Sorry for this somehow off-topic post. I haven't been paying much attention to the forum for some weeks now, and return to find out that many prople are doing great, read the wonderful james' thread, and keep reading about the MB (MuddBuddha?) ...

Query: Moving Stops to Breakeven

If I am not mistaken, what happens when you buy/sell currency is that your broker "lends" you money so that you can buy other currency with it. For example, let's say you buy 1 mini lot (10,000 units) EUR/USD. In this case the broker lends you about ...

How do I sell something I don't have?

Why not post them in this thread? Regards, Bonete

Posting trades on weblogger

The reason: broker's spread — The reason this strategy won't work is because of the broker's commission (a.k.a. spread). Consider the a strategy in which you flip a coin every 5 minutes, go long if it is heads and short if it's tails, no stops ...

funny thought...

It is feasible... but why not just exit the long position and reenter it when the price goes above x? It's exactly the same. I still think hedging makes sense from a "marketing" point of view. Bonete

Hedging

Could it be for fund managers that don't want to show many losses to their customers at the end of each month? Instead of closing a position at a loss, you could hedge it, win from the hedge, and hopefully, when the pair turns around, win from the ...

Hedging

Hi Jambo, How much do you usually loose when the news turn out to be in line with expectations and don't move the market? I assume there is a volatility premium on buying options before a news release, which disappears immediately after the news is ...

FXCM and "no-slippage"

Backtest Results — Hi Rosscub, I did the backtest on Amibroker; unfortunately I got not very good results. Taking in account a 4-pip spread for GBP/USD (and not taking into account slippage from entering at gaps or spikes), the results are: ...

Interesting GBP System

Well, that's more confirmation that they DO manipulate prices. The same thing happened on August 6th during the non-farm payroll announcement. FXCM was the only broker I saw that showed a 30 pip spike DOWN before going 200 up. I assume they are ...

Broker Price Manipulation?

Hi Will. I really don't understand how it is a good thing that FXCM records a drop that other brokers don't. If you had done a straddle trade through FXCM, this drop would have filled a short trade which would have clearly ended as a massive loss ...

FXCM and "no-slippage"

FXCM Stop Hunting? — I was watching the FXCM prices on Friday (although I don't trade with them) and noticed that EUR/USD actually FELL 30 pips upon news before skyrocketing. I didn't see this spike down in other brokers' price feed. Can ...

FXCM and "no-slippage"