So exactly what is it that you are saying? I'm guessing that you would like to continue to demean those who have faced more obstacles than you ever dreamed of, yet they carry on. Is that your life plan? To make anyone that you can look bad so you'll ...

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

I would be impressed if there was much of anything that you could figure out on your own but there just isn't, is there Mr. Spitkok? (tie your shoes, maybe)

Account size

I don't know what you mean and you don't mean anything (as in NOTHING). video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Politics and contacting your state rep is a waste of time at this point. U.S. politics has "gone Holllywood' and one party is as bad as the other. As DarkStar says "everything can be gamed" so do what you have to do and forget about "political ...

Politics of a US FX trader

True, to a point. However, not every broker is a "bucket-shop" and while the (bucket-shop) broker may not have "trouble" trading against the client it's a fairly common perception that traders are lumped into two categories by a (bs) broker. You ...

Has anybody experienced stops being hit more frequently?

Paranoid or not, here's an example of the little tricks brokers can/do use against their clients as per an NFA case against Gain Capital/Forex.com filed in June of this year. url

Has anybody experienced stops being hit more frequently?

yes'ir ole' Slim's a pretty shrewd ole' boy. multi-millionaire and all that petty stuff. Really the question equates to the grade school question "which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?" But your answer is exactly what I thought ...

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i reckon u'r still studying about that for a bit. seems like the CFTC or the US Gov or almost nobody (except those to whom the answer is obvious) can answer that question. never matter.... adal and y'all think on it a while cuz i really need some ...

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well sir that shore is somethun to think about but i wuz kind'a sayin' that if i wuz to risk 2% of my account on either account.... on which account would i lose more money if things just all kind'a go to hell??? I mean i know i could open a way ...

Account size

There are two good places to be. #1 is small enough that your broker doesn't care. #2 is large enough that your broker has difficulty trading against you. In between, just be more careful.

Has anybody experienced stops being hit more frequently?

yes'sir.... i've heard of them things they call gaps but i wish you'd kind'a x'plain what that has to do with bigger or lesser leverage... whut i'm sayin is which acount would i lose more money in???

Account size

so d'ya reckon that if i wuz to put $1 million in each of 2 different accounts, one with 50:1 leverage and the other with 100:1 and adjust my lot size and stop loss and such and risk 2% on one trade in each account, which account do ya reckon i'd ...

Account size

Apparently there are still some brokers with enough balls to say "screw the CFTC." At least 25 or so according to the following list (many of them rather significant). url

Leverage Reduction: First USA now Japan. Who's next?

I'm really not sure what you or your jolly little rolling man (those are cute though, right) are trying to say. However, if you're thinking along the line of the title of the thread, I'll post the following (relevant or not) which is better than ...

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

You MUST save yourself — video .....and you think because I owned a gentlemens's club that I/m older than dirt?? How old is the owner of Facebook? It really has nothing to do with it. I would have fired you because everything is totally ...

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

I owned a gentlemen's club for several years. Had you been my DJ I would likely have fired you.

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Mindset — Is this part of the correct trading mindset video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Dedicated — Dedicated to Monroe & Friends.... but they'll probably never get it. video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Huanting — video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Hanover is the respected and esteemed member of the forum and that is truly well deserved. I portray the resident lunatic which is just as well deserved. That said... I think there may not be a more true statement than the first part of the quote. ...

Advice I wish I had as a complete forex newbie