hehe, Quah, you sound pretty jaded. But I'll be glad to answer your question in a very practical way. What prevents them from having a price...
:p I guess I was steamrolled through the refund process and happy enough that I got my money back that I didn't think about asking WHY. I'm...
OddTrader, Personally, I trade off the Metatrader charts and watch the Refco Bid/Ask prices. Because FX is decentralized and each broker is...
Saschabr, The position was 1 mini lot or $10,000. In real money terms, it was a P/L difference of $35 + $25 = $60. The $35 is the money...
I live in BC and this summer we had the worst forest fires on record. Now I hear about huge wild fires in Cali. All the while, I saw the...
Yes, exactly. I take the 35 pip loss but I currently have an open position that is 35 pips more than if the stop was never hit. Hopefully...
Hi all, I was all set to write a nasty message condemning Refco for running a stop, but it turns out that I'm praising their customer service...
Does anyone know how you pronounce the following pairs? I'm new to FX and I only picked up a couple proper names for the currency pairs like...
I gotta admit that the writer, director, and actor (Ben Affleck) did a superb job with his monologues. I usually skip to them on the DVD when I'm...
I have an old Datek Account that I opened back in 1997 that is now an Ameritrade Canada account. I don't think these guys are on the ball because...
I'm happy for you. But what's the point of posting a message with that kind of tone? Sounds like you're trolling.
Hi Slim, Could you please profile a winning trader with respect to: 1) Psychology 2) Account characteristics I know this is a pretty broad...
I saw this in my newspaper a few weeks ago. The Russian words translate to "how money is made" and the picture clearly shows that money is made...
I have been net negative during my 6 year trading career. I can tell you that the reason why I am overall down is because I book many small...
Thanks for the info. I consider myself a conservative trader so I will be only trading 1 mini lot on EURUSD. As for the comment about my risk is...
I was initially attracted to the high leverage because it would only cost me $50 per mini lot. So by keeping my account really small (close to...
I heard that starting December 1, 2003 the NFA is going to limit all FX traders to put up 2% margin or 50:1 leverage. I didn't believe it at...
Hi, I'm new to FX as well. I traded FXCM's demo mini account for the past 30 days and found it to be okay. I plan on opening a mini account...
SUPat: It is a spread and not a commission. Your cost is only the spread itself. There is no commission charge for getting in or out. An...
Sourced from the Canada Tax Tips website. The tax rate is the MARGINAL rate. Here's an example of how it works (rounding off numbers and...
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