that's a loaded question. on instant execution, yes, providing the market doesn't move further than your slippage setting by the time your mt4 gets it's message to your brokers server (assuming they aren't being sly dogs). on market execution, ...

What happens to my orders

my money is on hanover. everyone wants to reinvent the wheel, yet they keep getting a wheel... WEEEEEEE.

"Hedging" Revisited

to be a fly on the wall as you trade... i've watched plenty of tick charts. i find them to be slow. i find all trading to be slow, and boring. when i hear self-confessed 'hourly / daily / eternity' traders saying how 1 minute charts are ...

Let's be Honest

extremely doubtful. this has been hashed over before. you can get access to different brokers with different price feeds. it would show-up that there is such a thing as different broker price feeds would all be somewhat different. it has been ...

What happens to my orders

i'm waiting on people to 'be honest' and admit their use of tick charts is bullshit. in my newbishness i can not fathom, in the slightest, how a tick chart can be used to aid making profit. perhaps this is because i'm on a pipette broker so i'm ...

Let's be Honest

considering most people are opening orders that are nothing more than a coin flip they will generally win as much as they lose, but the spread is what eats them alive. if this is the case, then the broker simply needs to do nothing but milk their ...

What happens to my orders

i'm not going to go back and check for you. quite simply, i did see some gapping yesterday. fact is the world was half-asleep with no news out, and i hear there was a bank holiday in the US as well. if ever there was going to be less liquidity and ...

Gap in EURUSD on NOV11

i don't care that this isn't music tennis.... video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

no idea. perhaps they know volume as well or something. everyone who implies they have a clue advises to keep things simple. perhaps they are just baking their cakes the right way while the rest of us are just dumb making mud pies. that, or they ...

Ridiculous Trading Myths

don't know if that is making it harder, or easier. i don't believe pit traders have (had?) charts in front of them as they yell and scream, but maybe i'm wrong.

Ridiculous Trading Myths

from what i gather, and imagine, it's purely charting in their own head. even if it's only on a 1 dimensional line. crucialpoint mentions this. if you know the price 4hrs ago, 1hr ago, 30mins ago etc... then you know the 'trend' of that timeslice. ...

Ridiculous Trading Myths

no, what he is saying is some people quote hypocritical statements i.e. there is no holy grail, only making more money than losing is what matters. if (making more money than losing) = profit then holy grail = profit method therefore : stating ...

Ridiculous Trading Myths

... hold me!

Let's be Honest

was following-on from the post before me though, a big part of me right now feels that perhaps the banks are all just playing pass the parcel with their finds to make movement that entices us little guys to drop coin into their silly little game ...

Let's be Honest

lol, oh right. that was too subtle dude. agreed i guess

Ridiculous Trading Myths

hmm, interesting. so how does one profit when they don't make more money than they lose? did i step into a negaverse? is up down? is black white? am i... a woman!???

Ridiculous Trading Myths

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Let's be Honest

hmm. i always thought any new position chewed free margin, and that was where you get locked-out of opening any further positions. interesting. had never seen that before. cool thx.

Technical Analysis Fallacy

oooh oooh i know!!! magic?

What if the dollar crashes?

quick question : what is it that i am misunderstanding or missed that allows you to open up to over 3 lots with a 500 pound account?

Technical Analysis Fallacy