obv depends what you mean by scalping. and it really depends on your deposit account size + monthly turnover. I find it hardly to believe you've been doing this for 2 years and don't know who the big players are. On the pure retail I've trader with ...

Best FX broker for scalping - pro traders opinion only pls

imo forget about it...if you can't have an automatic algo running close to their servers + set some ridiculous low price for big volume you'll never be able to get market making working profitably anyhow most of your market making will be hit by the ...

Dukascopy

gotta say I'm surprised. There is a problem with dukas if it is happening as you said. If I understand the big slippage is on the main order? Whats your ping to their servers? to quote myself from other thread: The last sentence is only significant ...

Dukascopy

lol

Dukascopy

If the trend is in your favor you will eventually have more negative then positive slippage because market has a bias to that direction. If your system enters on breakout negative slippage almost always with retail brokers. etc. Since routing to the ...

Requotes in your favor

I don't think with who I should mostly disagree or agree. Uber HFT can't migate the spread and is because of that mostly a form of a market making algo. Most of this HFT algos need the low latency connection so they can adapt their order book on ...

Scalpers favorite broker

This is just a media hype youtube wtf. analysis. They are comparing two totally different things. The key characteristic of psychopaths is an absence of conscience. Greed or risk taking are not. Plus to say that professional traders are less risk ...

Are Traders Psychopaths?

Almost the same as you, only I do the day to day not weekly profits. Also I take a screenshot at the end of each day with trades on it so I can look back and analyze if it is good or bad. Actually I analyze also: monthly loss distribution monthly ...

Statistical Analysis of Trading History

Not a trade brag but still the most (personal) smoothest monthly performance. Y axis is in pips. I'm done for the 09th month. image

Smexy Trades

Tnx for the thread it was surprisingly well written. I do find your explanation on considering different r:r a little thin. Since I go about it that r:r is a directional consequence of pa and cannot be fixed in advance if you don't wan't to leave ...

Lessons Learned Thread

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yep, don't have it on lower timeframes

Dukascopy

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Depends on the broker. You should read the contract carefully whether or not margin call is truly guarantied. I would say not in most cases - at last not with a decent amount of money. CHF peg was 8 sigma move. Unfortunately if you were on the wrong ...

Danger.. Why You Should Stop Trading FX - CHF Rate Decision

This post just shows the vouch system on FF is broken. In a nutshell SL is a market order if not programed otherwise. You'll need to program that specifically but I wouldn't advise it. You'll get less slippage the closer to server your order is ...

Dukascopy

you use SL? cause negative exposure on certain trades looks severe.

EURUSD

this is probably the worst argument ever

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then why did eurusd just tanked?

EURUSD

+9.2 on resistance, probably going more down since usdchf is still in retracement but sticking to my plan

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a loss on short hitting sl -4, looking to short today high

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