That is not true, you can start a hedge fund with much less than that. But it's not easy, starting with all the legal/regulatory stuff to getting the operations running. If you have a good track record and are serious about this, I suggest you check ...

Starting a Trading Firm

A sharp move in price which eats all the available liquidity fast. If the move was "valid" and driven by decent buying/selling, the retracement will be rather slow and traders will continue to buy the dip (for upmove)/sell the rally (for downmove). ...

Order Flow Trading

Ok, I'm familiar with the Reuters/Bloomberg service, but what trading floor/hedge fund squawk box services do you mean specifically?

Role of Market Information in Trading

I should have mentioned perhaps that market commentary feeds are included as well. So feeds with order info, some technicals etc.

Role of Market Information in Trading

Common people, share your opinion!

Role of Market Information in Trading

Found two good one's this morning...a hedge fund trader and FX dealer at a major bank providing market info & trade ideas. Hedge fund trader: url Senior FX dealer: url

Best Twitter Feeds for Trading

They are reputable and trustworthy, but I still wonder how they have such a bad trading platform.

Pros/cons of trading FX futures?

Markets driven by month-end flows and no real fundamental reason for this USD downmove, so good opportunity to fade. We'll need to keep a watchful eye on USD/JPY and Treasuries though...

What is order flow trading?

AUD/USD worked out very well. I think AUD/JPY stops below 97 are next. Just looks too good, right?

What is order flow trading?

Well, the EUR/USD drop looks even better than the one in A/U or any other major pair, so good job.

What is order flow trading?

I shorted it prior to the US data release, got an average fill of 0.9680 now. First target 0.9610, 2nd open - will need to see the reaction to 0.96 first. IMO, the markets was just waiting for an excuse to run the USD higher... image

What is order flow trading?

An example: AUD/USD is trading higher mostly on what I perceive as short covering. The bids at 0.96 proved stronger than the shorts expected and flow info indicates there were model funds buying ahead to squeeze the weak shorts out of their ...

What is order flow trading?

You are still focusing only on the technical tools like DOM, but as it was mentioned several times already, it is more of a mindset. The core concepts of OFT - market psychology, sentiment analysis, metagame analysis - have been applied ever since ...

What is order flow trading?

And who would provide the money for the 5 %?

Are we living in a fool's paradise?

You are already making good progress, keep it up! Stop hunts occur frequently and yes, you can target the stops on the higher timeframes. In fact, the longer a certain pattern is in play, the larger the stops which have accumulated above/below. As ...

What is order flow trading?

I know a few traders that apply a mix of OFT concepts and technical analysis on the higher timeframe charts, so it is not necessarily only a method tradeable on the minutes charts. In the end, I see the OFT concepts as something universal and I know ...

What is order flow trading?

Well, I started with the two threads on FF I already mentioned. It may seem a bit complex on the first look, but with some effort it'll be become more understandable. I then googled the terms that were frequently mentioned in the threads and read ...

What is order flow trading?

Nice thread, I'll post some of my own experiences in there later.

What is order flow trading?

Good point. It takes many, many hours observing markets and taking notes to get there, but it pays off once you have your own method which you can trust. This is in general the key reason why many traders fail to copy other people's strategy - it's ...

What is order flow trading?