8:30 EST was the NFP news release (one of the most important news) so liquidity will certainly vanish. This is true for any news event. Around the news time, you can expected spreads of 10times usual spread or even more.

Please let us know which are the other 4

do you invest with Striker.. i know them closely

you originally said retail trader can use high leverage to make higher return.. tell me how trading this way will let you make higher return. In all these accounts you will make same return in $ terms. now if in higher leverage account you take ...

once again this thread was about "trading for living". When trading a small account, you can use leverage and not care much if you blow up. that is not trading for living. See other comments after my original post. I hope you realize why "trading ...

Exactly. Hedge funds have very high leverage available. They choose not to use it recklessly because they know better (but most hedge funds are are using leverage - no doubt abt that). Read up about LTCM -- they had infinite leverage really.. In ...

Think about it. there must be a reason they use strict risk management. Hint: chance of long term survival. so if you are trading for living.. you want that too. I just want to highlight the huge change in mindset needed when you are trading for ...

I think u have a limited knowledge of hedge fund industry. There are funds of every shape and size including ones which day trade and high freq trade. They are happy to take money anywhere they can find. they are not going to say hey we need to ...

By best I meant returns and not by AUM..even highest returning hedge funds don't have more than 20pct CAGR over long term. And they have so many advantages over average Joe.. systems, analytical talent (in house and sell side brokers's research ...

there are hedge funds in smaller sizes as well so not everyone is running against the liquidity limits (if that is what you are referring too). Hedge funds don't have higher spreads -- they get one of the lowest spreads of all clients as they merge ...

My only comment is if you think you can consistently make 5% a month, what are you doing on FF. you beat world's best hedge fund managers by a mile (may be except jim simon). you should have no trouble raising capital to become multimillionaire in a ...

while that is impressive, HFT algo i have seen can do over 1000 trades in a minute. Just for info at NFP time, the # of trades between 8:30 to 8:31 in one currency is usually over 10000

There is a quote we have in the quant trading world : "In God we trust, all others bring data!!" url Another one: “Without data, you're just another person with an opinion.”

20 seconds in huge in markets. Just 5 second delay can help you "make" 100% return every day.. Taking NQ as an example, whenever NQ moves 4 ticks in 5 seconds (future), do a trade in that direction with 4 ticks TP knowing with certainty you will hit ...

my apologies to anyone who read my response as an accusation. Being a technical person (computer science graduate who is passionate about understanding how network/software works and what can be done with them) i always think about all the ...

If you are real paranoid (which a trader should be), even video recording can be manipulated (think about recording while trading in a replay mode and already knowing what market actually did in the future). Same with the live stream except in case ...

This is not correct comparison.. Future is for forward date so include adjustment due to interest rate differential in each currency. As the future expiry date comes near this difference reduces as number of days to earn this interest rate ...

CTA like diversified portfolio trading is boring.. It covers futures, FX, base metals, eq indices.. basically the more the merrier ~ 1.5 sharpe and 15% annual return with 10% vol. Its ant's work really and people invest in these for diversification ...

Glad to be here.. i have traded futures since 2009 (fully automated basis on a diversified portfolio at work) but that is different than short term scalping. anyhow I am not sure how placement of TP will attract orderflow in your direction. Usually ...

Tbey did go after individual trader blaming him for flash crash in 2011... Be careful url