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  • #2,401
  • Dec 8, 2011 3:59pm Dec 8, 2011 3:59pm
Jason.. agreed with above data ....

By the way, as we will entering 2012 soon, does FXCM will give special surprise bonus like reducing spread at least 0.5 pips for any loyal FXCM traders that deposit or maintain certain account amount? Hehe.

cheers
  • #2,402
  • Dec 8, 2011 10:53pm Dec 8, 2011 10:53pm
re: strat trader

is it possible to alter the code for MovingAveWeighted to include larger values, ie. 50 000 or bigger?

Currenly i am able to plot 30 000 period ma, but it returns negative values for anything greater than this. (i am using sufficient historical data
100 000+ bars).

Any help will be greatly appreciated,

D.
  • #2,403
  • Dec 9, 2011 9:39am Dec 9, 2011 9:39am
Jason, for Active Trader account, as far as I know, we are only allow to trade FX, not others. Is it possible to include and trade others like oil, gold / silver, stock indices and etc via AT account?

Second question, let say the current account base currency is USD, and if we would like to convert the base currency to EUR or GBP, how much the conversion fee (%) and how to apply?

Please advice and cheers
  • #2,404
  • Dec 9, 2011 12:46pm Dec 9, 2011 12:46pm
Quoting zam4ever
Jason.. agreed with above data ....

By the way, as we will entering 2012 soon, does FXCM will give special surprise bonus like reducing spread at least 0.5 pips for any loyal FXCM traders that deposit or maintain certain account amount? Hehe.

cheers
Hi zam!

No plans at the moment that I am aware of, but the Active Trader account with reduced spread/commission setup is always available for accounts with higher volumes and/or account balances.

Quoting zam4ever
Jason, for Active Trader account, as far as I know, we are only allow to trade FX, not others. Is it possible to include and trade others like oil, gold / silver, stock indices and etc via AT account?

Second question, let say the current account base currency is USD, and if we would like to convert the base currency to EUR or GBP, how much the conversion fee (%) and how to apply?

Please advice and cheers
You're always coming up with these tough questions

Active trader accounts have the ability to trade CFD's (not available for US residents), and the spreads will be the normal retail CFD spreads listed here http://www.fxcm.co.uk/cfd-product-details.jsp.

For your second question, I believe it can vary anywhere between 150 - 10 pips when the funds are physically converted from one account denomination to another. Transferring a larger account balance from one currency denomination to another allows us to get a better physical exchange rate from the bank for your trading account which is why the pip spread can vary. If you have questions about specific amounts, it would be best to contact operations at [email protected] as they are in charge of this.

Have a great weekend!

Jason
  • #2,405
  • Dec 9, 2011 12:53pm Dec 9, 2011 12:53pm
Reminder for everyone that FXCM's new extended trading hours begin today giving you an extra hour to place trades and manage positions. Trading will close at approximately 5:00pm ET (22:00 GMT) compared to 4:00pm ET (21:00) previously. The start of trading on Sunday remains approximately 5:15pm ET (22:15 GMT). Please note that spreads may be wider between 4pm ET and 5pm ET because there are fewer liquidity providers offering prices during that time.

Cheers,

Jason
  • #2,406
  • Edited 5:56am Dec 11, 2011 5:36am | Edited 5:56am
The data is from CFTC.The adjusted net capital of fxcm is became only 32,724,174 on 31/10/2011,but it is 79,608,011 on 31/08/2011.
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  • #2,407
  • Dec 11, 2011 6:14am Dec 11, 2011 6:14am
Quoting therefor
The data is from CFTC.The adjusted net capital of fxcm is became only 32,724,174 on 31/10/2011,but it is 79,608,011 on 31/08/2011.

Thats a pretty huge drop, likely just Directors taking out there xmas bonuses, don't see FXCM going under but Eggs and Baskets if you've got 5K+ say I'd spread it around a few different brokers.
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #2,408
  • Dec 12, 2011 10:20am Dec 12, 2011 10:20am
Quoting therefor
The data is from CFTC.The adjusted net capital of fxcm is became only 32,724,174 on 31/10/2011,but it is 79,608,011 on 31/08/2011.
Hi therefor,

FXCM is regulated in in several jurisdictions, each with their own capital requirements, so funds are transferred as necessary. FXCM is a publicly traded company so you can view that FXCM has approximately $177 million in cash and no debt as of the latest quarterly filing with the SEC.

Jason
  • #2,409
  • Dec 13, 2011 2:45pm Dec 13, 2011 2:45pm
If you're using the Trading Station Mobile platform on your iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or Windows Mobile device, make sure you have the most recent version. An update went through a few weeks ago adding candlestick charts, additional timeframes, and indicators.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/669...ts12132011.jpg
  • #2,410
  • Dec 14, 2011 2:15am Dec 14, 2011 2:15am
Hi Jason,

Why in TSII/ FXCM when you enter a position and use advanced to set a limit/ stop we get a wide distance for stop saw over 30 pips while there was a spread of 2 pips!!!

