfold from price structures that minimise participation. That is all anyone needs and it has worked since the ancient Egyptians first started ...
- Calculus replied Mar 10, 2017
50x leverage seems fine to me. If you can't make good cash with 50x then you're not going to be able to make it with 200x. If you bust out with 50x then you're 1000% going to bust out with anything higher, even 51x let alone 100x+. If you need 100x+ ...
- Calculus replied Mar 9, 2017
90% of the time I enter with a a stop limit (I'm after momentum). I use Button trader and it's excellent. One click and I've got an order working with a stop, it's very programmable and so easy to move/cancel/change orders. Only works with ...
- Calculus replied Mar 9, 2017
One other thing I find invaluable for trading the smaller time frames is wait for the chart to expand. Most solid strategies will work pretty well when the chart gets moving, most will struggle when it gets tight. And with so many bars per day it's ...
- Calculus replied Mar 8, 2017
Spreads? I use IB, nobody really complains about their spreads and fills. Only half tick though which is fine for me, actual fills will take account of the 0.1 ticks. This year I've switched to the Euro because I think it's been too quiet for too ...
- Calculus replied Mar 8, 2017
Always remember this from the sub 1m world. On the daily charts there are about 250 bars to one year. If we take London time (7am-5pm) that's 10 hours. If you use 15sec bars that's 4 per min so with 600 mins over the day that's 2400 bars which is ...