Arbitraging is moral: you buy form someone who wishes to sell to you and sell to someone who wishes to buy.
- #82
- Jun 10, 2014 6:46am Jun 10, 2014 6:46am
- Joined Oct 2013 | Status: Forex Shaman | 1,468 Posts
"There's a sucker born every minute" - P.T. Barnum
- #84
- Jun 10, 2014 9:04am Jun 10, 2014 9:04am
{quote} In 5 years of trading I noticed this exactly once. Maybe it happened more frequently, since I wasn't specifically looking for it, but in my opinion retail arbitrage is a fools game. The broker has a contract with the LPs. And at retail level usually the broker promises no predatory trading. In return, the LPs promises better spreads. If predatory trading however comes through, the LPs is allowed to "undo" the trades. Then the broker has no choice but to also "undo". Also see all the discussion about no lookback brokers like LMAX.
and betfair is really reliable, you can be sure to get back your money , even if you are almost in fault ( or a complete cheater , betting on the court ,etc ) they don't annoy you ( you've just to pay their big commission )
so i think you can try with lmax guys, there will be no problem
- #85
- Jun 10, 2014 10:31am Jun 10, 2014 10:31am
{quote} about lmax is a label of betfair, which is one of the website i was using to make arbitrage (because they propose betting exchange which is the same than trading but for sport ) , and betfair is really reliable, you can be sure to get back your money , even if you are almost in fault ( or a complete cheater , betting on the court ,etc ) they don't annoy you ( you've just to pay their big commission ) so i think you can try with lmax guys, there will be no problem
- #91
- Edited 11:49pm Jun 12, 2014 11:38pm | Edited 11:49pm
- Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,112 Posts
Why is hedging not as discussed of a topic as macd or MA's or MTF's and trend entering or scalping strategies?
If, by "hedging", you mean having both long and short positions in the same pair, this topic has been done to death to the point where I suspect many (myself included) are totally sick of reading about it. Just for starters:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=68598
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=163814
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=137836
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=163467
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=264690
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=174626
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=351191
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=400463
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=487176
Use the forum search engine to find plenty more.
Happy reading.
David
- #92
- Jun 13, 2014 5:21am Jun 13, 2014 5:21am
- Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,416 Posts
Justin, If, by "hedging", you mean having both long and short positions in the same pair, this topic has been done to death to the point where I suspect many (myself included) are totally sick of reading about it. David
hey hanover.... for some strange reason this hedging fight has always held interest for me..... just like the 'stoploss vs no stoploss' or 'losers add to losers' threads do..... but it's no coincidence that i seldom express my views..... would just be a waste of time.....
it would be nice if that were not the case.....
ever wonder if twee might actually start these type threads just to fire up the members...
....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
- #94
- Jun 13, 2014 9:29am Jun 13, 2014 9:29am
- Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,112 Posts
{quote} //----- hey hanover.... for some strange reason this hedging fight has always held interest for me..... just like the 'stoploss vs no stoploss' or 'losers add to losers' threads do..... but it's no coincidence that i seldom express my views..... would just be a waste of time..... it would be nice if that were not the case..... ever wonder if twee might actually start these type threads just to fire up the members...
Since I'm so hopeless when it comes to forecasting market direction, I've always stayed well away from the Interactive Trading threads. LOL
Hence I feel more comfortable with the MM type threads, where I may not be right, but I feel that I have some chance of defending my position with some high school math.
But as for the hedging/grid/martingale/SL stuff, I've read the same old arguments, both for and against, so many times, that — whereas I use to see them as a challenge — I've finally grown tired of their sameness. No offense to anybody, but I can guess (and with much better accuracy than I can predict market direction!!) what some of the more regular contributors are going to say, before I've even read their posts.
On a different note, I watched a video you posted recently, where you were using trendline angles to pick major reversal areas — original and very impressive. I think you had something like 50+ winning trades with no losses. Wow, pretty cool.
@euclid: yes indeed, and "How much do successful traders make per month?" and "Why not invert losing signals to make a winning system?" are two more.
On the other hand, here is a really original one (which, perhaps sadly, got demoted from Trading Discussion to Rookie Talk). One of the strangest pieces of logic that I've ever seen. For a while I thought I must have been missing something incredibly obvious.
David
- #95
- Jun 13, 2014 9:48am Jun 13, 2014 9:48am
- Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,416 Posts
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
