Does Marketscope offer programming capabilities that allow you to program your own indicators? This would be something that interests me.

FXCM Discussion

Bill, I think your post raised a lot of good and valid points that I do agree with. But the Real solution to seemingly the biggest issues that the government is trying to resolve in Retail Forex industry, high failure rate of traders and stability ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Well, I am NOT failing. That's the difference. You assume that if people do not trade like you, they must be failing and that is not correct. Anyway, you still didn't answer my question: how does the seemingly risk-based leverage relate to the ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Yes, Slack. I really need to learn.

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

No this is not about sensibility it's about basic manners and decency and respect for others. There are ways to win arguments without being disrespectful to others. Perhaps you should inquire about that skill from your therapists. Just a suggestion. ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Good point ecTrade and this is actually my second question. What if I don't set my stoploss, hypothetically, althought we all know that not setting a stoploss is not prudent trading. Then according to your calculation, wouldn't your leverage rate by ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Well your personal opinion is again, personal opinion and is not correct and you are supposed to keep these personal opinions to yourselves. Etiquette 101. And when you launch these incorrect personal opinions to others, it's called "personal ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

No, I am not wiser. I have one more question. When you say $10,000, what is that number? Is that the initial capital that a trader deposits into the account or is that a trade size?

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Ok now you are clearly launching personal attacks. We have tolerated you enough for two days for your iunnudos, sarcasisms, purposeful quoting out of context and misquoting just for winning arguments for fun. This has gone too far. I don't mind ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Aww, luckylady, you don't want to miss the opportunity to be educated by Prof. Pipmutt. After all, you don't want to be a "reckless gambler" and lose all your money. Good posts, btw!

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Now, you REALLY got me interested. I am really keen to know HOW did you get 15:1 from 3% risk per trade and 20 pip stop-loss when Billflet just showed that the real leverage is based on trade size and account size whereas margin-based leverage is ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Dodd-Frank Fin. Reg. Bill Excerpt - Extraterritorial Power — For those of you who are interested: Dodd-Frank SEC. 929Y. STUDY ON EXTRATERRITORIAL PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION. (a) In General- The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Haha! I think you might have to get UK citizenship not just residency. With the "extraterritorial" power in Dodd-Frank Fin. Reg. bill, Uncle Sam can still go after you even if you live in UK but remain a US citizen. But with FSA disbanding, I am not ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

You will have ALL the love you need here as long as you keep the black helicopters away.

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Well, this is what is said on the OANDA website: ---------------------------------------------------- Risk Management To manage currency exposure and risk, OANDA uses sophisticated risk management technology to hedge aggregate client positions ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

According to what we are seeing in Dodd-Frank Bill, Yes, IF FXCM registers with CFTC. Here is the link that talks more about this: url Another question is, ff this reduced leverage rule goes into law, under the "extraterritorial" power, does that ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

This is the link to an article that talks about this: url And here is the link to a PodCast of a conference call where investment attorneys were brought in to discuss this issue: url Right now, there is a LOT of speculations on what is going to ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Did you read Sonicpunk32's post or was that too sophisticated for you? He just illustrated to you that a reduction in leverage rate does reduce a trader's potential profit and like Luckylady illustrated to you, when the change in leverage rate might ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

Oh yes, that's true. I forgot. But SOMEBODY has to take the loss. It's a zero-sum game. Then if the risk exposure of the brokers are always hedged, then why do brokers have to run "high leverage casino model"? I will let The Fool answer that one. ...

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas

That's beyond the point. But anyway, whatever.

US citizens won't be able to have forex accounts overseas