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Yes, I do get it, regularly thanks :) I take your point and thanks for the reply. But it seems to me that either there will be someone providing a non programmers facility now or very soon in the future. All sorts of applications turn up that previously required programming skills that now the...

Hi Guys I want to back test some of my forex strategies. I have downloaded Ninja Trader as I thought I could set up a strategy without programming experience or skill. I have tried to create a strategy but find the wizard and the help very confusing. I have also bought back testing software...

Thank you, I will check it out S

Hi All, Please help !! My questions are - Do currency markets have transparent exchanges in the same way as for example stocks? Is it possible to gain exposure to the FX market by way of direct market access? Is there an equivalent of Level 2 transparency and if so who provides a good...

Thanks for the reply. CAn you confirm if CS allow limit orders on their real account? S

Thank you for your reply. I wrote in haste yesterday. In fact the slippage was not 4% but more like 21/2%. CS do not show the price of the order, only the price at which filled (which makes me suspicious). Also , there was a bit of a gap that morning but I still feel the slippage was excessive...

HELP !! I have opened a practice account with Capital Spreads. I was alarmed when I discovered that my first trade suffered slippage of over 4% when getting filled. It was SABmiller quoted on the LSE. The price did not gap, I was told that it was due to extreme volitility. I'm still in the...

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping that I could avoid having to buy additional software, unless it was cheap. I was wondering if there is a free website where backtesting is possible. I am interested in bactesting a 5/20 day SMA crossover strategy with a volume filter - on the FTSE 100 index...

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping that I could avoid having to buy additional software, unless it was cheap. I was wondering if there is a free website where backtesting is possible. I am interested in bactesting a 5/20 day SMA crossover strategy with a volume filter - on the FTSE 100 index...

Looking to have a very simple trading strategy backtested.. I use sharescope but it has no backtest facility. Is there a website that I could backtest data on? Any ideas please?

Thank you. S

to all for your helpful replies

I read recently that Market Makers are obliged to buy and sell stock. The book made reference to the US markets. My question is - On the LSE do Market Makers exist and if they do, are they obliged to buy and sell stock? Hope you can help me here.

Thanks, good luck

Thanks Thanks Jason and good luck