DislikedNo kidding. It's great.
How do you get it to show just the last X days like that?Ignored
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You can flip back and forth between the FULL history and your Custom date.
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DislikedNo kidding. It's great.
How do you get it to show just the last X days like that?Ignored
Dislikedfracking crooks man. I really don't understand this one...
If your long you pay the shorts, if your short you pay the longs... how are both negative? My broker does this too for certain pairs.Ignored
DislikedMy only bitch about swaps is that I wish they'd add/subtract from your actual balance rather than open P&L. That way, I could build a massive E/A short position and have it pay my rent every month just by holding itIgnored
Dislikedwhoa, I think FF updated the CSS surrounding the quote box... there is no border anymore, and it looks awkward.Ignored
DislikedI could have answered this MUCH better about 5 years ago. I used to trade at an algo shop in Chicago. Maybe someone else here can do better.
Basically, you aren't trading directly with the clearing houses. At the hedge fund, we were and we got much better swaps. But think of your broker as the middle man: they have to pay swaps on the positions they hold. Well, you can bet your butt that these guys aren't going to pay out of pocket for this... they pass that cost on to us little guys. In fact, most of the time they turn just push it a bit...Ignored
DislikedThanks mate. Makes sense. Yeah, I totally understand them wanting to make a buck, but they end up gouging us in the end as usual. Without us, their is no them. Oh well, I should probably stop whining about crumbs anyways... but yes, I also do the same... avoid a/u shorts. I don't go off majors that often, so not much to pay attention too, but I do love me some aussie longs.Ignored
DislikedFeels good indeed...dirty bastards!
Just ran the Safety Scanner (Quick...not Full) on the two machines. Both the same...
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Will wait till I call it a week and roll up the sleeves.Ignored
DislikedSadly, most retail traders obsessive over the costs/benefits of swaps and pay much lesser attention to the costs/benefits of spreads and commissions.
The spread is a trader's largest cost, and most have no clue. Not sure what I mean? Let's take a quick look... (my apologies if this post gets a bit lengthy).
Let's look at the spreads for EUR/USD for two different brokers:
MBTrading: typical spread = 0.8 pips commission = $2.50 per $100k traded
FXCM: typical spread = 2.6 pips commission = $0
To a newbie, the choice seems apparent......Ignored
Dislikedken is computer jesus.
he fixed my laptop remotely from toronto. my laptop was worthless and by the end of the weekend she was brand new..Ignored
DislikedI hope everyone is educating themselves about what their true costs of trading are, especially you short-term scalper types... YOWZA!!
Ok, rant over.
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DislikedYep...good stuff.
Another enemy is...slippage! (Advertised) Best spreads in the world don't mean shite if your broker is a bastard and slipping you, or not filling you at all!
Generally...and I've been around (whore...cough, cough)...I've always been more satisfied (spread, fills, slippage/execution...customer service etc...)when I'm paying a commission. Find an introducing broker that offers (or be with your broker for a long time and ask them for) rebates on your commissions...and you're ahead of the game again. When I'm trading...Ignored