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rayloo
post Oct 10 2009, 09:20 PM

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Just to mark my first foot print in FX. Evolving from share market. Will study very hard and target to enter the market next year. Wish I could kick my boss ass in near future. biggrin.gif
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post Oct 15 2009, 09:04 AM

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Guys, anyone using 3G broadband to trade ? I find it is too dangerous, cause many times it lags and hang. Streamyx is more stable. BTW, I need your adivice to fine tune my strategy. I trade UJ, I notice the daily fluctuation is about 100 pips, let say I trade hourly chart. Is the setting target profit at 15 pips and stop loss at 50 pips reasonable ?


I ask this because I intend not to monitor in every minute, I see is better to leave it few hours and the market will come to my target price. Previously my TP and SL ratio was 1:1, like my TP 15 pips and SL 15 pips, many times I almost ended up forced selling before the profit kicked in the next minute. Luckily I was around to cancel the SL and wait a bit before my profit comes.

My current target is daily profit about 30 pips. So I need to do few trades of 10 pips to 15 pips gain. Apart from that can you sifus slightly define the character of different pair of currency ?

Thank you.
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post Oct 15 2009, 10:20 AM

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Thanks danny and rstusa. My Celcom sucks....prefer to switch to my streamyx for trading. Just to add up about risk management, I find 2% stop loss is more risky, aka averagely is 18 pips stop loss. Either my entry is too early from the indicators' signal, or too volatile (Is it ? Or I know nothing biggrin.gif ) to trade UJ. The movement can be easily 50 pips up and 50 pips low. What I did was to tolerate a bit longer till the extend 30 to 50 pips loss, then waiting the fight back wave to close my deal.

Don't know is the strategy safe ? sweat.gif


rayloo
post Oct 15 2009, 06:13 PM

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QUOTE(sleepwalker @ Oct 15 2009, 03:56 PM)
If 2 percent stoploss is 18 pips for you, then you can reduce your order volume by half (example, instead of 1 mini, you do half a mini) and that will stretch your pips to 36 pips stop loss. Either that or increase your risk to 4%.

2 things most traders do not learn before they trade. When is the best time to enter and the best time to exit. MOst will think like you, that the market movement fluctuates 50 pips up and down. Most will think that it fluctuates around their entry and that by keeping an order open, they will eventually fight back the wave to close the deal. That is also why 95% of the people do not make money. Do a quick read-up online of entry and exit strategies before doing anything else. It will save your pips.

Do not trade UJ when you are just starting out. It is one of the most difficult pair to trade, yet people still want to put their heads into it.
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Thank you sleepwalker. You are indeed right, I ASSUME the decline will come back base on no logical fact (Only heavily depend on indicators like Bollinger band and Parabolic SAR + MACD). So I feel not comfortable with it despites some pips were made. This is merely few days of demo trading, I need to brush my skill.

Reason behind my UJ pairing is simply familiarity. Wish I can gather some opinion for the character of different currencies. Why is UJ hard to trade ?

This post has been edited by rayloo: Oct 15 2009, 08:05 PM
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post Oct 15 2009, 09:57 PM

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I have a little bit of gambling feel. It is totally different from stock market, at least I can calculate the fair value. Is there any way to know the reasonable value of each currency pairing ? Is it possible to know whether it is over or under priced ? Or it does not matter a lot since a trade is only last few minutes to few hours ? hmm.gif

Sorry all sifus for my noob.
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post Oct 18 2009, 10:34 AM

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All Sifus, if I open an IBFX account with USD50 free initial deposit. Is my understanding at the following correct ?

-Using 1:200 leverage and 0.01 lot size. EUR USD pairing.

1) I am controling USD10,000 with USD50 given.

2) 1 standard lot is 100,000 units, my case amount per lot would be 100,000 / 200 = 500. Since my lot size is 0.01, then 500 x 0.01 = USD5.
Meaning every lot I open is worth USD5. I have USD45 free margin.

3) In EU pairing one pip is USD10, so my case would be USD10 x 0.01 = USD 0.1 @ 10 cents per pip.

4) If my profit target is 15 pips, it is USD1.5.

