Which is exactly where FXCMs spreads are right now on EUR/NZD. They must have the SAME liquidity providers. Actually...now the spread is steady between 8-10 pips. Maybe...just maybe...time of day has something to with it.

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The posts on this thread are getting more and more ridiculous as the days go by. It's like our own little Idiocracy. Mixing pretend traders with pretend lawyers is one helluva combination.

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Lighten up Francis.

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It is situations like this that we learn a lot about people: do they laugh at adversity and figure out a way to "adapt and overcome" or do they endlessly complain about it and wait for someone to fix it for them? Unfortunately, the second option ...

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Nice to see someone with their head on straight around here.

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Back testing can be a very useful exercise...but you do need to know what you are doing. Remember, during the back test, you want to simulate a live environment as close as possible. You should simulate price...you should simulate different market ...

How useful are EA backtest results?

It is a shame that more people don't understand this. Good job Xaphod.

Script to unscramble binary (e.g. FXT) files into readable fmt

It is just simple arithmetic. It all boils down to how you manage your net position. Given identical entries/exits, there will be no difference in Account Equity given the different account types: Hedging, Non-hedging, FIFO, non-FIFO. And the net ...

Building an equity millipede

Or you can create your own front end and allow the FIFO-restricted broker to "act" as the back end. In this way, you can have any number of trades open (in either direction), close any trade you want (in any order), and allow the broker to handle ...

Building an equity millipede

Sigma Trade Set views (hedging enabled).

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Previous thread related to this topic: url Assuming MT4 has not changed over the last several years with regards to how ticks are "processed", you will definitely miss ticks with MT4. Creating a renko-like offline chart of 14 symbols will miss ...

Tick Volatility - What is the typical expectation

7-pip range bar chart with EMA(20) and SMA(14)

Help wished: charting package for websites

yes, you can use chart.addSeries() to add indicators to price charts

Help wished: charting package for websites

I'm using this one...free, robust, and easy to use: url Another good alternative: url

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My first inclination was to vote 'yes'...because we have seen that properly coded EAs (and all automated trading mechanisms) "can trade all market conditions". Surely properly coded trading mechanisms can open and close trades regardless of the ...

EA that can trade through all market conditions

Sigma screenshot: Market Watch, Ticks (per inst.), App Messages, Accounts, Broker Positions Summary, Process Timer, Bars (per inst.), Spread Tracker (per inst), Open Orders, Broker Trades (per inst). Not shown: Automated trading summary and details, ...

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Automated Forex trading cannot be profitable over an extended period of time (many years).

What are your favorite trading myths?

Yet you continue to use it. That's perplexing...

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