But you forgot the most important small prints: These two alone give them the right to fill you 50 or even 100 pips away from your entry price. As well as not honoring STOP/LIMIT.

Margin Call

I am seriously considering ACM as my next broker replacing "FXCM". Is this a real deal?

AC-markets (ACM) in Switzerland - safe?

You go back to previous month's charts and check if it created any movement. Last July, it moved GBPUSD for about 10~15 pips.

Consumer Sentiment Repot today

We badly need a subforum to solely discuss merits of each brokers. FXCM is ok if you are not a news trader. Otherwise, stay away. Ilidio, How is ACM? On their website, they Guarantee fills on any market condition. But how fast do we get to control ...

deciding on broker...

It varies from 2-4 lots, and 30-50 pips Oftentimes it is a combination of more lots less pips, and less lots more pips. When I got NF, I am trying out 2 with FXCM and 2 with NF during the last PPI and CPI. Too bad, my straddle script did no activate ...

Margin Call

North Finance has $8~$10 spread for a mini lot placement.

Gold Discussion

I am a newbie forex trader compared to almost all of you - I have only about 2 months of live trading compared to probably 2 years to others. However, I am not new to risk trades. I made a good fortune trading offline Gold last year - lucky. Then I ...

Margin Call

The Mid East crisis has subsided and the BP refinery in Alaska will not shut down completely. These helps improve the OIL situation. OIL price down, so will Gold price. A move in OIL price causes a move in GOLD price as well. This is why OIL is ...

Gold Discussion

Seeing that I will be closing my FXCM account soon, I'd perhaps would do a "Margin Call" strategy on them. What news can I bank on? They dont let me trade NFP or enters me way too away from the entry price perhaps when it is about to reverse.

Margin Call

I should have set my alarm clock! Hit bet 10 for a short nap and woke way too late for the ride. The train left. GBPUSD is now 1.8830s. Nice 110 pips move huh?

Philly Fed later - trade or not to trade?

For those who wants to try this "Margin Call" as "Stop Loss" strategy, you may want to use the following formulae: E = Equity at your hand, how much money you have M = Margin of your Broker, eg 50:1, 100:1, 200:1 or 500:1 L = Number of Lots to place ...

Margin Call

As I said, "slow" trend. GBPUSD was 1.8940s before release. It is now 1.8870s. Crap. I fell asleep! Missed placing entries.

Philly Fed later - trade or not to trade?

Zed, You were lucky to have started on a string of "extraordinary good luck". Remember, FOREX is a marathon - dont rush things and run with a good phase. FOREX is an "eat all you can buffet" (just like Mr. Buffet eating everything). You can eat ...

Margin Call

Well, he DID do it on a live account! And he claimed to have trippled his money in a week's time. Its really crazy that he did it but he won the gamble!

Margin Call

I think 5 seconds is a nice chart (if your chart can provide that)... Otherwise, 1 min is ok..

Trading News - 1m or 5m chart

Are you saying that inspite of the law suit and the very not nice CFTC data, you are still putting your money under coesfx?

broker slipage

The Leading Indicator made a nice 5 pip spike. I'd wait for Philly Fed

Philly Fed later - trade or not to trade?

My friend was burned (not totally zapped) by FXCM. His Entry Order was filled many pips away from his entry price. Then the spike reversed (whipsawed); and touched his stop. FXCM has a naughty habit of locking out the trade for several minutes. Last ...

Feelings about CPI