Recent content by peteram

Tuesday evening, Aud made it up mid way between 7050 and 7100, the Asian high was around 7060, so reasonable to sell at 7050 drawdown 18 pips, so need for a sl, lets see where this goes, added in again at 7015 - target? - none.

Hi, thought maybe I'd start a little thread on all things US Dollar, since likely we may get a rate increase next month. So, have chosen this area because only one viewing, that seems about right for the single thing that drives the market. Likely I will include other things, that is other...

I'd say that's one of their plusses, fx majors only and Ftse/S&P. Only rolling dailies and always out same day - not during news releases, only either pre or post, I suppose how could I encounter slippage :rolleyes:

Yeah, their sb 'Trader Pro' platform is ok, execution very fast, I've no slippage probs on tp's or sl's to report. They trade down to a minimum of 25p per pip, but only on Eur/Usd, rest min in .50 per point or pip inlc dax/ftse. Their charts are ok for using std S/R. The only negative is that...

Yep, Steak, you are right, the difference in trading and investing. Bigger gains in trading, but greater risk, that's always our dilemma.

Yeah, lots of studies done over the years on CME volumes, bottom line if you are a hedger and need to do so there is where you gotta go. the big advantage on the exchange is that vol is per contract so shifts in vol are of analytic value as in this case. Have a look at the swap dealer names...

Lol, I'll do better, here is the info: http://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/deacmesf.htm For anyone wanting a cleaner graphical view there is a good chart of this same info on myfxbook.

A certain group of "traders" were long on CHF futures on Dec14, quantity was 18,171 That group increased their long positions to 32,143 one week later. By Jan 4th they had upped it to 42,307, then two days before D day they had reached a level not seen for over 1 1/2 years the level of...

The biggie is USO, here is a list in order of size: http://etfdb.com/type/commodity/energy/crude-oil/

Hi everyone, it's taken me a little while to introduce myself, as you can see from my join date. FX is my specific interest, the market as a whole is my general interest. Looking forward to some interaction :)