Disliked{quote} Hello Cuchuflito, thank you very much. Most people here on FF will have less stress with it. What I think is cool is that some futures traders who feel they are better than forex traders now have a big problem. That means we are on the right side at the right time. Greetings MichaelIgnored
Question: Any idea of how Brokers prepare themselves for Black Swans, and how that would affect the retail positions?
-Do they widen the spread massively to protect themselves from the losses of retailers, and from paying retailers who were sitting on the right side, huge amounts of money?
-I remember on the EURCHF black swan, people at FF were telling stories of brokers denying to honor their winning trades. Others complained that their stops had not been honored either, and they ended up with massive debts, and so on.
I believe at least in Europe, a margin call goes only as far as your full account. But that is no fun anyway.
I understand your trading method is designed to make a profit in the most efficient way, i.e. being exposed the least amount of time, and thus reducing the risk of getting hit by unexpected occurrences, which is remarkably smart.
Thanks in advance.
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