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    Do computers slow down with age?

    After a period of time they do appear to slow down, this is usually down to the amount of clutter that is left on the PC after everything you have looked at/ran/stored/deleted etc etc etc. Thing is there is only so much you can 'clean up' on the surface which makes a tiny difference, the real...
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    80's FX Trading...

    Apologies if this has been posted before, but looking back at an 80's Barc's FX trading room is just comedy gold... Part One.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jhKEBVE9zw Part Two... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhx-SM4kFEg
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    SaxoBank trading experience

    Welcome to Investopedia.com First trade is always offset against a closing trade, and or partial.
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    SaxoBank trading experience

    FIFO.. First in first out
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    SaxoBank trading experience

    Would not have a clue , went straight to the live platform.
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    SaxoBank trading experience

    Have used their platform on and off for a number of years, and your correct it is usually around the news/figure release/intervention etc etc etc where it reverts to RFQ for a period of time.
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    SaxoBank trading experience

    Basically the quotes go RFQ from streaming approx 30 seconds before and after a news announcement, this is their protection against news traders and sniping, the spreads can go wide on these occasions as they do everywhere else. As for the spreads you mention, of course it is possible.
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    Tesla Turns A Corner -- And A Profit

    It wasn't 'slow'
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    Tesla Turns A Corner -- And A Profit

    Was lucky enough to see the Sport Roadster model in action at the Copenhagen classics Grand Prix, lets just say it didn't hang around.
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    I-Trade and Olint..... Only thing that surprised me with this ruling is that it did not have an extra zero.... National Futures Association | News Center
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    Hmmm....likely course of action if this does pass will be, I'm guessing, the FCM's pass off any extra portion of risk above comfort level to their banks and share the riskbook P/L, so not parring off the trade direct but running the book remotely through their chosen custodian. It's not an...
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    Cheers Spec Trade , thanks for reposting the article.
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    I also had a look on the NFA website to no avail, just the old ones on there. Headline is on this page just to make sure I am not seeing things. FX Week - The Global business of foreign exchange
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    Im going to test the scholars powers hopefully with this one... This was a headline I noticed in FXWeek , was unable to get the full story though so wonder if you could shed some light on this one. FXCM embroiled in CFTC dispute WASHINGTON, DC - Retail foreign exchange giant FXCM has...
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    NFA Dead Forex Firms Walking

    I must admit fella I rather enjoyed 'The Robert Gray' story from FXLQ ,In fact I would wager that any Hollywood scriptwriter worth his salt could not have penned a better screenplay than what Robert Gray created in this cluster****. I would also pay to watch the resultant film as well, would be...
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