That's the stupidity of this contest — the only way to win is to gamble like a banshee without a thought in the world and catch a miracle ride. It should based on return for the amount put at risk not return on the account size. That forces ...

FXCM King of Micro Contest: $25,000 1st Prize!

Got it working with Firefox — I tried everything with IE, even reverted back to a clean install of IE 7, and then an upgrade to IE 8, but nothing would get it to work. Installed Firefox, and no problem, back to normal. This is , BTW the the ...

FXCM Discussion

DailyFX Plus Problem — For some reason the sound alert has stopped dingging its chime on my dailyFX Plus. I can't think of any changes or settings I could have made that would cause this. Is anyone else able to get the ding? Any ideas on any ...

FXCM Discussion

Thanks. I actually read through that. They give you more pages than the Amazon Look Inside feature. Crassius

Intraday Point and Figure Trading

I think it's "spikey" at hourly time frame. Its 100 pip runs with in one 1 hour candle is not that uncommon. This affects my Elliot Wave/Fib Cluster method that works so well in index futures. Unless I stick to 4 hr or higher time frames, which I ...

Intraday Point and Figure Trading

Inspired By Yuppie — I have been inspired by Yuppie to buy some graph paper and try the tick data approach. PNF Trader's charts look great, and his website is very slick, price is very reasonable, but I want to see the differance of using tick ...

Intraday Point and Figure Trading

Later jlpisaid he posted an update, but it is unclear to me if the update was a response to this suggestion. I have downloaded the Indy, and very much appreciate the effort that went into this. Thanks for sharing.

Point and Figure charting with MT4

Maintainence Debacle — The one clunky drawback to Mb is the nightly shutdown for 15 min or so when the markets are open, but you are not able to trade. Last night for the second time in the 2 months I've been with MB, they lost positions, and ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Thanks for the response — I guess they are down. Crassius

FXCM Discussion

Can'y log into Daily plus — Anyone else having trouble with Daily Plus website today? I like to have the IFR news stream open, and keep an account at FXCM just to have access to that, but since early this morning eastern, I get the IE message, ...

FXCM Discussion

No Problem — I always have IFR's streaming news running when I'm trading. Its like having a network of friends in the biz all over the world telling you what's going on and what the rummors are. Very Very useful. Crassius

News? Anyone?

Try this... — I keep a small account at FXCM just to have access to IFR news and analysis, instead of paying them 300 dollars a month subscription to their Forex Watch. Go here... url Sign in with your FXCM User ID and password. You can also ...

News? Anyone?

Yes they do. It's 2/3 a pip commission added to 1/2 a pip to 1 pip spread on EUR_USD for example, often lower during the European and NY sessions. As ECNs go, MB is a bit high at 1/2 a basis point, but you get that rate even if you're not trading ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Xen, I am unable to reply to your PM. The system wont let me. I have enabled allow email on my profile, so send me an email for reponse to your question. Crassius

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

The quote server remains running so your EA calcs are not affected, but trades are not executed. The down time seems to be about 15 mins nightly. It is true you can telephone trade, but during an event, 60 or 100 pips can go by before that could ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

The Nightly Midnight High Wire Act — Justin, I am starting week four of full time tradeing with small positions with your firm, before I move all my business to you. So far I would say that I am pleased, but understand that my satisfaction is ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction