Eur is on the move again... have to wait and see if this thing breaks 1.5650 again. If it does you have a buying opp if not we are still looking towards 1.53.

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more leverage = you losing more period.

Calculation confused, please help

Oanda has 2% margin per base pair. So for GBPUSD the margin requirement would be: (contract size X price) X leverage (100,000 X 1.9566) X .02 = 3913.20 You are also mixing up margin and contract values. A standard lot is 100,000 per base currency, a ...

Calculation confused, please help

I think your reply still makes sense for some US traders. I am curious though what kind of spreads are we seeing in the UK?

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I dont know what their min deposit is...feel free to call and ask.

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Shadow, Thanks for sharing... what kind of spreads are you trading off of now?

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They are somewhat conservative... for FXi. However, they are pretty much dead on to what I see on a regular basis from db. When I trade with db I am generally doing no less than 5M per trade and no more than 10M per trade. If I trade with fxi it is ...

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reason for this thread — I wanted to share with everyone why I started this thread and quasi poll. There are a few reasons: the summer is upon us and I am very bored already with everything but the EUR. i know someone will say there are still ...

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Eurusd: 1 Gbpusd: 1-2 Usdjpy: 1 Usdcad: 1-3 Gbpchf: 2-5 Gbpjpy: 2-5 Eurjpy: 2-3 Chfjpy: 2-5 Nzdusd: 2-4 Audusd: 2-4 Usdchf: 1-3 Comm = 15/M all pairs

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I looked at that when justin posted it and kreslik did a great job. However, I have not been hearing good things about MB's execution for trades above 1M. Also, their comm is still very expensive but I agree that I wish we had the same research for ...

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you should read the contracts you sign when you open an account... they all have the ability to liquidate your positions at anytime they feel necessary.

will forex trading be illegal?

Besides the banks I have not found anything better... enjoy.

Interactive Broker commissions

Glad you got my point...

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The point of 500 to 1 leverage is to suck as much money out of retail traders as possible!

Which broker has the best conditions for trading gbp/jpy ?

So why dont you go to hotspot directly?

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What are you talking about... FXCM has the most unregistered IB's in the industry. Most small firms rely on foreign IB's and that will not change even with the new regs.

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

BostonForex, Looks like you guys cant introduce business to FXCM anymore due to your improperly registered firm. I guess now you can only introduce to Gain and FXDD... how long until you guys are out of business?

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Nothing is easy to connect to MT4.

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