Recent content by sccz97

the prices you get from ib for futures will be the prices straight from globex. There areno differences except that your volume gets updated every x seconds rather than as and when they actually change on globex to prevent too much traffic. Solution? Don't touch fx futureson globex around...

I don't see what you're talking about .. the move before the figures were officially released?

if you're not thinking of doing any arbs or scalping ibfx are fine.

not 100% true. That tab is indeed for market news as well. I've noticed that ibfx have started pushing out news headlines ... but the content is empty

This would be purely just a derivative of their liquidity provider(s) price feed unles you prefer to call all otc prices you receive from brokers synthetic derivatives of the actual underlying. But regardless, most fx brokers are more likely to base the prices they send to customers more from...

I think you're getting things mixed up. IF anytihng, retail fx brokers are not a true reflection of the spot market. ANd even worse ... spread betting companies don't evne hedge themselves on best unless the bets are over a certain size. And I have no idea where you came up with phrase synthetic...

I tihnk it's great that you're offering something you've developed to some of the ppl here who are more used to the retail trading process rather than pure ccy exposures. You got my thumbs up.

exit all panic button!!! I like that .... I have something similar just in case things go tits up! I hope you've made sure you can't click on it twice and reverse your current exposure!

not unless you're intending on trading a cad cross. ca figures tend to be the most out of line figures, ppl don't see mto realise the benefits of this

if you're gonna make sarcastic comments then it's prob best you refrain from posting at all. THe problem with ppl here is that they're all too close-minded looking for that holy grail be it wrt to trading or backtesting. I'm gonna regret saying this but you probably don't make money trading at...

which is not acceptable tbh, quotes on lava, hotspot and even ib stay under 4 pips during periods of high volatility

whilst there are many benefits to using monte carlo there are more traits of a mc-driven simulation that the average person is not going to realise or understand well enough to make the simulation results meaningful. Where do you find time series to calculate your input parameters to the...

backtesting is always a useful tool to determine the general characteristics of a particular strategy but of course historic time series are exactly that, historic. The finanical markets evolve and its characteristics change along with the evolution of the industry and climate. A very good risk...

you wanna trade fx on margin or cfd's?

what other brokers have you tried and how is marketiva better? With your single post my guess is that you're just another marketiva sales employee