Why MB Trading? — MB Trading's Navigator Pro software is very good. Execution reporting is fast. You have access to currency “level 2” quotes on the EXN. They have the “Pay for Limits” program. read about that here - url If you'd rather not ...

Paradigm Shift

About me... — Except for a few months in 2010, I have been mainly a 1 minute TF “scalper”. My trades are somewhat discretionary, lasting from seconds to minutes. I have primarily spent my “screen time” trading EUR/USD. While there are many ...

Paradigm Shift

Results and Reporting — I don't use the MT4 platform for trading. I use MB Trading's Navigator Pro. I can't use the publishing capabilities of MT4 with my broker's order execution platform. Therefore, until this is changed, I can't use ...

Paradigm Shift

Main Purpose — “Think of a Paradigm Shift as a change from one way of thinking to another.” ...My most current thread (2012) to show how profitable scalping can be with the right skills, experience, broker, and market conditions. You can read ...

Paradigm Shift

(sigh) — You can read all about the adjustments and such so as to bring MT4 to customers without Dealing Desk intervention.. here url "While other brokers have offered MetaTrader for years, MB Trading FX wouldn’t offer the system until we ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Some thoughts... — Fixed Ratio position sizing (vs fixed fractional position sizing) can address one of your fears as your account grows. With Fixed Ratio, you would adjust your position sizing based upon accumulated profits (and some 'delta') ...

setting realistic targets

Currensee API connection... — I've been trying out Currensee. I have the 3rd Party App activated for my Nav Pro account. It works sometimes. There are bugs. But... it does not stay connected. I get Invalid Broker Credentials message alot. In ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Two weeks off..then... — Though I have traded only lightly these past few months, this is the end of the forex year for me. I will start back cautiously in January, becoming more aggressive in February. I have a new thread in mind, and have ...

Profitable Scalping for the Retail Trader

Thanks... — Thanks for the insight into LCG, PipJaeger... I will definitely keep them in mind. For now, with my small account... I'm going to stick with MB Trading. The last six months have been profitable...though I haven't traded very much.

Profitable Scalping for the Retail Trader

Hey Rooi! — Lol, I can't tell if erock is trolling or what? Quite simply... coming from futures or equities, your strategies and methods may not work. This is an entirely different market with different characteristics. (non-centralized, ...

Do you guys find that forex trading sucks?

Great Phone Service... — I needed help closing a partial fill on Navigator Pro this morning. (a few minutes ago, ~9:45am EST) I haven't called the order desk in ages (I think I did when I traded futures about 3 years ago). Approximate wait ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

just noticed... — I just noticed this change today...regarding the naming of the Free "former ECN". I thought it was a "typo" on FX Intelligence when glancing at spreads earlier. But from the bottom of a webpage at MB's site... "Additionally, ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I agree 100%. — I have had the same experience as misterboy.... 200-300 trades over a 3 month period is not enough...500 trades spanning more time is better. Though, I do not backtest so much as review my own live trade results and make ...

How long should you test a strategy?

The sample is too small... — 22 trades in a one year period... have no statistical validity whatsoever. Whether you tweak it for more pips or safe entries or whatever... it is too small a sample size to definitively say anything. You MIGHT be ...

More Pips Vs. Safe entries

(chuckle) — This is actually my favorite-

Success stories

Rob's comment... — ...Is certainly true. Likewise, though you have 1000 trades completed in the last 10 weeks with a nice gain, it is quite possible that current market conditions are very favorable to what you are doing. 10 weeks isn't a very ...

UP 124%. What Should I do? Have you been in my shoes?

Obstacles.... — You need to find or rearrange "real job" work around the times that you believe you must trade. Then you can take your $5,000 and build it for two years. For me, I work in the evenings. (I am definitely underemployed but the ...

Seeking pro advice: FX, options, futures, and the glass ceiling

I hate to sound like a MBT cheerleader but... — Approaching six months of trading with MBT, since June, I've had only one problem (which was resolved in minutes) of an order not canceling immediately. I actively traded 4 minutes after NFP ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Gold and Silver pairs... in the U.S. — Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act- U.S. based retail forex dealers are prohibited from offering leveraged trading trading in precious metals to retail clients after July 15, 2011. ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction