DislikedThanks cica. While I'm not actually thinking of switching to a foreign account at the moment (if it is even allowed), I always like to know my options.Ignored
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DislikedThanks cica. While I'm not actually thinking of switching to a foreign account at the moment (if it is even allowed), I always like to know my options.Ignored
DislikedLess leverage is always better. Small market coughs can kill you at 100:1 +Ignored
DislikedThen you obviously suck at math. They just halved your buying power. Tell you what, I'll give you $50 back for every $100 you give me. Does that sound like a good deal to you also?Ignored
DislikedI think oakmonster is just saying that s/he doesn't over leverage as it is, so that putting in twice the margin won't effect him/her. Sure, the buying power is halved, but when you only use a small fraction of your buying power, doubling it makes no difference. Or to put it another way - since they are careful with their trades and don't get margin calls, their margin comes back to them anyway. $0 *2 = 0. The math is good!Ignored
DislikedI have no idea where you are going with that logic. Leverage affects the amount of margin you need to open a trade. If your MM is sound, a change from 1:100 to 1:50 should hardly matter.
That's right. I rarely see the benefit of 1:100. 1:50 would work for me too. I do however like the extra margin available for those times where I see a quick scalping opportunity and wish to over leverage a little for a few minutes to grab another $50Ignored