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    Hi, I'm from Singapore..eager to learn from you guys !

    Am from Singapore too. 32 M here living in AMK Regards, Hermit Trader Trading Strategy Blog
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    Coffee Again

    So coffee closed above 1500 on friday. What's next? Looking at 1580-1600 level with a time frame of one month, that would be mid January. Regards, HT HT BLOG
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    an update of the forex hedge. i have attached the current open position for any interested parties Regards, HT HT BLOG blog
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    pardon me... you were the one who said buy one eur/usd and sell one gbp/usd can simply buy eur/gbp. it is the same as u mentioned in ur earlier post.
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    this is just a sample trade to show that the result is not the same. buy eur/gbp and a spread trade buy eur/usd, sell gbp/usd will not give u the same result. Regards, HT HT BLOG
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    this is an update of the hedge trading. almost 1.3k so far based on 50k, using almost 20% of equity for margin (8 pair, 4 hedges). 2.6% return. will continue to monitor Regards, HT HT BLOG
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    it is not the same. there is nothing wrong with that on what you have said but let's say you have a hedge buy eur/usd, sell gbp/usd first, and the second hedge comes in sell eur/usd, sell usd/chf. ideally we can just square off the eur/usd position, but it would be difficult to visualise how...
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    spread trading simply means the selling and buying of the same or different financial products. it profits mainly from the spread widening and narrowing. a good site will be joe ross's spread-trading site. swaps are simply the cost of carry for the currencies pair. its either receive interest...
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    hi ahfei spread trading is basically a long short strategy used by many traders, it is a common strategy used in the financial market, be it derivatives or securities. while most finaical books taught spread trading in futures, commodities, securities and options, the same technique can be...
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    hi xjun i have live account with mgforex, unfortunately, i have some problems doing spread trading with them because swaps and the ability to long/short one pair at the same time. the statment for illustration purpose are from ibfx, as they offered fair swaps and the ability to long/short one...
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    I have attached another updated demo statement and the open position statement all these trades were entered at random, there wasnt any set up used. Regards, HT HT BLOG
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    Spot Forex Spread/Hedge

    Hello, I am wondering anyone here care to discuss more about spot forex spread/hedge strategies. Currently, I am looking at 3 pairs, GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/CHF. This 3 pairs has a correlation of more than 0.9, which made it good for pairs trading. However, it is important to take not is...
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    What is price action (to you?)

    Hi all I am not too sure if this will be useful, but I find it usefull personally. I like to trade price itself than to rely so much on indicators etc. Personally, i find the course notes from trend dynamic quite useful. Many times the foundation of plotting lines remain subjective, but the...
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