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- Rabid replied Nov 28, 2009
Leverage is different than a loan when it comes to forex trading. Spot forex is heavily related to currency futures. Futures contracts are contracts, not securities or tangible assets, thus you don't actually have to own the underlying in order to ...
Bank loan for traders
- Rabid replied Nov 27, 2009
Ugh. It's all in how you structure the cash flow. If you're making money as a trader then you have to file taxes. And yes, those tax statements can be proof of income. But some lenders will want to see a monthly income, and this could hurt you ...
Bank loan for traders
- Rabid replied Nov 23, 2009
Magnum, what overseas brokers have you found take US customers?
NFA Confirms New Leverage Requirements for US FCMS
- Rabid replied Nov 20, 2009
Setup a foreign corporation. Trade thru foreign brokers. Let the NFA screw it's members till they die. All of these rules will just push our tax dollars elsewhere.
NFA Confirms New Leverage Requirements for US FCMS
- Rabid replied Nov 18, 2009
You won't find any US brokers offering over 100:1 leverage now. NFA's new rules.
InterbankFX's new spreads
- Rabid replied Nov 15, 2009
This is no longer true. Last year an ag bill was passed that requires FDMs to be a member of a "futures association." The NFA is still the most permissive of regulatory organizations in the US. Linky: url ``(C)(i)(I) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> This ...
NFA Confirms New Leverage Requirements for US FCMS
- Rabid replied Nov 14, 2009
In other words if you pull a large enough list of numbers out of thin air you shouldn't be surprised when some of them randomly match up to trading.
SMA works
- Rabid replied Nov 14, 2009
Receipts are a requirement. If audited you'll have to have one or you won't keep the deduction. Keep in mind that if your property's value is beyond a certain amount then you may need to get it appraised. Federal tax law only allows you to deduct up ...
Why do we trade?... no really, why?
- Rabid replied Nov 14, 2009
Well, sortof... there's a few more, too. 3. Fanatical dedication to a cause 4. Desperate need for love and affection I worked as a fundraiser for a time, I've seen people give thousands to a political cause that was not tax deductible. Stuff like ...
Why do we trade?... no really, why?
- Rabid replied Nov 13, 2009
Some indicators do allow you to specify the MA mode. Most MACDs are an average of the difference between 2 EMAs tho. Hence the lag. Depending on how the pair is behaving that can be a problem or not. The "draw enough random lines" theory. The human ...
SMA works
- Rabid replied Nov 10, 2009
No joke, I'm totally with the wrong broker.
Why do we trade?... no really, why?
- Rabid replied Nov 10, 2009
Of course there is... liquidity. Someone out there has to pay for this. Liquidity, yes. If you're trading with a bucketshop broker (which most of us are) then you're reducing the broker's transactio costs by offsetting the trades of others in-house. ...
Why do we trade?... no really, why?
- Rabid replied Nov 8, 2009
Efficiency ratio. Look into "adaptive moving averages."
When not to trade?
- Rabid replied Nov 6, 2009
Here in the US, capital gains is filed on the same form as personal income tax. It's a sub-item. As for whether you pay taxes, yes you probably will have to. If you made it while in Brazil, you'll probably have to pay taxes to Brazil.
FX Taxes
- Rabid replied Nov 2, 2009
You really shouldn't spill those beans, lol. I got into a small debate on this forum afew weeks ago. He wanted to invert a loser to make it a winner. Well there's only 1 consistent loser I know of, and that's a system that never takes a profit ...
The CARMEN System Indicator
- Rabid replied Oct 21, 2009
Some of it is the balancing of currency after the crash. People are liquidating cash reserves and buying back equities, meaning more supply of currency and less supply of stock. Some of it is the foreign investment effect. A company that has a ...
Please explain why falling dollar causes stock market rally (newbie)?
- Rabid replied Oct 16, 2009
Yea, but with a 100tp an 10sl the max loss is 10, with a 100 pip SL and a 10 pip TP, the max loss is 100 pips. Without an edge you'll have 10 losses for every win on the first, and 1 loss for every 10 wins on the latter. Neither makes money. I don't ...
Change a losing system into a Winning system
- Rabid replied Oct 16, 2009
Nod. I don't think there is one either. You'll always struggle against uncertainty. It's just that you get better at dealing with it. As trades go well, your confidence increases. This, in turn, poses more challenges. Right, I understand what you're ...
Change a losing system into a Winning system
- Rabid replied Oct 16, 2009
Of course. I consider that part of money management tho, as it alters risk during the trade. Semantics. I can think of situations where that would not be the case. Remember price does not move in a straight line. But there might be systems that ...
Change a losing system into a Winning system