Rock. America. Hard Place — I agree, the perceived Russian build up and military action was likely the biggest trigger for the EUR weakness. Glad to hear it has stopped for now. Consider it a warning to Ukraine, to think twice about aligning ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

AVA loses — I just learned that PayPal got the deposit back from AVA and returned it, since PayPal can hold or freeze AVA FX account there. So it is settled, what a nightmare dealing with AVA. I am so relieved for my client to just get away ...

Is this broker a scam?

Enforcement action started against AVA FX —

Is this broker a scam?

AVA FX is acting like a scam - not replying to complaints — No, this is not the one I was referring to. My associate picked this one because they have the ACT Trade platform and can trade stock indexes, oil, precious metals, etc. I meant GCI ...

Is this broker a scam?

Ib Forex Allows 1/2% Variation Away From Market — Here is IBs policy that allows 1/2% variance without trader recourse - cut and paste for your convenience: Read it yourself from their site: url

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

I did not say I forced 2.5M onto Ideal, those are not my words or what I meant. The process is automated by IB, anyone with an IB account would understand that order routing is automated based on their minimum trade. Where was it stated that Ideal ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

IB Proof — No problem, give me some time since I am at work now with legal clients. I found out early that I needed to take screen shots of everything, or else IB tries to argue the facts are the way they see them. I also kept the dialogs, but ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Interactive Brokers - Beware — IB has two forex routing systems, Ideal Pro for amounts over $25,000 USD at 50:1 margin, and Ideal for lesser amounts. Micro lot traders should not trade at IB, and generally IB is low cost for trading but has ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Pray there is no terrorist activity Sept 11 — 1) The police uncovered a huge plot in Germany this week, to strike American targets there, so it does show there are some terrorist concerns. 2) This morning I heard on the radio that an Osama Bin ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Negative fundamentals — The negative NFP breaks the dam that was holding back FED and Media hope the liquidity crisis would not effect the general economy - obviously it has. This may be the opening for more negative USD news to follow, which ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Good call, it also had a falling trend line from the very top @ 251, just above your pin bar. Got in @ 233.65 to ride this one down. Target 232.00, but will TP below 233.00

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Change in Trend Coming — Although I am wide open to prices going either way and want to remain as neutral as possible, I do have a view to share for what it is worth. From a technical point I see that the high in this impulse wave 4 may be ...

Daily GBP/JPY analysis

Correlation Disparity between Majors — If I can pass on a trading tip. I always trade GBP/JPY with a 1 hour and 4 hour time frame charts, and keep small 1 hour charts of GBP/USD plus USD/JPY since they correlate with movements we see in ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Do Nothing — Sometimes the best thing to do..... is absolutely nothing. There seems to be a equal triangle on the 1 hour chart that needs to find a direction, right now it is sideways. This is the type of market where you can lose money ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Method Example — For example, I may be mistaken, but I have deduced that Pipskidnapper determined his Sell off 235.50 from the candle bouncing of the resistance line set twice on Aug 26th and unbroken since. It was also the 50% Fib from 251.09 ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY

Method Lessons — Hi Pipskidnapper - excellent posts - I am learning tons from your simple yet reliable methods. I have picked up that your decisions are largely based on: 1) Support and Resistance lines, determined by past price action or Fib ...

Brave Heart of GBP/JPY