Archive for August, 2008

recommend good freeware EAs

hi all,
am interested to try out EAs.. readf about phoenix and others.. getting mixed reviews etc..
anyone is using it here? Can you pls recommend .. appreciate.,

What is a reasonable system

I have been testing many systems I found on this forum. However I would like to use a system which is not so risky but still reasonable. I know different people have different criterias for that and that is why I would like to hear the opinion of other people about a system with the [...]

nAVINs trading trading journey

the journey begins .. [...]

what is better, swaps or no swaps?

When somebody makes longterm trades and keep a position for month’s, what overnight condition is better to have swaps or not to have swaps??? Some brokers offer zero swaps or islamic accounts which also have 0 swaps. I understand that advantage depends on which side of a swap your trade is, on negative or [...]

Do you find yourself listening to idiots?

Everywhere you turn, a so-called expert is running his mouth. It’s blasphemy, really. People have to put bread on the table, but I’m getting tired of watching newbs get sucked into the gush of information that leads to nowhere.
I used to be one of those newbs myself.
I guess I’d say listen to yourself [...]

Contango and Backwardation Calculations (Rolling contacts)

Does anyone know how the calculations between futures contacts work. (For my example I make assumptions just to make the example easier to explain like roll dates etc.).
Example on next two contracts:
100.00
100.11
Roll date is say tomorrow.
So overnight the broker will ‘pay’ 11 points (times contacts) to the trade balance?
That just seems too simple. Is that [...]

At what lot size does slippage begin?

I’ve never had the privledge of trying to open a 50 lot order before…. or even 25 for that matter.
If you are trading with an ECN, at what point do you start noticing delays in your fills? I supposed you could chunk the orders into smaller sizes (say, 10 5 lot orders) but can anyone [...]

Are Ur Funds Safe…with Ur Brokers…?

Hello frnds,
I am abt to open my Live trading account, I would like to know from all the traders who trade the Live Acc. specialy Big Lots and have like 50-100 thousands in their Live-Account.
1) How do u chk any broker, if ur Funds with them are safe ?
2) Do u recommend any particular broker [...]

picture 2 broker

When I’m surfing the web, I saw this picture about one trading plaform provided by some broker. As we can see, all pair are ~1 pips spread, I think that good but the picture takers hided the broker’s name. Someone can help to show the broker using this plaform ( in picture )

Forex Assasin Review

I have been trying to master the art of Forex Trading for more than a year now and i attended countless courses and read up countless books on Forex Trading. But i was losing money. I did not know why this could be happening. I thought Forex just was not my game and i could [...]

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