I'm puzzled by such a revealing speech from IBs part. It seems like they are poking the regulators. " look ...here....you guys blaming spot because of the lack of regulations. But the big loss came from futures which is very much regulated" ...

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I took all my money out of FXCM. I would like to trade with them again in the future, but lets wait until the dust settles. But even if I don't have any money with them I may be liable in the future. Depending on the "real" amount of their losses ...

Brokers chasing you for negative account balance

Wrong assumptions pal! The thing is that I don't like to keep my head stuck in the sand. As stated before. I would like forex to stay just the way it is. Or should I say the way it was Wednesday before the SNB event. The problem is that things ...

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On forums all over the net people are complaining about an increase of slippage and prices jumping around. The first to be blamed is the broker, but I don't think they can do much about it. LPs got burned as well on the SNB event so from now on they ...

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It amazes me every time somebody says something like that. I guess MM became like football teams. They should charge a membership fee on these people. The client is the one who loses, and the client despite being screwed praises them. You guys ...

OANDA Discussion

Your calculation is correct but your logic is wrong. Not everybody was exposed to CHF. You are counting as if everybody was exposed to those big moves which is not true. The best way to see how a lower leverage would change things, is to get the ...

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For the " nothing will change" " head stuck in the sand" people...... Just one week after the SBN earthquake, the changes are piling up.

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I believe the EUR/USD is ready for a retracement. But independent of a retracement happening or not, news like this one are convincing me that the Euro will go below parity. Draghi is supposedly ready to inject 1.3 TRILLIONS on europe. url Thats ...

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NSA raising margin on CHF OK...the news are piling up! Forexmagnates busy spiting out news and more news about changes in forex. url

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On my short experience with them FXCM was a pretty decent broker. I trade with IB and TradeStation on regular basis. My backup account was with Oanda but their tricks were driving me insane. I gave FXCM a try and I was pretty happy with the ...

FXCM Discussion

"Suggests this to be temporary"? After reading the article again I don't see anything temporary on it. FXCMs leverage reduction is permanent. The ironic part of it, is that FXCM lobbied against CFTCs leverage reduction regulation. Now they are ...

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I agree with you that margin "available" does not mean much. In my case for example you can give me 10,000:1 and it will not matter much to me. I will keep using 10 or 20:1 max. Now 1/15/2015 showed how high leverage can bring ECNs to their knees. ...

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It is s trend my friend. You can run but you can't hide. Enjoy your leverage and spreads while you can !

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And since we are talking about forex changing...... url Ms Bowen’s........... “It is ironic, that following the enactment of Dodd-Frank, the retail foreign exchange industry is the least regulated part of the derivatives industry. I am concerned ...

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Not even one week after the Swiss tsunami and we are already seeing things changing. More changes to come as volatility picks up. Regulators will start to have ideas. Last Thursday changed forex forever!!

FXCM Discussion

Brokers already asking for more margin folks!! Not even 1 week after the Swiss tsunami url

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Ok for the people with their heads stuck in the sand bashing, and calling me an alarmist ! The changes are starting FXCM WILL CHANGE THEIR MARGIN MODEL When I said that last Thursday's event was the great divider, and from now on forex will change, ...

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Bloomberg talking about the next volatility black swan. But this time leaded by the dollar. If I was a MM I would be salivating! If I was a ECN I would be trembling! If the Swissie did what it did to the markets, can you imagine a 4000 pip move on ...

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Speaking about Davos...... I know a retired forex trader. Usually I communicate with him via e-mail but I call him once in a while. He is from Switzerland by the way, and he always goes to those Davos meetings. Last year (around June) I called him ...

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Interview with Thomas Jordan BNS president. He goes in details on why the peg exit was kept secret and was supposed to be a surprise. Very interesting. url

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