The Nature of Forex

Hello,
Understanding that the players in this game aren't trading money to or from anybody, my goal is to instead of programming an expert advisor with indicators, code a search algorithm that "Finds" money. Again, the players in this game do not trade money to or from anybody, they merely make trades back and fourth to either a broker or a computer. If there is money to trade, there is money to gather. (Note that I said "gather" and not "take," for taking implies a movement away from something or somebody who is unwilling to have it and is also known as theft.) The fact that what we're trading here is essentially a big abstract sum of money who has no real owner further justifies the need for such a search program.

Are you saying that your search is for market pricing imbalances ?

something like: the Dollar Yen is at 100 and the Euro Dollar spikes to 140
so, if the Euro Yen is at 140.10, it's out of line by about 10 pips ?
These kind of imbalances only last < 2 seconds.

Or, are you looking for some type of fundamental difference in a single fx pair ?
"where are the stops" type searching? peek-a-boo, I see you trading ?

Or is it nothing of these sorts and something completely unconventional ?

You've piqued our interest, but what would the "search" entail ?

Fenjamin,
Are you either are talking about arbitrage or trading based solely on level2 information?

Neither. What I'm talking about is a new type of program that would use trade receipts as proof of available funds to be gathered. In other words, say I want $3000. With this search program, it would find a receipt from one individual who sold $1000, another who bought $1000 and another individual who sold $1000. The fact that these invidivuals bought or sold money is enough proof that there is money to be gathered. Again, we're not talking about "taking" money from these individuals, as that would imply the presence of another party; most likely one unwilling to cooperate. Again, the main priority of Traders is the buy/sell, not the money. Therefore the data that would be used is the same data that compiles the charts.

From a practical standpoint, I am a tremendously inexperienced programmer, but would like to see this idea forment. I feel that if this idea was to be put into motion, it would change the way we look at forex. We need to stop hunting for money, and start gathering it. I need your help on this, so let me know if you need more explanations.

"say I want $3000."
You "want"?

"it would find a receipt from one individual who sold $1000"
Someone entered short with 1k? The size of their position?

"The fact that these invidivuals bought or sold money is enough proof that there is money to be gathered."

I'm unsure how your "want" factors into finding three open positions of 1K each. Are you hoping to trade in their direction? In this case level 2 is a far better tool. Are you looking to hunt them?
One of the 1k has a stop 3 pips away with low liquitiy. The second 60 pips. The third has none. The reverse for take profits. Now what would you propose?

I will certainly see what you have to say, anyone who finds this idea interesting and wants to contribute to it probably will. That is the benefit of a public forum

this program could search historical data to find the money. or, when banks sell or buy off thousands of dollars at a time, that could be used to gather the required funds. This plan is complicated because it is so simple. all i'm saying is that we should be able to have money on demand, and this is a good environment to do so.

all this would do is add up the total number of trades placed in a given timeframe and use that to compile however much money you need. so say 500 people place a trade of 5.00. that would be 2500 that is available to be gathered. you were right. only banks have positions that high. but with this search program, we would be able to use the strength in numbers to get what money we want.

Don't take it bad, but looks like you are a little confused about how the market work

i believe i understand how the market works, i'm just having a really difficult time explaining my idea. if you compile a brief summary of how the markets work, maybe i could use that to explain how my search program would work.

In the meantime, are there any effective, free programs that trade for you out there where i could download and just use without having to worry about trading?

Fenjamin,
it looks as if you do mean level2, and are combining it with volume. You may want to research both of these items more.

Simplify when possible

Bingo, except I'm talking about level 2 for the forex market, such as epathfx.com (i couldnt get a hold of their website for some reason). Is there any other brokerage that enables programming along with providing level 2?

Now all I'm saying is that this search program would search the orders for money, then transfer it into your bank account. Again, that sounds illegal/unfeasable, but remember that if there is money to trade, there is money to gather.