No, you are wrong. For example: Buying eur/usd (100 000 units), thus: buying 100 000 euro AND selling (100 000 * 1.2810) USD. Now closing...
Buying 100 000 units (one lot) at 1.5 pip spread, you have 15 USD cost (spread). So you start down 15 USD when opening the position. Every pip...
hey coinz, looking forward to reading this journal ... when I have time. Keep us entertained! :D
An entry order at the stop level of both positions will result in EXACTLY the same thing. You don't need hedging.
Cutten, Do you really see central banks dropping a currency ten big figures. They would probably operate more discrete and over a larger...
The following chart is just perfect. To bad it's so much easier in hindsight. :( http://img257.echo.cx/img257/2183/abc1pj.png
YOu can view the history of the past month: http://www.fxcm.com/contest-winners.jsp
Indeed, massive. After three pm, euro rallied a hundred pips, don't know what for though. :)
Why would you assume Oanda takes the difference? Oanda probably uses interestrates provided by commercial banks, which differ for borrowing/holding.
Technically, hedging the same pair is the same as being flat. It does not matter how you trade, or what you do, this simple fact hold is all...
This makes no sense at all. If you believe your position is going the wrong way on your timeframe, you should EXIT the position and trade the...
Bucketshop mean ... like a casino. They take the other side of the transaction. Your loss equals their gain. This means your market maker has an...
You could use the hotkeys. Press F1 and F2 to open the order window and hit submit to enter the order. The size and other fields can be preset in...
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/economic_calendar/ec.pdf Only for the current month though.
Some support at 20, but it could retrace further to the 618 on the dayly charts. http://img19.exs.cx/img19/4240/hour3wn.png...
Did you enter your position? :eek:
That's because the correction started on 31-12. The correction was complete at the 27 lows. The current correction results from the up move since...
I believe the trend is up, this is just a correction.
euro still going lower ... ?
I was asleep, so couldn't enter, would have been a good entry though :) http://img126.exs.cx/img126/4492/untitled0qa.png
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