I'm still holding my AUD/NZD short while it remains below the 78.6% of the move down from 1.119 -- after all, we could get bad Aussie data this week. As far as bad trading, it's been rough couple of weeks for me as well. I still find myself ...

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I did not know Kiwi milk was on the schedule today -- an unfortunate time to have added to my AUD/NZD short. From profit to loss in a matter of minutes -- and here I was celebrating my "wisdom" in avoiding USD pairs then wondering why USD PMI ...

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Stocks are much easier investments to make than trading FOREX, and far less stressful. I highly recommend to anyone they should be investing in stocks for their retirement. Look at the financials for the past three years (are cash, sales, and ...

Davit's Confluence Trading

I watch all USD-based pairs so I have a common point of reference for each currency's movement, but I don't think I've had more than a single USD-based trade on at any given time for quite a while now. I only actively watch a half-dozen pairs, ...

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I can understand China or Japan wanting to push USD higher. It's irksome, but it's understandable, and it least it's a constant pressure which gives the average trader time to react; unlike gold for example, where several of the drops in the past ...

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We did get a reaction at 10,660 last week (also a sell using Davit's system if I understand it correctly), but starting at 9:00 p.m. EST yesterday (Beijing open) U.S. dollar started moving higher against all currencies, ignoring all fundamentals ...

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Yes, I must have misread your answer. When you re-answered the question I'd already answered for Naizarak two and a half hours earlier I mistook that as you once again pointlessly disagreeing with me rather than reiterating what I'd already posted. ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

My EUR/USD orders and bid/ask appear to 5 decimal places, the last digit being ½ increments only (i.e. 1.xxxx5 or 1.xxxx0). Are you using something other than TWS to execute your trades? image

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Yes, you can trade to five digits of precision for EUR/USD.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

I've made no new orders since last Thursday. Looking at my account for the first time today since close of trading Friday, my opening cash balance is down another $50 notwithstanding unrealized profit and loss which is correct when accounting for ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

The numbers are all Interactive Brokers' -- the valuations and balance calculations are their own. Why do you feel they can calculate unrealized profit and loss in real time but can't apply that to an account balance? Also, TWS calculates unrealized ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

It makes no difference whether someone steals $100 from my bank account or my wallet. Even if they give it back later they had no right to take it in the first place. I tolerate it only because this is what I do to make money and there's currently ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

As you can see from my previous responses (including my replies to you) I check my balances throughout the day using current currency values and I have always had all options enabled when generating reports. By your own admission IB balances are ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Yes, they do correct themselves eventually, but the fact that these discrepancies surface at all is the issue. I was once the liaison between the comptroller and the programmer developing a custom integrated POS/accounting system and I would have to ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

This is the cash position in base currency (CAD) as indicated by TWS. Since I first noticed these unexplained discrepancies I keep track of all amounts (cash balance, unrealized and realized profit/loss, commission, interest, and base currency ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

This is the absolute limit! My cash balance ended the day $100 short! It ranged between $21 and $13 short most of the day (funny how these "errors" are never in our favour) but $100 is taking this "borrowing" much too far. I even recalculated from ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Well, the reversal obviously never happened. I'd re-entered my Kiwi short as a hedge which earned me triple what my USD shorts lost me so at least the day ended in green. USD Index is now oversold and approaching 10,660 which is the 23.6% Fibonacci ...

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I guess Interactive Brokers is fishing for extra cash today -- I just got stopped out of two trades a full .00010 away from the actual price. I realize it's in the terms of use that they can do that, but legal isn't the same as okay.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Maybe we're supposed to believe it's legitimate because it was so unprofessional and unconvincing.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

USD Index is overbought. Yen, Euro, Kiwi oversold. Already long Pound which turned after MPC Bank Rate votes put interest rate hikes back on the table followed by best CPI since last December. Still holding short Kiwi with 0.875 and 0.835 targets ...

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