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- naizarak replied Aug 2, 2015
in the short term "wins" will approach 50%, in the long term it falls towards 0% the statistic that 90% of traders lose refers to continual long-term trading, which is probably accurate
- naizarak replied Sep 22, 2014
there's also unregulated overseas brokers. trader's way seems to have a good reputation
- naizarak replied Sep 3, 2014
traders lose because spot forex is a zero-sum game. you're directly competing against other speculators. if you're not up to par you lose. this is why you need to start off with demo and small disposable accounts
- naizarak replied Sep 2, 2014
oh jeez that's bad news for scalping. why is finding a decent broker so difficult for US customers. every one i've looked at had some major issue that kept me from opening an account
- naizarak replied Sep 1, 2014
assuming you're trading EURUSD, you'd need 10,000 units to earn $1/pip. 10,000 units EUR = ~13,000 USD 13,000 / 50 = 260 You'd need $260 per trade. So for 10 open trades that would be over $2500
- naizarak replied Sep 1, 2014
yeah you're right i was just using USD because i assume OP is in the US. for other currencies you'd have to do a conversion. and yeah, 10,000 lots is a mini account. micro would be 1,000. got the 2 mixed up
- naizarak replied Aug 31, 2014
HFT supercomputing can hardly be considered a holy grail. the algorithms aren't particularly revolutionary, it just focuses on minimizing execution time
- naizarak replied Aug 31, 2014
1. Take your lot size and divide by your leverage to get the margin amount. $1/pip = micro lot(10,000 units). assuming standard 50:1 leverage you'd need to put forward $200 from your account for every trade 2. margin calls depend on your broker, ...
- naizarak replied Aug 30, 2014
can someone clarify on IB's pipette accuracy? their live spreads show 5 full decimal places for EUR USD, but the demo service displays pipettes in 1/2 increments.
- naizarak replied Aug 27, 2014
can anyone confirm that oanda doesn't enforce FIFO policy on different-sized orders in live trading? in the demo, for example, i can open 2 separate positions sized 25,000 and 25,001, and close them individually.
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