QE + QE + QE + QE = Currency WAR! — ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, PRINT $$$ MONEY $$$!!!! url Once the hangover wears off, inflation will poke out his ugly head. By then this party will be banging.

Broker for Non US Citizens living in USA

numbers game — Well if the system is good it doesn't matter the size perse. All that matters is you win more than you lose. Do the math... more wins than losses over time = more money. If you are just a small time trader like majority here or ...

FXCM Discussion

The endless pursuit of the meaning of "RICH" — The answer is the term "rich" means different things to different people. Some various meanings of the word "Rich". 1. Money and tons of it. 2. Independence --- no working for a ...

FXCM Discussion

Well FX has had it's fair share of criminal activity and a good part of the reason for the oversight and regulatory bodies stepping in. Not really. It's prohibiting someone from doing something they want to do. If it was the entire banking cartel ...

Broker for Non US Citizens living in USA

From my feeble understanding in all this there is nothing illegal in and of itself by trading with an offshore broker. The only thing that makes it illegal is if the broker in question has a direct link to the CFTC, meaning they are registered with ...

Can US residents trade fx offshore?

Ah, now that is golden. I wonder what the CFTC could argue in that case? You are exactly right BTW. Charm them with brillance and baffle em with BS. Nothing less than they are doing to us.

Malaysia central bank states Forex is illegal

It's a zero sum market... the sum of all losers = the sum that all the winners make. This could be why it's very difficult to get system profitability or percentage of winners vs losers over the 80% mark. The biggest advantage a bank holds is ...

US Forex brokers account profitability comparison

Ya know I been thinking about this over the past day or so and the thing I get hung up on is that darn fixed point in time in the future. I think the fixed point in time shouldn't be a fixed point at all. I think it should adjust as the need be. But ...

How do you gain, and measure, your trading system's statistical edge?

The thing is you don't know for sure that they have a true 50% winning group of traders. If the rules for posting profitable accounts is any account with a gain and Oanda pays interest they could have some excess accts sitting there with a few ...

OANDA Discussion

My momma told me, "Ya better shop around!"

Offshore Brokers... Solution to CFTC

yeah should be easy to find... just look for the trail of easy money left behind. Somebody is sleeping with somebody and they obviously aren't doing it because of "good looks". Just goes to show you the lengths some will go to get a "leg up".

Offshore Brokers... Solution to CFTC

Markets are not a constant — I don't think the statistical edge is a direct constant. I think it changes given market conditions. I think you would have a hard time finding a system that maintains a constant edge over any serious amount of ...

How do you gain, and measure, your trading system's statistical edge?

Security deposit/leverage rules will apply to all registered entities doing business with US retail customers. In my feeble mind that means only if they are registered with the CFTC. Additionally it has some stuff in their about soliciting new ...

no regulations stopping US residents from opening offshore accounts

And there ya go... if you are geting 3 pips here 3 pips there all is good but all it takes is that one time for the server to crash or your internet to go out and the 3 pips you were trying to live on... well you catch my drift. I think you should ...

US Forex brokers account profitability comparison

Many of these run monthly contests and I'm sure those results are included in the mix. So if you have 500 peeps sign up for a contest there's likely a good number of those that suffer margin call... This will be even easier now. Does Oanda run ...

US Forex brokers account profitability comparison

We did... over 9000 comments! The most EVER for any single open-comment period!

GoMarkets Discussion

The rules are supposedly in "effect" right now. But I would rather forget about them all-together. Rules were made to be broken in this case.

Tadawul FX (TDFX) Discussion

Ok, maybe add some sugar to those strawberries I gave you? I think us peeps are one of a kind because I had the same thought pop into my head as well... (tad-awful). But after seeing Kates responses to some of the peeps following this ...

Tadawul FX (TDFX) Discussion

It has nothing to do with citizenship only residency. If you have a home outside US you could just use that address for your trading activity. Some brokers are throwing Citizenship in there because the rule book would tire most astute lawyer teams ...

Broker for Non US Citizens living in USA

no forex for you! Come back in 2 years!

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