Amibroker is a good product. However, the IB feed is a bit patchy - Thomasz (AB creator) says this is not AB but IB limiting data bandwidth. EOD trading fine - I use Amiquote to download from Yahoo/Google finance for stocks. For FX I use IB with ...

GBPUSD - does this look like a move during news?

OK, thanks. Is there a way of finding these dates/times in advance so I know not to trade at xx:xx time on yy date?

GBPUSD - does this look like a move during news?

Hmmm....that's interesting. When NinjaTrader fully announce they support FX for other companies, I will buy back in. I will be either using I.Brokers or EFX Group for FX.

GAIN Capital

Thanks TraderKGB. I have decided not to go with GAIN - even the Pro account. I will be using EFX Group. They are an ECN and a subsidary of MB Trading. I've heard lots of good things about them - I believe it was The Rumpled One who initially ...

GAIN Capital

NinjaTrader is a 3rd party piece of software for order entry and trade automation - you tell it what to do, and it looks after the trades (eg: enter at x, move stop to breakeven at y, sell 50% of position at z). You can also automate trading. Is ...

GAIN Capital

Thanks - it seems the most efficient way to trade FX is a balance between volatility and pip value. What do other people trade?

Highest Pip value

Thanks for your comments. I had forgotten about DMI, so will have a look at that!

Identify if FX is trending