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- 30secpause replied Feb 11, 2015
As a neutral party in this thread it looks to me like he just called you out on hypocrisy, and isn't really pumping up a broker. Either not paying negative balances is 'stealing' or it isn't.
- 30secpause replied Feb 8, 2015
As far as I know a market maker.
- 30secpause replied Feb 6, 2015
Oanda is not an ECN broker, but I personally have had a great experience with them.
- 30secpause replied Feb 1, 2015
I'd have to agree, I don't think any of those points are new knowledge to traders. Stops can be gapped in large amounts just by holding a position over the weekend, usually not to such a degree, but the outcome is similar.
- 30secpause replied Jan 22, 2015
+1 Don't set goals to make money, set goals to preserve money and follow your trading plan. I'm just now adjusting my mindset to follow this principle myself, but it helps. Instead of saying "Profit 1% each day", or "Earn 50 pips per day", say ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 21, 2015
Just because they provide you with leverage doesn't mean you are required or should use it. If you borrow a firearm at a shooting range, you are still held liable if you turn it on another person. I'm not saying everyone with massive negative ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 20, 2015
Please keep us informed of how GAIN Capital approaches your negative balance. They are one of the brokers I use, and I'm curious to know how they react to negative balances in light of other brokers resetting traders' accounts to zero. I haven't ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 19, 2015
... as a result of rapid downward movements in stock or index futures, liquidity can decrease sharply and, in worst-case situations, dry up almost completely, significantly increasing the magnitude of the downturn, ... Liquidity does not increase as ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 19, 2015
It can even be worse than that. Assume you're playing the long-term game, with a $500 account. You setup a micro lot (1,000 units) long position on EUR/CHF. Assuming that's your only active position, that's 2:1 leverage, so not much. You place a ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 19, 2015
The spread is still quite ridiculous as well. 13 as I'm looking at it right now, too rich for my blood (depends on your broker too, of course).
- 30secpause replied Jan 19, 2015
An interesting portion of that article: La surprise était «nécessaire» Maintenir le secret d'une décision aussi importante était crucial: «Il faut nécessairement surprendre le marché. Si vous montrez que vous réfléchissez à un changement, vous ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 17, 2015
Because they changed their mind about the peg being a good idea. It's that simple. They decided the peg was no longer a viable solution to their deflation problem, and decided to remove it and attempt something else. The markets react to news from ...
- 30secpause replied Jan 16, 2015
To my understanding that is exactly what happened. The margin call occurred, but as soon as a suitable counter-party was found to trade with in such an illiquid environment, the price that it executed at was (in a lot of cases) thousands of pips ...
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