US banks, by law, are forbidden from processing transactions dealing with online gambling. US citizens can freely access the sites and setup accounts, funding is the issue. I haven't kept up on the latest loopholes, but after the law change, funding ...

New Leverage rule for FX COMING?

Some interesting tidbits in there that haven't come up in discussion yet.. "In addition to the regulations explicitly mandated by the CRA – including new registration requirements and enhanced financial requirements – require counterparties to ...

New Leverage rule for FX COMING?

**sigh** feeding the troll... err, sorry, platypus Federal regulation to consolidate $50 micro-lot accounts.. Zzzzzzz.. Usually conspiracy theories are intriguing or interesting, have some imagination next time! If it weren't ultimately profitable, ...

Could 10:1 be the new leverage in US Forex?

The address could just be a central registration warehouse like the Ugland House in the Caymans.

FXOpen and FXCompany ????

So let me get this straight - the retail FX industry lobbied the CFTC to lower margins in order to eliminate their own clientele of "costly" micro-lot traders? And where did you derive this "fact"? Link? Proof? FXCM Micro doesn't even offer full ...

Could 10:1 be the new leverage in US Forex?

With all due respect, this thesis doesn't hold any merit. The retail FX industry makes a killing on small accounts. This is the primary reason why FXCM created FXCM Micro, why ECNs began accepting mini- and micro-lots, why minimums keep going lower, ...

Could 10:1 be the new leverage in US Forex?

MF Global UK offers it, at 30% margin (3:1)..... Not sure why this pair is basically unsupported by the FX industry, probably something to do with banking regulations, but it's a free-floating currency like any other. It's been a stellar performer ...

USD/BRL Broker?

There's really no such thing as volume data for spot FX (at least from a retail perspective). Spot FX brokers that provide volume data are really just misrepresenting tick changes as volume, tick changes are not directly correlated with volume (and ...

which brokers provide tick volume?

JLB, Thanks for the response. I concur on the displayed depth being different from the total available, I've seen this crop up on other platforms and have filled orders in excess of what was displayed w/o slippage. Essentially the banks are using ...

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JLB, Great news about the new commission rate, good job. Any thoughts on my question regarding liquidity peculiarities?

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Of course I remember you Carlos, keep up the great work!

Pivots and Trends with the JPY

Wow long time, glad to see you all are still around! How did things go over in the private forum? Unfortunately I didn't have the time to participate. Dove - sorry to hear about your illness, my thoughts & prayers to you for a speedy recovery, ...

Pivots and Trends with the JPY

Which is where? (just out of curiosity)

alpari ECN platform，no commission for 3 month？

Yes, very.

MarketMakers

I hope the 'no commission for 3 months' deal doesn't overlap with their current 'no liquidity for 3 months' promotion... image

alpari ECN platform，no commission for 3 month？

Good to see you too coscorp, All good points, and you're right, the newer TL can now hold greater validity as the old one has indeed been spurned too many times. I just meant not to look at it in hindsight and beat yourself up, everyone was watching ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

That's a bit of a revisionist lower TL, the original TL everyone was watching was broken. The same headfake also occurred on the S&P 500 TL (which the bears aren't too happy to admit). Difficult for these one-day breaks to account for anything ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

Hi Justin, Are you aware of what caused the broad change in regards to market depth liquidity becoming oddly uniform in a controlled, laddered sense? Here's what the books look like recently, notice the unusually laddered liquidity: (1M, 2M, 3M, ...

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Japanese forex brokers

Agree 99%, sole exception: 'Pretty damn generous' relative to whom?

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