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  • #41
  • Jul 11, 2009 1:55am Jul 11, 2009 1:55am
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  • #42
  • Sep 21, 2009 11:23pm Sep 21, 2009 11:23pm
But seriously guys, can one get really wealthy doing FX?
  • #43
  • Sep 21, 2009 11:57pm Sep 21, 2009 11:57pm
Quoting witchazel
NZD/USD = Nazgul
The New Zealand Dollar .... I have always heard it called KIWI
  • #44
  • Sep 22, 2009 4:05am Sep 22, 2009 4:05am
Quoting Lordpipi
But seriously guys, can one get really wealthy doing FX?
Nah, we're all eccentric millionaires, we're only 'doing FX' for fun
  • #45
  • Sep 23, 2009 11:46pm Sep 23, 2009 11:46pm
In this post I have a map of the "cable"

Take a look!
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  • #46
  • Dec 11, 2009 9:04pm Dec 11, 2009 9:04pm
Quoting Lordpipi
But seriously guys, can one get really wealthy doing FX?

I'm not trying to get too broad on you here, but seriously... One can become wealthy doing whatever they put their mind to with enough tenacity. I don't believe that most people can "get" wealthy. Rich, yes... However, people who wake up rich not knowing what happened will usually wake up broke another day not knowing what happened.

If you look strictly at probability, then yes one can become extremely wealthy in the spot foreign exchange markets. However, control of greed and fear will be a major factor to one's individual success. Also, learning from one's own mistakes (whether they beget loss OR profit) is key from what I have learned. Managing risk might arguably be the most important element to becoming wealthy in the FX markets.

Anyone can make money. Not everyone can keep it!
  • #47
  • Feb 7, 2010 12:55am Feb 7, 2010 12:55am
Why not "Chop Suey" for the USD/CNY (chinese yuan)?

Well, actually chop suey was invented in America, not China

It's a corruption of " tsa sui" which in Cantonese means "odds and ends" i.e., leftovers. At the end of the day, 19th century Chinese restaurants in San Francisco would gather the leftovers , mix them together as "chop suey" and sell them to the "gwei lo " ( white barbarians, to put it politely)



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  • #48
  • Feb 7, 2010 1:33am Feb 7, 2010 1:33am
Way back when they used a transatlantic "cable" to send data, info, prices, etc.from LDN to NY

see my earlier for the map of the "cable"

Fibre or Fiber is a retail nickname used for Euro due to the fact that it is a new currency which in turn uses "fiberoptics"!!

or in these days satellites!
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  • #49
  • Apr 15, 2010 1:36pm Apr 15, 2010 1:36pm
Quoting witchazel
NZD/USD = Nazgul
its called kiwi
Fuck Forex Factory
  • #50
  • Apr 27, 2010 11:24pm Apr 27, 2010 11:24pm
Explain Loonie please what means.. where it came from.
  • #51
  • May 3, 2010 6:48am May 3, 2010 6:48am
Quoting Fr3ed0x
Explain Loonie please what means.. where it came from.
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  • #52
  • May 4, 2010 3:25am May 4, 2010 3:25am
LOONIE is the nickname for a 1 dollar CAD coin. Or just one CAD there is no paper note anymore.
Toonie is the nickname for the 2. I have both and will try to post a Loonie
Was there (CANADA) recently, went to Kitco as well and they only accept USD for Gold.... OH where it comes from is ONE CAD is a LOON, that's what the money is called there.
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Canadian English, like American English, uses the slang term "buck" for a dollar. (This term is Canadian in origin; it derives from a coin struck by the Hudson's Bay Company during the 17th century with a value equal to the pelt of a male beaver - a "buck".[4]) Because of the appearance of the common loon on the back of the dollar coin that replaced the dollar bill in 1987, the word "loonie" was adopted in Canadian parlance to distinguish the Canadian dollar coin from the dollar bill. When the two-dollar coin was introduced in 1996,...

Quoting Fr3ed0x
Explain Loonie please what means.. where it came from.
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  • #53
  • May 31, 2010 5:38am May 31, 2010 5:38am
Here in Arabic traders we call the GBP/JPY The Crazy,bcz it jump and decline in crazy manner.thanks
  • #54
  • Jun 13, 2010 6:04am Jun 13, 2010 6:04am
Quoting hlbe2004
Here in Arabic traders we call the GBP/JPY The Crazy,bcz it jump and decline in crazy manner.thanks
Some of us refer to GBP/JPY as "The Beast," because, if he rears his ugly head, and you are not on your toes, he will eat you alive.

Cowboy up, Dudes!
  • #55
  • Mar 21, 2013 2:21pm Mar 21, 2013 2:21pm
Kiwi = NZD/USD
  • #56
  • Mar 21, 2013 2:48pm Mar 21, 2013 2:48pm
Anyone bored enough to make a list to condense the names in one post.

  • #57
  • Mar 22, 2013 2:40am Mar 22, 2013 2:40am
Here We GO,


A. Currencies

U.S. dollar = greenback or buck
Euro = single currency
British pound = cable or sterling
Swiss franc = Swissy
Canadian dollar = loonie
Australian dollar = Aussie
New Zealand dollar = kiwi

B. Currency Pairs

GBP/USD (British Pound/US Dollar) = Cable
EUR/USD (Euro/US Dollar) = Euro or Fiber
USD/CHF (Swiss Franc/US Dollar) = Swissy
USD/CAD (US Dollar/ Canadian Dollar) = Loonie
AUD/USD (Australian Dollar/US Dollar) = Ozzie
EUR/JPY (Euro/Japanese Yen) = Euppy or Yuppy
GBP/JPY (British Pound/Japanese Yen) = Gopher
EUR/GBP (Euro/British Pound) = Chunnel
USD/JPY (US Dollar/Japanese Yen) = Yen
  • #58
  • Mar 22, 2013 1:09pm Mar 22, 2013 1:09pm
You got to admit some of the tags are just perfect. And thanks for the list, should come in handy if I need to review some later on today
  • #59
  • Mar 28, 2013 6:11am Mar 28, 2013 6:11am
Quoting Forexnuts
You got to admit some of the tags are just perfect. And thanks for the list, should come in handy if I need to review some later on today

Any time.
  • #60
  • Apr 25, 2013 5:49am Apr 25, 2013 5:49am
so MXNUSD... pesodilla?
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