That's one of their few drawbacks -- They don't have 4H and they don't have Weekly. I don't have the platform open right now, but I'm 99% sure it's: 5s, 30s, 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1H, 3H, Daily.

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Justin, Just got a very long "updated" forex agreement from MBT. Do you have an executive summary somewhere that summarizes the changes? Reading that document is a bit daunting unless you are a lawyer (and I am not)... Most of the time, if someone ...

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PCLN — Aserbfx.... Remind me again why I don't own this (PS -- This is a round-about way of saying: EXCELLENT CALL!). Are you still long?? image I think it's safe to move the stops up now!!

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To further your point: — Good post. To further your main point -- Even on IB, You don't get the same quotes on a 10,000 trade as you would on a 25,000 trade. Trades smaller than the minimum they stipulate go through their "IDEAL" platform and ...

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You basically just have to open a new page in your TWS (i.e. as if you were creating a page of stocks) and then pull in currencies instead. I think it will ask you if you want to switch to the other mode...just say no. You can also just import all ...

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Commish: — The 6E contract would be $2.46 for 1 contract (125,000 units of the Euro or about ~$165,000 USD). The commission on that same ammount via their spot forex broker would be...~$3.31 on IB (which would be roughly 125000 x 1.32 x ...

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Performance Snapshot... — Love these summaries that Bespoke puts out. Not really any trade ideas per se, but a good look at what's been doing well (or not) in the various sectors. Some of the 1-month performances are pretty impressive -- The ...

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Still though, I was surprised by the magnitude of the differences. And you are probably right that it has to do with minimum sizes, but let's say you wanted to do a 100k unit trade... Why would you ever go to MBT (wider spread & higher commission)? ...

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Funny that I found this thread.... — I was about to pose this question to the MBT sales rep on his thread but perhaps you guys have the answers.... Being that they are an ECN (as is IB) I would have assumed they got the same rates as IB. Not ...

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Correction: You can only gamble on that sporting event if you're sitting in a Vegas Casino... Try to place that bet anywhere else in the USA (including online) and you've broken the law. I agree with you though -- This is the land of the free. Let ...

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No Response after 3wks? — www.freestockcharts.com has great free charts and will allow you to input your basis on stocks so it will keep track of your PNL, but it won't function like a typical demo acct... Broco Trader also has a MT4 based ...

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Hey...not to do more shilling for Oanda, but they do pay continuously compounding interest on deposits as well. Which is nice...if you're inactive, at least they are paying you to keep your $ there. It's not much, but at least they realize that you ...

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I don't think he was questioning your analysis. Just pointing out the subjective nature of where to draw the lines. It's tough to get the "right" level... The Goldbugs have been in command for a while, lets see if they can bring this thing back, but ...

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It's fairly straightforward with Oanda, but... — This is pretty easy to execute with Oanda, however it's hard to get a stop-loss working... As others have already said: you buy 10oz of XAU for 11,830 You Shorted the Dollar by doing that, so ...

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If you haven't read already, this thread is pretty decent: url But to be quite honest with you, I'm not entirely sure there's a huge difference long-term between the two. So you buy/sell euro w/ 1.5pip bid-ask + commission or you pay 2-3pips and ...

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TradeStation: — I've heard good things...but you're right, it's pricey. It's "free" if you do the following every month: Futures: 10 round-turn futures or futures option contracts -or- 50 round-turn single stock Equities: 5,000 shares Equity & ...

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As an addition/amplification of 4xAddict's post from a few days ago, i thought I would link to another blog I was reading that certainly agrees with many of the points he made. url Since we all love charts/visuals, here are a few of the better ...

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Oh yeah, my Kuggerands, American Eagles, & Canadian Maple Leafs were all sold for a big stack of Euros!! LOL!

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Gold Priced in Euros (follow up) — Since these are two securities we've been talking alot about lately, I thought I would update a chart I posted a while back... This chart continued... 865(ish) support? image

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I didn't take it as such and the irony is that your post basically agrees with mine. I said prior that while I might disagree with what some other trader is doing, it's not my place to say it doesn't work for him/her. In general I agree with your ...

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