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- FrankieB replied Mar 12, 2018
Having discussed which choice of platform with one broker with whom I was opening an account, we talked of the pros and cons of MT4 vs cTrader and he admitted that hanging is one of the downsides of the MT4 platform--and it sounded like it was a ...
- FrankieB replied Mar 11, 2018
cTrader was smooth running during NFP last week for me. Not a blip, as far as I could see.
- FrankieB replied Feb 25, 2018
Grandaevus, That, in my view, is the reason for the value to traders of ICMs use of tapaas. It provides an excellent tool to keep ICM afloat, and puts it ahead of many other brokers. I have significant funds with ICMs and I know any investment is at ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 24, 2018
In that context then, I would not call their "warehousing book" Book A. It seems from what you are saying that Book A refers to their book for passing their orders to ECN liquidity providers--their STP Book. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even call ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 24, 2018
Lyn, An honest reply from ICM would clarify this question better than I can, but from the pitch of Tapaas, all trades seem to be treated initially as a warehouse order until the program flags the need to move it off Book A. From a risk management ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 22, 2018
All true words, but the rub in the article is the phenomenon that "Prospect Theory" attempts to understand and help us deal with. Why do we let losses run and close out profits too soon, and how can we adjust our frame of mind not to become risk ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 22, 2018
Precisely, alphadude. Re conflict of interest, look at the slogan of FXCC, another ECN--"We're on your side!" Yeah, right. But with tapaas monitoring their risk level second by second on every trade, they can keep a better handle on their risk ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 21, 2018
For those who spout the story from ICM that they provide STP for all orders, you need to look at the youtube video by Angus Walker, Director of ICM in Sydney, Australia who intimates, as a user of TAPAAS ( url ), and also echoed in the tapaas.com ...
- FrankieB replied Feb 17, 2018
Another very belated entry in this thread. Agree that MM basically comes down to position sizing with the entries and stops and, to that end, I offer this thimble of thought: Nosing around this morning to knock up my own position sizing for spot ...
- FrankieB replied Jan 25, 2018
yep, that's what they quote on the cTrader too. Look at Pepperstone's rates -$0.73 on the long and $0.37 on the short. I will get some more tomorrow when I ring around and get rates from others, but I am yet to be convinced that ICM rates reflects ...
- FrankieB replied Jan 25, 2018
Excessive Rollover Rate Hi folks, Last two days I have had excessive rollover rates charged to all my open trades on cTrader. I only trade XAUUSD. They are charging TEN times the normal rollover. Can anyone confirm that the swap rates on their ...
- FrankieB commented Jun 26, 2017
Looking at the US session very bearish now, it was a pre-cursor to the activity now in play. Testing the 1236 low at present.
- FrankieB commented Jun 26, 2017
You only have to look at the volume that is involved in the spot gold trading since to realize there is intensive effort going on at the moment.
- FrankieB commented Jun 26, 2017
There's been some serious efforts to push it lower though. If it was just a "whoopsie" the market would have rallied back quickly. Not the consistent efforts to continue the drop as we have been seeing in the 5 min chart. I reckon it's some ...
- FrankieB replied May 29, 2017
Well, I have been with ICM since March. Had some hiccups with cTrader initially but Spotware refunded the amount that occurred due to the hiccup of the software, which seems to be fixed, now that I changed the layout. Twas a quirk that no-one seemed ...
- FrankieB replied Mar 21, 2017
G'day Erska, why not try live chat with ICM and ask them?
- FrankieB replied Mar 13, 2017
wise move.
- FrankieB replied Mar 13, 2017
I've decided I will keep a log of when I have to reset the time now that I am aware of what is going on, and just see how often this occurs in a week, and a month. That way, I have real numbers to go on. If it is what I've seen while I've been ...
- FrankieB replied Mar 12, 2017
So, how would I set the server for cTrader to the Chinese server? On the very bottom of cTrader where it gives the time, it has next to it the proxy latency figures, and it says there that I am connected to "Sydney-6," which I understand it to mean ...
- FrankieB replied Mar 12, 2017
This might explain the gripe I'm having with them at the moment with cTrader. You set your choice of one-click, two-click or disable for the Quick Chart trading, for lot size and for the time, and you come back and it is all gone again. It resets to ...