Over at FXCM, lots have fix dollar value $10K for the mini and $100K for the standard - then divide that by the leverage to get the amount needed to open the position. There is also another company NorthFinance that does this and have 500:1 leverage ...

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I cant say for certainty. BUT when I tried closing a position manually during volative market (FOMC), I was prompted to wait for the Dealer. When I set the stops to my desired number, I was immediately booted out of the trade - ie position closed in ...

Broker Stops... quick question

Here is something to laugh at:

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So how do I get to spotfx? URL? Link? Sorry, I dont know... and its not spotfx.com

CoesFX and MT4

Same here bro. Same here. I am soon to close my FXCM account with a last salvo on US NFP news. After that, it is bye bye FXCM. I currently opened an account with GFT; will be funding it come monday in time also for NFP...

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The result was flat to the consensus and reaction was limited to a 10 pip channel on the GBPUSD.

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Euro session started and with it strongly reacted against JPY. Reactions are from europeans NOT from japanese. This is something I should note for later use. However, one need to study historic charts to know if this is indeed how europe/usa reacts ...

japan CPI

I agree that Importers/Exporters are not Forex Traders/Players. But the effects of their actions is just the same. They have the money to make significant impact on the currency market. Whenever they repatriate, JPY rallies; whenever they import ...

japan CPI

Good to hear that you are not bitching against OANDA when they enlarge spreads during news time. Care to share your tips with other OANDA traders?

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Support and Resistance are one of the Technicals that I trust. However, knowing these numbers are something I dont know how to get. Your numbers above were indeed very accurate/correct indeed. USDJPY is trying to break out of the resistance 116.7 ...

japan CPI

Good thing you pointed that you can trade within the spreads. Tell that to those traders with ECN accounts bitching about the large spreads. I wonder if people trading with OANDA can do the same??? This thread is supposed for tips getting around ...

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I looked at the charts for USDJPY, EURJPY and GBPJPY. Naturally, GBPJPY has the most movement as GBP is the most expensive currency of the three. IF you traded USDJPY with a straddle entry of ±10 pips (long at 116.57), there is totally no chance of ...

japan CPI

A very large Japanese TV company had a major problem with their delivery boxes. For some odd reason, some boxes are empty - no TV inside. There was definitely something wrong with the Production line. The factory manager called their top engineers ...

15 pip spreads?

It will defintely move the JPY (sideways). Bet 50% equity on EURJPY; straddle +20, -20 and hope to catch any movement outside 10 pip range.

japan CPI

Your using FXCM broker too! I was trading GBPUSD. It did spiked up, then down and up again before resuming its down trend... It was a dangerous trade actually as I mentioned exposing only 1/2 to 1/4 of our usual lot sizes for this one. We are seeing ...

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