I doubt you were with a Tier 1 bank. Most Tier 1s are in cut-throat competition with EACH OTHER. For large, legit customers Tier 1s will do...
Funny, I worked in Asia as well and saw similar things as well. IMHO, I find it a bit disconcerting that so much leverage is offered to those...
Steve- What has been IB's experience with folks trading at these type of leverage numbers? Are they NET winners/losers/break-even?
From what I've read, it seems only small a/cs trade there. IMHO, the unknown size of their credit risk, their unquantifiable market exposure and...
Well, kind of my point - if they're shooting a gazillion bucks of trades with 100s of customers, you'd think they have adequate capital. In the...
In the heydays of bucket shops, 1920s, larger traders would push these shops to take on positions greater than the bucket shop could handle. Once...
This is something out of the 1920s!!! If they dont hedge, why not simply open an account with 'em, for say, $500,000, buy euros up to the limt,...
So, how much do you make a week doing this?
So, what is their net position in any one currency at a given time? Or is their argument that all their biz negates risk by being synthetically...
I understand the leverage argument - y'all are braver than I am! It'd be intellectualy interesting to me to see hwo they operate if a customer...
Ummm, I dont use IB, but any employees fiduciary responsibility is to their employer, not a customer. So, if you're expecting qoutes and milk and...
Geo-politics plays a big role in creating risk premiums, eg, higher prices. Don't overlook Iran saying they'd consider using oil as a weapon and...
I'll never understand why anyone trades at these incredible leverage factors and complains when they get wiped out. IMHO, its simply suicide.
Lets put it this way. If you dont care about your counter-parties legal terms for trading, never check their credit or their balance sheet,...
IMHO, the brokers appraoch FX from a broker perspective. They take orders and get paid for execution. Dealers put capital at risk to get...
Actually, you miss the point. As quaint as NO is and the bars etc are fun, NO serves a very strategic purpose. Its where most low value to weight...
Good. Now maybe people will focus on natural gas and we can start rockin'
Y'all really need to read their terms & conditions. I cant stress that enough. They reserve a lot of rights, that I've never heard of banks or...
Why only ask for $10Gs, might as well ask for some real cash.
Thats kind of my point. If you only trade with one house and THEIR qoutes, you're stuck with their fills.
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