Recent content by BILLV

Exactly but that's ok they have operating costs so they will have to make money or they will shut shop. However the problem I have with brokers is the one I have with the banks. Corporate greed has taken over and they are not happy with the profits from their B books so they come up with other...

Jason You've done a good job answering my concerns but FXCM is still not good value for me. Personally I don't place many trades but my EA often places many trades so the transaction costs quickly add up. Even the swap charges are important to me because 1 of my strategies leaves trades open...

This is what I saw in the account history. Furthermore, the spreads are more competitive than before, but you charge commission in both entry and exit. Isn't so? Also, your leverage on this account type is limited to 100:1 If we want higher leverage than 100:1 then the only option is the...

Some of them don't allow EA's and some don't allow you to move your stop close to your entry price. I'm suspicious of brokers who do such things because why would they do it if it wasn't in order to stop you from winning? In Metatrader right click on any currency pair, click on symbols then...

I've tried many brokers over the years and if you are scalping for a few pips, it is vital to have low transaction costs. For this reason I recommend ICMarkets, an Australian regulated broker where our money is held in AAA rated Australian banks. For EURUSD I pay $5.50 commission and usually...

As most brokers will take our trades in-house they ultimately don't want us to win so they will use every trick at their disposal to make it harder for us to win and the Stop level is 1 trick they use. They don't want us to move our stop to break even quickly so many of them will have the...

The majority of the zulutraders who are making money and have lasted +1 year have done it by allowing trades to go -ve and they add to the losers till the winners exceed the losers. This is the only strategy which seems to work but it requires nerves of steel and a large account eg $15k with...

Ok Roger I found your zulu account. A few points, if I may. Had a quick look and I don't like the RR, Many of your trades go negative for a lot more pips than your gain on close. Aren't you using a stop loss? Many of your trades aren't for many pips and even though they are winners your...

What is your trading name? Are you taking many trades per day? The $700 account could be just trading 10c trades so your return per pip will be proportionate. You'll have to get some big accounts to follow you.

haha I thought you were going to offer yours for the swap program :)

Ok Pat post pictures pls :cheesy:

Have you seen Oanda's volatility chart? http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk/analysis/currency-volatility When the market is closed it probably won't show anything but it looks like this

Very good point. Sometimes (during major news) metatrader could become slow to respond, so I use the mobile to close positions.

George, I feel it's time for you to move on. Our friend Forexmospherian has a good suggestion if you have time to post potential trades http://www.trade2win.com/boards/discretionary-trading/180610-intraday-live-short-term-trading-calls-expert-retail-forex-trader-262.html Yes sorry about the...

Timsk IMO there is nothing wrong with sharing information in private so stop making this a big deal. Not everyone who wants to help people or doesn't stick to your rules is a scammer so how about you let people decide for themselves what they want to do? I imagine you are not selling anything...