To be fair today was mad. Cable was 1.9990/92 when BNP put a 1.9922 offer in the system. Just typical of todays chaos! Incidentally I don't...
Why bother with the US? Everyone knows that the UK is the centre of the FX universe!!
The ECN should cancel the trade at do it at market price at the time in accordance with the forex association guidelines. Any reputable ECN will...
Depends on definition of retail. In the UK only 'professional' or 'intermediate' (as defined by the FSA) can open FX accounts anyway. Anyone who...
If an individual trades decent size then they will be able to access it via their PB, as the PB will essentailly be the client not you. I am at...
I am based in the UK but want to set up a remote account in Chicago. All I essentially need is to be able to remote access a trading terminal...
Funnily enough I don't disagree with much about what you wrote! If I can clarify the 'madness' comments. The reason I wrote that was the guy...
TT Certainly is for futures and I believe they also access hotspot but have never used Hotspot this way.
Without wishing to do through all the old arguments- and both venues have their relative merits/demerits- your explanation is madness. The...
The problem with futures is the lack of liquidity. There is far more on the reputable ECNs and hopefully this will only improve with marketspace...
I have a related question please. I use various PCs/screens for trading. Now I want to set up the layout on screen A for PC A to be identical...
There is a difference between scalping and sniping.
No they are not. Say cable is 40/42 and you want to sell. You send a limit order at say 30. You therefore get filled at the best bid up to a...
how can you control your entry price and hence your risk?
Never ever use a market order during a fast market esp after news. You have no way of controlling your risk and if all bids are pulled you could...
Can't believe how long ago Barings was. The London office knew all about the margin calls though - the reason I know - we were lending them...
There could be choice if hotspot allow you to refuse partial fills but cant remember as I always allow them on all platforms.
banks cant trade with each other on currenex. Not sure about the others but cant recall seeing choice on lava or hotspot.
I have had Hotspotfxi for about a year and a half. I do use it but the spreads are not as good as lava or currenex and hence my volume on that...
The problem I find with HotspotFxi is the spreads are wider than both lava and currenex in say 10-20 mio. Also their narrowest spread is usually...
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