Recent content by Iqbal

There are a lot of traders on this forum who sell options, I would like to start a discussion on actually buying straddles/ strangles as opposed to selling. Does anyone do this as their main form of trading ? what strategies do they use? Can it be consistently profitable? I would appreciate...

Hi, I am looking into options and was wondering if anyone was trading them on forex, if so what strategies are usefull in this market ? how effective are these? and what brokers forex options? Thank you in advance.

Hi chrisw, just wanted to know are previous week high/ low close imprtant factors when trading 4hrs, if so how do use these? thanx.

I would like to start a thread on strategies of trading 4hr charts, there is a lot on this forum about shorter time frame trading i.e 15min,30min, 1hr, but not much is mentioned on longer timeframes. Does anyone trade these 4hr charts ? what systems do they use? what are the advantages ? what...

Hi I have just noticed you can display volume on Metatrader charts by right clicking on chart and selecting volume. My question is : what is the source of this? as far as i know there are no volume figures for spot forex, so what is this volume, and is it accurate ? Appreciate any feedback from...

Is anyone out there using Easy-forex to trade currnecies ? If so, are they any good? Do they charge anything for Depositing and with drawing fumds via credit card ?Their margin requirements seem very low, and its a web based appliacation. I am currently with Refco, with their current...

Has anyone used Finspreads for trading intraday forex ? if so how are they ? any good? There spreads seem pretty ok. Now that refco is going down i am looking another broker, are these spread bet companies any good. I wud like to hear some feedback. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know the latest on refco's financial problems? I have an account with them and am concerned about my funds, does anyone know if my money is safe and if i will be able to withdraw funds? Has anyone tried to withdraw funds ? Thank you.

Does anyone use the charts on metatrader 4? i have downloaded a custom indicator which draws pivot points automatically on to the charts, but dont know how to put it onto the package, as i am not familliar with metatrder. can anyone help? thank you in advance.

Hi all, I have just started looking into Point and Figure charts and would like to know if anyone uses point and figure on forex intraday,? if so do they find it effective? and what strategies do they use? Thanks.

Hi I have a question for the more experienced traders. I have been trading spot currencies with refco for some time now and would like to try automated trading as i have a full time job. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get started and guide me on the software/ brokers i...

I am new to forex trading and would like to ask the moreexperienced traders a question. What relevance does the previousdays close have on intraday trading regarding support/ resistance ? Thankyou in advance.

Can anyone tell me the significance of the previous day high and low in forex, and how i can use this in trading. Thankyou.

Thanx Guys.

I am new to forex and would like some guidance from the more experienced traders. I would like to ask what they think the best timeframe is to trade intraday. I am currently looking at 5min and 10min charts, but am unsure which to use. What do you guys trade on and why? Thankyou in advance.