Answer: yes. I watch Futures on one page, Forex on the other. Can even set alerts to make me look at the other page or stick a ticker one one...
I just wanted to add this quoted response to me from an Interactive Broker's rep on this forum regarding Forex spot liquidity and order size. I am...
Yeah, after 25k, you can trade whatever size you want up to a per order maximum. It's somewhere around 4 to 5 million depending on the pair....
While I do trade on a intraday basis, many of my signals come from levels which can be months old. That's why I need good data going back some...
But what about the margin rates? Going from 2% to 1%?
Yeah, I explained the 35 pip dif in Eur/USd. They tick in unison overall, but not precisely the same in real time. It's just a fact of life...
Yes, I was using non- broker quotes. There is sort of a lag between the two in real time. Yes, the charts look the same. But as the Futures near...
IB's not a market maker in truth. They're more an ECN.
(I hate it when posters do that.) So, then clue me in. I don't pretend to be a know it all. I simply gave you my observation.
Use a Stop limit. The Stop is the trigger price, the limit is the most you are will to exit at (read:lose). I use stop limits for entry in...
Shafi, I got IB's liquidity providers off some of my confirmation reports. Maybe MBT clients, if any of them here, can give you that info of...
Jmoris, Switch To IB for Forex. They have a lot more order types for Forex. Spreads are .5 to 2 pips. (You can trade an profit off 1...
Well, I'm looking at the EuroFX and the Eur/USD Spot right now. They don't seem to tcik the same to me. Plus the futures has a 35+ pip premium...
On IB, Liquidity providers (banks) are: UBS JPMorgan/chase Deutsche bank Bear Stearns Plus IB also matches orders between customers....
Awesome. Now as far as margin reduction goes, are we looking at 100:1 for the major pairs like Eur/Usd, USD/JPY, GBP/USD as oppossed to the...
I met Alexander Elder at a FIM conference in '95. :-/
Liquidity. Eur/AUD is a relatively Illiquid pair. They say Forex trades $2 trillion US notational value per day. EUR/USD trades $600...
Stay with the most liquid currency pairs. Liquidity is a VERY important factor. Most Liquid in order of liquidity: EUR/USD USD/JPY...
Yep. High inflation coupled with a price shock during a recession. But you don't go from "boom" to stagflation in one step. Have to hit a...
LOL! Yep. And it'll centalize price quotations increasing price quotation reliability.
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