I am a tech kinda guy, I have run many dedicated and VPS over the years. I am unclear though how to use it in conjunction with a forex account. Would I host MT4 on the VPS and then how do I hook into the broker with it?

Alpari UK - VPS help please

yasi sorry to hear you got taken by a broker, if you don't mind me asking, who was it?

Recommendation about a broker

Thanks Apocalypto, your broker info is invaluable, lots of scams out there, not sure if this is one, I'm newer to Forex and appreciate the red flags.

Got Money FX

FxPro does not accept US traders?

FXPRO coming to the AIM

Eureka! I am starting to see it now, those that restrict it I stay away from, I now know what a bucket shop is and I stay far away from them. I was baffled to read that on a brokers site, they did not allow scalping and that is why I wanted a true ...

Scalping definition question

Thanks! #3 How would a broker be able to stop this type of activity, has anyone traded with a broker that does not allow scalping and was #3 enforced?

Scalping definition question

That makes sense, thank you for explaining I had no idea that even happen as I am so use to playing typical stocks where the bid is always less then the ask, very interesting, sounds like that could be done with a bot, no wonder most don't like ...

Scalping definition question

So scalping by entering and exiting a position is simply day trading. Would I be correct to assume scalping is spread betting?

Scalping definition question

Thanks for the info, going to be doing that for sure. The regulating bodies always leave away for those persistent enough to succeed

What will US citizens do now with 50:1 leverage?

I have not done my google dd on this so forgive me but if I form an LLC in the US as I am a US citizen how does that enable me to work around this?

What will US citizens do now with 50:1 leverage?

At the end of the day this is just about taking away freedoms through regulations and giving more money and power to the CFTC. They are to regulate not necessarily "protect" investors. Just like the SEC rules they tie the hands of the investor and ...

What will US citizens do now with 50:1 leverage?

I am going to start live with Go Markets as they match all my criteria, there is no perfect solution, tell me the perfect solution and I am there. I have been at this broker thing for a while and I like other brokers too but they want $10k to start ...

GoMarkets Discussion

I would agree sometimes to many indicators can give false signals, there are a few gems but I like a stripped down chart myself, I come from the penny world where indicators tend to take away from the price action and true momentum. I am pretty ...

EURUSD

I asked GoMarkets about this and they claim they do not use the VDP as they are STP, I have no idea how they would be sending off to a MM as their spread varies and most MM spreads tend to stay the same.

MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

I was about to go live with them on Monday but waiting for this restart issue to be resolved.

GoMarkets Discussion

Yep some people are just soooo hilarious lol. I typed in to Google "what does google mean in google" shortly after Al Gore showed up at my door and slapped me with a large bass. VSA = Volume Spread Analysis

Abbreviations List

Thanks I appreciate your straight forwardness. I am looking at some others gomarkets is one of them.

Alpari

I am a noob to forex and in demo so my advice is to be taken lightly but I know trends and charts pretty well and I say it's in a downtrend for now. I have not actively plotted everything out on this pair but what I can see is it's saying down on ...

EURUSD

Good stuff and thank you all! I am looking at and have narrowed it down to these: FXCLUB Go Markets FXDD Currently in demo on Go Markets, going to get a demo for next weeks trading.

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