Recent content by askalas

In general I think you are absolutely right Joseff - big difference between demo/live because of the psychology aspect of trading. Demo equals more risk willingness than live account. "double demo account in weeks"? Sure, but people don't brag about "blown demo account in a few days".

Why do you guys focus on the accountant part of the question? Surely a title may give hints on a persons skills but the fact that he/she seeks a different path may also be a hint. I'm more curious about the other questions, "Surely their are exams that a prospective trader would take? Would...

Stumbled upon this video about HFT. A year old so I don't know how accurate it is but still interesting: High-frequency trading

OK. So basically it's not so different than retail...larger *** gets you only so far :) If I understand you guy correctly you still would have to pay transaction fees through spread-widening or commission. Next question, who would you pay transaction fees to? For me, it is the broker, and they...

..pile of cash. What institutional-level commissons and spreads could I get on a forex account? I mean, I'm just curious, what is the best deal out there? I guess EURUSD could get close to if not zero spread at times. But what about commisson? All talk about HFT got me curious about what deals...

My stoploss level depends on broker but is often set as close as permitted :) I use stoploss as safety net for system failure, eg, network-, software-, computer failure. I don't use it primarily as a way to exit my trades. I have better strategies for that.

Nope. They only keep the winning strategies ;)

I see. I'm busy programming my own stuff but send me a private message to give me an idea of what help you're looking for and maybe I can help you anyway.

Yes. Why u ask?

Got an email from FXCM about a contest on their strategy trader platform. Got my interest but I didn't look for long until I read the contest rules and found: "If you are a winner, you agree that the code of your trading strategy shall be the property of FXCM and the intellectual property rights...

Are there any decent 4-digit and/or fixed spread brokers left out there? Maybe there's an up-to-date list somewhere that I haven't found...

Thanks again. I'll try a new broker. This time I'll monitor my logs so hopefully this was the last time I was scammed :)

Thanks for the feedback! I added more log functions to my system and yes, roundtrip order execution time is consistently just over 5 seconds even though ping is very low. Help me to understand why a broker adds delay this way. One reason I can think of is greed, by adding an artificial delay...

I'm curious, what do you find to be acceptable slippage upon entry/exit under normal market conditions trading EUR/USD? Currently I'm experiencing 2-5 seconds delays on entry and the slippage that comes with that. My internet connection is fast with a ping to my broker (Alpari RU) of <30 ms...

I should add that if you're only making a few trades a month performance probably isn't an issue. I added 2k trades to.