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Is anyone able to assist with this .... I trade 3 Month Eurodollar interest rate futures (CME ) which is all well and good . However , if i'm interested in trading lets say 9 months Eurodollar rate , is there any way of doing this be it in an established market or a synthetic approach . Any...

All you're trying to state above is called a "carry trade" , it's a well known strategy in fx market. My only concern is the "broker that doesn't charge interest" !! even though attractive , i'll be cautious with such a broker cause it's simply against the natural flow of interbank fx trading...

Hi, Is anyone using carry trade as a method of trading ? if so , can you assist by recommending broker/s with low "markup" rate on top of the benchmark . As you maybe aware they often offer different markups which can determine if a carry trade is profitable or not . I've come across ridiculous...

Hi, Does anyone have access to reuters trading (fx spot executable prices)? or know a broker/market maker that gives direct access to trading fx on the reuters system. Many thanks in advance .

Interesting idea for a "carry trade" however instead of having to deal with brokers that dont charge interest , you can actually hedge the position in the futures market since you're mainly interested in the "interest differential" . Another idea is to even go for a better cross like the AUDJPY...

I am happy stew that you have some understanding of the strategy ........the deal is almost certain to go through .........but like i stated in the headline it's a "near arbitrage trade" because what is left is formalities on the deal ........if you read further about the deal you ought to have...

Arbitrage do not have to have two sides to it peto , but if you can only see arbitrage the way the "textbooks" describe it , i can expand on the trades mentioned, the other sides of the trades is not tradeable nor relevant to the strategy ........in the case of the SEBL trade, the other side...

Festive Season Giveaway !!! For those of you that trade beyond the forex market market , here is one trading idea Buy TOM (Tommy Hilfiger corp) as of writing this , it is trading round about $15. 92 Bid It is a high frequency trade so buy it anyday you like from this price upto near $16.80...

Common piptrader........ surely you must know by now that no book will can successfully teach you how to trade be realistic ........as the saying goes "if you cannot trade successfully , write a book about it " lol Mark douglas is a writer not a trader and i don't believe for one minute that is...

....you're right commanderco, i've been reading some of the messages on here and it is evident that SOME traders are trying to make out they've got some kinda of master plan they believe no-one else knows......lol it's often a logic bankrupt idea. The best of marketmakers work on the law of...

Hi merdox, just read your post , i think your headline sums it up " Has anyone been succesful with trading??? " the reality is very few people make money from trading , something in the region of 2% and others lie or only tell you when they make money ......i've worked with some of the forex...