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    IB Frontends

    esignal on demand with IB Hi Chuck, The esignal onDemand page indicates that it is End-of-day (I assume that means 5pm EST since forex is 24hrs?). How does that work for forex? Does it work 24 hours for forex, but data is just delayed a few minutes? At $25/mo, if it truly is a very good...
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    Ask ANY trading related question!

    Hi, I am a newbie, so I am afraid I can help much. However, you have done some research and I was curious if you looked into Gecko software? I have heard Metastock and Advaced Get are quite good. I was trying to get more info on Gecko TrackNTrade Forex which is perhaps a less expensive...
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    Thanks. I appreciate your help. I am very tempted to go with IB as you suggest. Only problem is the $2.5/pip rate. I want to keep my risk low as well as start with a small fund amount until I get my feet wet. Even with 4 trade lots (4 simultaneous trades on 4 different currencies) at 100p (based...
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    Correction on IB info I contacted IB and I was wrong. The deal is that the minimum trade is 25k (25k lot) and you must have 2% balance to cover ($500 for a 25K lot or 50:1 leverage?). I guess that works out to about $2.5 a pip? In addition, to trade forex you need at least $2k in your account...
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    Hello and a question about Forex software Hi, I am new to the site and forex trading. I did a small amount of Stock trading, but I have been recently investigating Forex and I think it has greater potential (assuming good Risk management of course). I am considering opening an account with fxcm...
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