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- majkara replied Aug 30, 2016
Well said, and especially as 400:1 leverage with ActivTrades means that a 0.25% move against you will wipe you out entirely.
- majkara replied Aug 30, 2016
Well said. In simple terms, imagine that he was on day 4 where his balance is north of 10k euros. Would you be willing to tolerate a 30%-40% drawdown without cutting the trade?
- majkara replied Aug 30, 2016
I did but in a demo account and already had a MC. It's hard to judge someone on 1 day worth of performance/trading, and I still do wish him the best of luck in this venture.
- majkara replied Aug 29, 2016
Just one question. Is this a system that you have only back-tested and are running it live for the 1st time just this week, or have you run it live before and for how long? Wishing you all the best regardless of your answer
- majkara replied Jan 22, 2015
No...the move in some currencies was up to 40%, so the only way to protect themselves would have been a max leverage of 2:1. At 4:1 a 25% wipes you out, and at 5:1 a 20% move wipes you out.
- majkara replied Jan 22, 2015
Its called Mario Draghi effect
- majkara replied Jan 20, 2015
I wonder how many ppl on this thread got hosed by the CHF events last week?
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
You guys are killin' me
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
It is if you look at it from a moral point of view. However, this is fx cash and it is an unregulated market so they can pretty much do whatever they want, hence what is why hear of re-pricing/cancelled trades. This is just an event that will ...
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
Of course not. Anyone with a negative balance has lost all their money and in effect 'owes' money to FXCM. I would presume that accounts with negative balances will just get deleted, with the new owner assuming all the negative accounts balance debt. ...
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
Well put
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
YES pretty much. You most likely got stopped out way past your SL point.
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
That sir is what regulated futures exchanges offer...CME halted trading in USDCHF 10 times for a period of 10 seconds over a 10 minute period. This is called Velocity Logic on CME.
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
Or go down to their offices and give them a piece of mind and a good kicking.
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
Well explained
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
I hope you are joking. They are the next to go down. Their stock took a 90% hit over the last 24 hours.
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
What the statement means is that any client who had a negative balance after all the trading, all the losses will be passed on to Alpari. When trading with 'leverage' under extreme circumstances (such as yesterday), you can end up with a negative ...
- majkara replied Jan 16, 2015
Ermmm, pretty much like every politician in the world and we will NEVER ever be able to do anything about it.
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