Here's what Olsen, (the firm owning Oanda) said yesterday: url Others say it was a swiss intervention. Maybe events like these will teach people that "hedging" doesn't hedge anything

Alpari UK enormous spread

I have downloaded the ticks of both FXCM and DBFX using their API (it's the same one). What I can say is that they have different tick counts in each day, different spreads and different tick values. I don't know what the relationship is between ...

DBFX - anyone trade with them?

Here's how: url

pattern matching

All you need is the logic/math/whatever from inside it. A good programmer will rewrite the decompiled code in a nice way. Then a good trader will try to understand the system behind it - SR, indicators, statistics, .... You are also right. If the ...

Expert Advisor Decompilation Protection

You need what's known as an "unpacker". There are many out there, with various capabilities. These guys can probably do it (freely or for money) url

Expert Advisor Decompilation Protection

If the algo is worth anything at all it will be reversed engineered. Will take a while, and will require specialized people, but again, if it's worth it it will be done. Think of how crackers reverse engineer software protections of key generation ...

Expert Advisor Decompilation Protection

A book I've read (can't remember which) recommended at least a hundred transactions for each independent variable you can adjust. So if you optimize 4 variables, you would need 400 forward transactions. Obviously, the more the EA trades the shorter ...

Correlation trading

Have you tried GARCH? I've always felt that it would be important to really understand it, but I don't have the time to learn the math right now.

magic shift

It's called url But Misiacyk image was wrong about something - EUR/JPY it's actually a real pair, not a synthetic one.

Correlation trading

That's why I'm using FXCM data, since I plan on dealing with them. That's also why I'm still not using the Dukascopy tick data, even if it seems better, because I don't think that they are as regulated as a UK broker. However, for slower types of ...

Tick Database Version 2

From my searches this is considered the highest quality FOREX tick data available. url Check out the price for 3 years of EUR/USD tick data. BTW, you can only get tick-level data if your an institution, they don't sell to individuals (probably ...

Tick Database Version 2

I'm no expert either, but for some volatility computations it could be useful (ie, a 5 pip increase in 3 ticks in 20 ms is different from a 5 pip increase in 3 ticks in 800 ms). On the other hand if you need this kind of information, you probably ...

Tick Database Version 2

This looks very interesting. Have you tried a backtest? I have also noticed that D1 and H4 are much more tradable (mean-reverting) than H1 or M30. I think I have an idea why - "real traders" come to work in the morning and they have to push the pair ...

I love Patterns

This is a picture from this morning on my demo account: image I do not understand a few things. I presume that at 07:00 my local time it's the MBT daily shutdown. Why does the EUR/USD order appear here, even if it was already filled before? And ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Not to be mean, but this phrase appears in your agreement that you must sign to open an account into the "MB TRADING FUTURES (MBTF) AS COUNTERPARTY" section: "THE PRICES MBTF OFFERS MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST PRICES AVAILABLE" This seems to contradict ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I will not close both positions at the same time. In that case you are right, it doesn't make sense. I'm talking about this kind of strategy. You are right, it would be better to enter at one end, but you say that you can do the same thing without ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I have also though about this, since the professional platforms don't seem to have this feature. I have also read that being hedged is equal to being flat, but I don't understand something. Maybe you can explain it to me. Let's assume we are in a ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

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MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

Please look at these beauties from http://www.bostontechnologies.com/docs/Bridge%20User%20Manual%20v4.pdf image image image

MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

Justin, I'm thinking of writing a custom front end for personal use using your Navigator SDK API. But I would like to be able to open both long and short positions on the same pair (hedging). What would be the best way to do this? Must I open two ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction