Active thread — Wow, I'm really surprised how the pace suddenly went up on this thread. Well done everyone! Cast aside the arguments for a second and check out the learning oportunity this whole situation with MM initiated, I thinks its pretty ...

Is trading news too risky?

Hey MM, Ditto on gtrader444 & Mr Trend's words. Just to say I was really shocked to read about what happened to you with FXSol and that (*obscene language goes here*) who cc'd that e-mail to you. Thanks for all your posts, they've been a real ...

How do you trade news?

Trade result — For those expecting to read this: I was due to trade today's New home sales news announcement scheduled for 2:00pm GMT... Just one slight problem, somehow the times I jotted down for both trades this week (today's new home sales ...

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Words of wisdom there! Keep them coming MM

How do you trade news?

Hey Jpeg3, Unfortunately OANDA does not allow buy and sell positions at the same time, I'm trying FXSol right now but since I'm only expected to trade news tomorrow and the day after for the first time I can't say how good they are. Again I can't ...

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Thanks for the info fairtrade, I'm aware of this fast market policy but isn't it just routine for all currency dealers at this "level"? I mean they need to set out their policy so that nothing can be thrown at them from this angle. I think that the ...

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Hey forexplayer, I've been paper trading with OANDA, but unfortunately they do not allow hedging/simultaneous BUY&SELL. So I've set up a trial account with FXSol (1 month trial), I've only put some random trades to try out straddling and it seems to ...

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"Top news" — Hey summitfx, Sure, the "Top news to trade" my results suggest are: - US Bernanke testimonies to Senate. - US Consumer Sentiment (coming up this friday). - US Nonfarm Employment. - E-12 ECB Interest rate announcement. - ...

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Hey jpeg 3, You're right, if you wait for the report numbers to come out you won't get in in time, also you might struggle finding a source that consistently provides you with the data A.S.A.R. - as soon as released. I know I did. The way you get ...

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No worries! — Just a quick correction on the %s I gave, it is actually the other way around, 1.75% profit, 2.50% loss. No worries about the name & thanks for the feedback muchacho! Carlos

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Hey MM, Just a quick update on the news trading, I've done some research up to beginning of May (that's as far as I could go with Metatrader) for EUR/USD and I've sumed it all up to 6 news releases per month. I've filtered them using the following ...

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Thanks for the feedback MM! I've built a spreadsheet to test values & risk management with straddle, I'll be doing some research on the news which make the market move like you mentioned in your thread. I'll post updates on how I go. Thanks again, ...

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Straddle — Hey MoneyMaster, This is my first post on FF and I've only been involved in currency trading for 3 months now. I'm currently on holidays (ahh!) and I've been paper trading to become more familiar and develop my trading ...

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