Ok, let's calm down here, I think it's just a misscommunication. I ment to say, I do have a live account with GFT. I've been trading there live for a few months, and the 22min delay happened with them. I didn't lose any money, I was filled at the ...

trading during NFP

I already have a live account. You think I was sweatting for fake money? I traded the NFP yesterday and I waited 22 min for a fill. So, how do I access the volatility calendar, I don't want to be in that situation again.

trading during NFP

Thanks for your reply. Do you happen to have a link for that volatility calendar? I can't seem to find it on their site.

trading during NFP

Did you ever had to wait 10, 20 min for a limit order to get filled during high volatility? I had to. It got filled eventually without slippage, but those 20 min were hell to endure.

trading during NFP

Could anyone tell me if it would be possible to program something that would allow me to preset two entry orders at a certain distance from the market, each with their own stops and limits and press a key to trigger them at the same moment later? ...

GFT Forex Discussion

How do you trade the news?

Favorite pairs. Why? How many?

How about trading during news, how would the bank look at such trades?

MarketMakers

Which broker are you using?

Brokers might use forums to know how we trade ?!

[QUOTE=Lou] Could you please give some details about what you hated? Was there slippage, poor execution, withdrawal problems, etc? I recently opened with gft so I'm interested in any feedback.

Is FXCM dealing desk a dinosaur?

Oh yes, I needed that myself for experiments, because I don't like using the demo, but I checked with GFT and they said you can't trade in increments smaller than 10 000 lots.

GFT Forex Discussion

Sorry, what does micromini accounts mean? I don't think I heard the term?

GFT Forex Discussion

But GFT allows mini accounts.

GFT Forex Discussion

Maybe in a few years the fundamentals will only move the market with a few pips, is that possible, or will the news always move the market strongly?

Immediate market reaction on news are still the same ?

I don't get it? What do You mean 10-12 min delay? I always see the 8:30 news come out at 8:30 sharp, just that sometimes it's 8:29:59 or 8:30:01, but that's about all the difference I see. What I ment was, how do I set my watch to the seccond, what ...

Trading the news

Let's say there's a release at 8:30. If I need to know the exact seccond, how do I set my watch? Is there a universal consensus for US news to be released by a certain clock? When a number is supposed to come out at 8:30, does that mean 8:30 at the ...

Trading the news

I was looking at MBT's demo and I'm a bit confused as it has no charts on the platform, but I understand you have to use charts from a third party and pay for them separately. Is there an ECN that provides its own free charts on the platform?

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Thank you man, I'll check the MBT demo right now.

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All that said, I'd like to try a demo for IB, but that doesen't seem to be an option unless you have a live account too. How could I try all this stuff, because by the sound of it, I think it would be a bit different than I'm used to with the market ...

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Thanks for the explanations. So, that would be about 13$ for a 100K position(wich is 10 pip to one $) and that's when the spread widens to 10 pip? That sounds too good to be true, I think i'm missing something here. And what do you mean by "that you ...

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Sorry, Not sure I got this. Say I place a trade for 100.000 lots, on eur\usd, that's 10$ worth a pip. What would the spread be for such a move? Is it variable? I usually trade news, would I have problems with IB on such times? Thanks for your ...

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