5) When I set my stop loss is 30 pip, then I am risking 6% of my capital of USD50

If the above is correct, how to comply the recommended stop loss at 2% ? If I force to follow 2% ST, then I will have only 10 pips room to tolerate.

Any advice is much appreciated. smile.gif

This post has been edited by rayloo: Oct 18 2009, 10:37 AM
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post Oct 20 2009, 12:11 AM

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QUOTE(rstusa @ Oct 19 2009, 11:13 PM)
Try either Oanda, IBFX or Alpari UK. Those brokers overall with good services. If you want to start with capital lees than USD500, then Oanda suitable. IBFX as my recommend you need at least USD500 and Alpari UK at least USD5000 to avoid risking your account, because you're still new, so i suggest the capital to risk ratio about the capital amount i told you which you're not easy to loss all your money but before you start live, go for demo first.
Is it possible that one opens live account with IBFX with free initial USD 50, then maintain and grow it without having to deposit further money into it ?
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post Oct 20 2009, 09:30 AM

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QUOTE(rayloo @ Oct 18 2009, 10:34 AM)
All Sifus, if I open an IBFX account with USD50 free initial deposit. Is my understanding at the following correct ?

-Using 1:200 leverage and 0.01 lot size. EUR USD pairing.

1) I am controling USD10,000 with USD50 given.

2) 1 standard lot is 100,000 units, my case amount per lot would be 100,000 / 200 = 500. Since my lot size is 0.01, then 500 x 0.01 = USD5.
Meaning every lot I open is worth USD5. I have USD45 free margin.

3) In EU pairing one pip is USD10, so my case would be USD10 x 0.01 = USD 0.1 @ 10 cents per pip.

4) If my profit target is 15 pips, it is USD1.5.

5) When I set my stop loss is 30 pip, then I am risking 6% of my capital of USD50

If the above is correct, how to comply the recommended stop loss at 2% ? If I force to follow 2% ST, then I will have only 10 pips room to tolerate.

Any advice is much appreciated.  smile.gif
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Found solution. Open min account and 1:200 leverage. Margin becomes 1 with 49 free margin to trade. Make every trade in 0.05 lots, 30 pips stop loss may risk 3 % of capital. That is the nearest to my trading plan.


Added on October 20, 2009, 9:38 am
QUOTE(MNet @ Oct 20 2009, 08:59 AM)
$50 Incentive Offer Terms & Conditions:

1. To qualify, customers must have their Interbank FX live account created and approved between Thursday, October 1, 2009 and Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5pm EDT (21:00 GMT)
2. Opening an account with this promotion indicates that the customer has read and accepts the terms and conditions of the $50.00 Incentive Offer.
3. $50.00 Incentive Offer is available to new Interbank FX customers only. $50.00 will be deposited into a new account with Interbank FX within 3 business days of an approved application. Limit one per customer.
4. The $50.00 incentive is for initial trading activity only. If the account does not have trading activity during the first 90 days, the incentive is forfeit and will be returned to Interbank FX.
5. The incentive will be available for withdrawal or transfer to another account after the customer has executed 5 round-turn standard lot trades in that account. For mini accounts to qualify they must trade the equivalent number of standard round-turn lots. (1 mini lot = 0.1 standard lots)
6. Deposits to the trading account adhere to existing rules and guidelines for deposits.
7. Interbank FX reserves the right to modify, amend or discontinue this program at any time.
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Thanks MNet, I read the terms and condition before, but I wish to know someone here actually practice in actual. What does it mean by 5 round-turn standard lot ? Meaning if I open a mini account, I have to trade 50 times at least ? If so, no problem for me. Gonna trade with free initial deposit to see it grow.

Another thing is as far as I know the offer was started in mid this year, I am not really sure there is time frame between 1/10/09 to 30/10/09 to qualify the free USD 50 offer. hmm.gif

This post has been edited by rayloo: Oct 20 2009, 09:38 AM
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post Oct 31 2009, 07:17 AM

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My first 2 weeks trade was chaotic. Now refining strategy, can see some stable growth of my pips. Wish it can sustain for months before I enter with real bullet. smile.gif

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