damn -19.5 ... max spread i saw for a milisecond was 3 but it was mostly around 0.8 with dukascopy
- #9,911
- Feb 12, 2014 7:00pm Feb 12, 2014 7:00pm
{quote} congrats .....straddle trader!!if you did straddle trade...your buy stop had to be pretty high to avoid that sickening AUD spread...
{quote} is this the only concern of straddle trades? because dukascopy doesn't have this problem
so lets say a trader is shorting, after price spikes down way, the trader can drag SL to BE QUICKLY to protect himself
in case price reverses long. If it reverses long, then price hits their BE and further travels up to activate the pending Buy Stop order...
thats really up to an individual's skill... how fast he moves his mouse to drag lines on the screen, or how good he is at placing trades on his iphone, samsung...
so if you are a gamer, it helps!
- #9,915
- Feb 12, 2014 7:16pm Feb 12, 2014 7:16pm
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- #9,920
- Feb 12, 2014 9:02pm Feb 12, 2014 9:02pm
{quote} the other hurdle of straddle trades is Mr Whipsaw... so lets say a trader is shorting, after price spikes down way, the trader can drag SL to BE QUICKLY to protect himself in case price reverses long. If it reverses long, then price hits their BE and further travels up to activate the pending Buy Stop order... thats really up to an individual's skill... how fast he moves his mouse to drag lines on the screen, or how good he is at placing trades on his iphone, samsung... so if you are a gamer, it helps!