Noticed that you widen minimum stop when sending orders like yesterday post FOMC while spread is not so wide. Another NDD dirty trick?

13
Brokers are angels
  • #2,411
  • Dec 14, 2011 2:17am Dec 14, 2011 2:17am
Quoting fx13
Hi Jason,

Why in TSII/ FXCM when you enter a position and use advanced to set a limit/ stop we get a wide distance for stop saw over 30 pips while there was a spread of 2 pips!!!

Noticed that you widen minimum stop when sending orders like yesterday post FOMC while spread is not so wide. Another NDD dirty trick?

13
  • #2,412
  • Dec 14, 2011 3:42am Dec 14, 2011 3:42am
When I connect to FXCM-USDDemo01,

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Basically, all major pairs got very big gaps. Looks like your data feed got problem.

As for FXCM-AUDDemo01, there is no problem.

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  • #2,413
  • Dec 14, 2011 3:50am Dec 14, 2011 3:50am
Furthermore, I always got connection problem to the US server, but no problem to AUD server.
  • #2,414
  • Dec 14, 2011 12:11pm Dec 14, 2011 12:11pm
Quoting fx13
Hi Jason,

Why in TSII/ FXCM when you enter a position and use advanced to set a limit/ stop we get a wide distance for stop saw over 30 pips while there was a spread of 2 pips!!!

Noticed that you widen minimum stop when sending orders like yesterday post FOMC while spread is not so wide. Another NDD dirty trick?

13
Hi 13,

You can set the stop/limit on forex trades as close to the current market price as you want. There's no restriction. So after you press Advanced, simply put a check in the box next to stop/limit and enter the stop/limit price.

Jason
  • #2,415
  • Dec 14, 2011 12:21pm Dec 14, 2011 12:21pm
Quoting clc4x
When I connect to FXCM-USDDemo01,

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Basically, all major pairs got very big gaps. Looks like your data feed got problem.

As for FXCM-AUDDemo01, there is no problem.

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Hi clc4x,

Thanks for the feedback on the MT4 demo. I checked with tech support and these gaps are occurring due to the USD connection problem you mentioned in your second post, and we're working to get it resolved. This has only impacted demo accounts.

I checked the USD server demo on my side just now and the data gaps have been fixed. If you're still seeing it, please close the chart and re-open it.

Keep the comments coming!

Thanks,

Jason
  • #2,416
  • Dec 14, 2011 7:16pm Dec 14, 2011 7:16pm
Thanks. The issue is resolved.

btw, currently I am using FXM trading station to trade. Your marketscope is actually quite good, but it doesn't support offline.

If FXCM can enhance marketscope to support offline, and also your programming script can support (trendline, channel, etc...)objects creation, I will not use MT4.
  • #2,417
  • Dec 15, 2011 1:51am Dec 15, 2011 1:51am
Dear Jason,

( hope you will reply this time as seem you missed previous message) FXCM Mobile trader under windows mobile is crashing each time I check quotes. Checked it month's ago and this is still the case.

Thanks
13
Brokers are angels
  • #2,418
  • Edited 7:08am Dec 15, 2011 6:57am | Edited 7:08am
Jason, thank you for previous reply.

I have one more question for this week. Beside FXCM UK, I'm also using GFT UK as one of trading brokers, and I can trade indices (US30, UK100, AUS200, FRA40, GER30, etc) at any time and their indices value are moving up down all the time, but for FXCM, these indices are trade-able at certain hours only.

How does it possible for GFT, but not FXCM? Or what is really happened?

Please advice and cheers
  • #2,419
  • Dec 15, 2011 10:21am Dec 15, 2011 10:21am
Quoting clc4x
Thanks. The issue is resolved.

btw, currently I am using FXM trading station to trade. Your marketscope is actually quite good, but it doesn't support offline.

If FXCM can enhance marketscope to support offline, and also your programming script can support (trendline, channel, etc...)objects creation, I will not use MT4.
I appreciate the feedback
  • #2,420
  • Dec 15, 2011 10:23am Dec 15, 2011 10:23am
Quoting fx13
Dear Jason,

( hope you will reply this time as seem you missed previous message) FXCM Mobile trader under windows mobile is crashing each time I check quotes. Checked it month's ago and this is still the case.

Thanks
13
Hi 13,

Your post from yesterday was answered yesterday. Please see my previous post reply here http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...47#post5223747

For the mobile platform, a new version was released 2 weeks ago so my first suggestion would be to uninstall and reinstall the app to make sure you have the most up to date version. If the app is still crashing after re-installing, can you please email contact our tech support at [email protected] with your phone version and details of what is occurring so they can help one on one to resolve the issue.

Thanks,

Jason
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