Recent content by mephistos

Hello, Anyone using this website for charts? I'm using it mainly to see chart spreads between contracts. Strangely in their frontpage for futures they have a section with a lot of currency indexes but the US Dollar Index isn't present... I've tried different ways to look up for the symbol but...

IB offers decent execution speed for a reasonable price, and nonetheless hard to get, there are for sure more chances to make a profit scalping "on" the markets (futures, etf's, stocks, whatever) then through CFD's. But if one chose CFD's I agree, it doesn't really change much DMA or not DMA, at...

What spread on the Dow do IB (UK) offer? I couldn't find any straightforward statement at their website, amid all the hype! And can someone confirm that the IB offering (on the Dow) is real DMA and not 'DMA-like'? I don't know if they charge spreads as well or only comissions. They might stick...

Hello, I'm interested in this question too. I've seen many arbitrage opportunities around not being immediately taken by big firms. If you search you'll find foreign companies with nice spreads on the OTC markets compared to their home exchanges. Of course there you may found poor liquidity...

What he meants is that there is no SURE free lunch. I.e, that you can't do it and use a futures contract as a insurance policy to make it 100% safe. But I'm really wondering if it's not possible to do it with a leveraged spot contract. then you can hedge exchange rate fluctuations "for free"...

Yes I guess I understand. But I could also short the AUD on the spot market and have the free lunch, as in the spot market if I'm short the AUD I will RECEIVE interest on that position I suppose, as the interest rate differential is in my favour. Of course I bear the risk of the AUD going even...

Hello everyone, I'm shorting quite a few pairs that have much higher interest rates then the currency I'm shorting agnaist (AUD/USD just as an example). The fact is that my broker is such an oportunistic bucket shop (although not a full scam, at least! :rolleyes:) that they even charge...

yes I agree, post the link here please! thanks

Hello, Thanks for your post. I'm a bit confused with this matter. I can't understand why is an "factoring in" of interest if there is no lending nor borrowing. Probably you will advise me to get done with your book before asking silly questions :innocent: But I'm trying to find a quick...