It wouldn't be fair to offer this only to MT4 EAs. Order2Go based EAs would also benefit from finer risk management.

FXCM Discussion

Is it possible to request micro lots be enabled for a standard TradeStation account? Is Order2Go usable with a ActiveTrader account?

FXCM Discussion

Here, let me help. There's this concept called "event trading", or "news trading" as retail calls it. You'd be surprised to know how well this can work, even with a "bucket-shop" like FXCM. You can call this HFT, and it is HFT for the big boys. Me, ...

FXCM Discussion

And by me saying that it can't hurt to be close to your broker servers you imply that I will be doing HFT, because obviously in your little mind that's the only possible reason why somebody would want low-latency market access. I see that you've ...

FXCM Discussion

Are you blind or something? Or you just skipped school and are a little reading impaired. What part of "I don't believe it's possible to do HFT with FXCM" are you having trouble with?

FXCM Discussion

My concern was about latency. While I don't believe it's possible to do HFT with FXCM, it certainly can't hurt to be close to your broker servers. PIPConnect.com only has servers in NY, so I guess that you are also there. Let me rephrase my ...

FXCM Discussion

Jason, I know you offer VPS hosting of EAs in the FXCM data center. Do you have such an offer for Order2Go API based automated trading systems? And where is the data-center for the FXCM.CO.UK accounts located? London or New York? I would assume that ...

FXCM Discussion

Not to be pedantic here, but 80% win rate doesn't mean that from every 10 trades you'll have 8 winners and 2 losers. 80% win rate is perfectly compatible with 10 loses in a row. This is not at all as rare as you might think. So the win rate is only ...

Stating The Obvious and The Quest For Wisdom

The chart doesn't take into account possible slippage/spread/scaling into/out of. That's why I asked how much he captured. The percent is relevant, otherwise newbies will try this hyper-leveraged and lose 25% of their account. Darkstar, you should ...

Stating The Obvious and The Quest For Wisdom

How many pips did you captured? By what percent did you account grow?

Stating The Obvious and The Quest For Wisdom

Nice one, attack me for being a shill. Look at my post history. When I mentioned FXCM was either when talking about the ticks I downloaded from them (and from Dukascopy, GAIN Capital and dbFX) or when I appreciated that they are big and well ...

FXCM Discussion

You implied that the banks don't have any reason to compete for FXCM orderflow. I just gave you a reason - access to uninformed traders. Here, the same thing in the US equity market: url The payment is translated to lower spreads/commissions for ...

FXCM Discussion

Jason, is there any difference between trading forex through a normal FXCM UK account versus a CFD one? I seem to remember that on CFD accounts you had a minimum distance from the market where you could put your limit orders. So, what are the ...

FXCM Discussion

Wow. Go read a market microstructure book. Banks love trading against retail flow, since it's the most uninformed flow you can find. For somebody talking with interbank traders like you do, basic stuff like this should be obvious. And good luck ...

FXCM Discussion

95% of traders lose money. Which means that 95% of their beliefs are wrong Or how another person on this forum put it, "95% of traders lose because they are taught how to lose on forums like this". @Parazite: I've read a lot of quant papers, and ...

Stating The Obvious and The Quest For Wisdom

Macro funds use automated systems only for position entry/exit. The decision on what position to take is made by humans.

A Systematic Approach to Markets

This was about FXCM Pro, not FXCM. Executable Streaming Prices are by definition "not subject to approval". You say that 99.99% of the market is made by the market makers, and only 0.01% of the market are clients, right? And stop hunting is the name ...

Systematic trading

What about something like this, where the broker is your agent (and obligated by contract to give you best execution possible): How will they scam you in your opinion (because you said that CME is the only non-scam posibility for a retailer).

Systematic trading

No, this is not what you see. This is a microstructure question. For the long answer, read this book: url

Can shorting and instrument drive up its price?

What do you mean that the bank did undo your trade? We're you filled and after a time (how much) the position was closed by the bank? Or were you not filled at all despite the price just touching the limit? In the second case there is another ...

Systematic trading