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Quincy
post Dec 12 2006, 05:10 PM

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QUOTE(poyo @ Dec 12 2006, 01:06 PM)
Hello guys. I have been reading thru this thread, a few threads at nogold.com, and been schoolin' myself up at babypips.com.

I do understand some of the basics, but I suppose I hafta finish up at babypips.com ( still at between 1st and 3rd Grade, heheh! ) before going for a demo account.

It seems that the most popular traders around here is : Northfinance ( NF ), Marketiva and InterbankFX. I am really dumb in Net moolah transactions, and I do not understand how to we take out our money from e-gold to our bank acc here in Malaysia?

By the way, I can't find Marketiva's demo account, only NF and InterbankFX. Which of these would be the best demo acc I should go for ( as I understand that having MetaTrader 4 is a plus, and Marketiva doesn't utilise MT4, rite? Only NF and InterbankFX rite? )

For those who have successfully trade a live acc for quite some time, how's the return like, especially for day traders ( as I do not want to take unnecessary risks, rather have small revenue daily rather having the risk of gaining more revenue at higher risks )? Maybe when I have enough understand on forex and how it works, I'll open up a mini acc woth USD 250.00 and later boosting it up to USD 500.0.

One of the stuffs I don't really get about these live accounts is, how does the leverage works? Thing like you got like, example :

Cash in acc : USD 1000.00
Commit for trading : USD 500.00 ( the rest left for the dreaded margin call? )
From the USD 500.00 committed for trading, how does the calculation works? 1 : 10? 1 : 100? 1 : 1000?

I read that there are online classes by local ppl here on forex, are they any good? Any recommendation? Reviews?
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Dont know about the leverage thing, as im also trying to learn proper moneymanagement before opening live acc.

For marketiva, the live and demo are the same software.
There are other metatrader4 broker depending on the cost to open up an account.( I think the lowest is RealTrade?)



QUOTE(ijamz @ Dec 12 2006, 04:34 PM)
sclap trader? illegal? ban?
swing trader ? legal?
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I think it depends on the broker about scalping. Some brokers do allow scalp trading (forgot which 1).
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post Dec 12 2006, 05:35 PM

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QUOTE(poyo @ Dec 12 2006, 04:55 PM)
Hi hamster9, thanks for your comments. Yeah, I've read around that Marketiva's Streamster is pretty easy to understand, but not as detailed and technical as Metatrader 4 platform, which is siad to be much more detailed ( well, I dunno lah. They say wan.. )

Wah, 100+ pips? How much converted to USD? Live acc or demo?

One thing I read around ( too! ), is that demo acc varies a lot from live / real acc, is it true?
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well, for a simple minded person like me, i would go for streamster. Then I would place a exit target. That's all...

I haven't finish reading babypips, thus i'm not so sure about other indicators namely symetrical triangle thingy and stuff like that can be done in streamster. But as time pass by, I guess most of us would know better.

100+ pips depends on how many unit u trade in and it's already converted into USD if you are playing againts USD.

My experience, virtual money=less emotion, can gamble. Real money=more emotion,scared to take the chance if the market isn't going your direction.
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post Dec 12 2006, 06:15 PM

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can we transfer funds between diff. user?
can we register 2 account at the same time at marketiva?and withdraw them both into 1 egold acc?

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post Dec 12 2006, 06:20 PM

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I have read sumthing else around about forex. best thing is : don't be greedy. Better earn less rather than later on lose too much, right?

Oh, what the hell, I'm going for a NF demo account now!
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post Dec 12 2006, 06:29 PM

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QUOTE(poyo @ Dec 12 2006, 06:20 PM)
I have read sumthing else around about forex. best thing is : don't be greedy. Better earn less rather than later on lose too much, right?

Oh, what the hell, I'm going for a NF demo account now!
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yup...never be greedy is the main core of any trading. I limit myself for 20 pips in each trade. here's my today's earnings, a misture of live and virtual to test the market.


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post Dec 12 2006, 07:04 PM

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yup...never be greedy is the main core of any trading. I limit myself for 20 pips in each trade. here's my today's earnings, a misture of live and virtual to test the market.
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virtual or live?
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post Dec 12 2006, 07:25 PM

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Ah! I really don't get this Meta4 platform! How to do buy and sell? Pening!
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QUOTE(poyo @ Dec 12 2006, 01:06 PM)
Hello guys. I have been reading thru this thread, a few threads at nogold.com, and been schoolin' myself up at babypips.com.

I do understand some of the basics, but I suppose I hafta finish up at babypips.com ( still at between 1st and 3rd Grade, heheh! ) before going for a demo account.

It seems that the most popular traders around here is : Northfinance ( NF ), Marketiva and InterbankFX. I am really dumb in Net moolah transactions, and I do not understand how to we take out our money from e-gold to our bank acc here in Malaysia?

By the way, I can't find Marketiva's demo account, only NF and InterbankFX. Which of these would be the best demo acc I should go for ( as I understand that having MetaTrader 4 is a plus, and Marketiva doesn't utilise MT4, rite? Only NF and InterbankFX rite? )

For those who have successfully trade a live acc for quite some time, how's the return like, especially for day traders ( as I do not want to take unnecessary risks, rather have small revenue daily rather having the risk of gaining more revenue at higher risks )? Maybe when I have enough understand on forex and how it works, I'll open up a mini acc woth USD 250.00 and later boosting it up to USD 500.0.

One of the stuffs I don't really get about these live accounts is, how does the leverage works? Thing like you got like, example :

Cash in acc : USD 1000.00
Commit for trading : USD 500.00 ( the rest left for the dreaded margin call? )
From the USD 500.00 committed for trading, how does the calculation works? 1 : 10? 1 : 100? 1 : 1000?

I read that there are online classes by local ppl here on forex, are they any good? Any recommendation? Reviews?
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Leverage works like this.
Usually broker will ask you what leverage you wanna use. 1:100, 1:200 up to 1:500. Let's say you choose 1:100.

In Marketiva, 1 unit is USD 1. But because of leverage you can buy 100 units with USD 1.
If you buy 100 units, Marketiva will lock USD1 from your account. If the investment goes down to USD 99 in value, your position will be closed and you lose the USD1 Marketiva was holding.

Broker let you use their money to make profit, but never let you use their money when you are losing.

QUOTE(Quincy @ Dec 12 2006, 05:10 PM)
Dont know about the leverage thing, as im also trying to learn proper moneymanagement before opening live acc.

For marketiva, the live and demo are the same software.
There are other metatrader4 broker depending on the cost to open up an account.( I think the lowest is RealTrade?)
I think it depends on the broker about scalping. Some brokers do allow scalp trading (forgot which 1).
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Isnt RealTrader based in Indonesia ?

QUOTE(poyo @ Dec 12 2006, 07:25 PM)
Ah! I really don't get this Meta4 platform! How to do buy and sell? Pening!
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Just click on the currency pair on the left and enter your order.
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QUOTE(luqmanz @ Dec 12 2006, 07:33 PM)
Leverage works like this.
Usually broker will ask you what leverage you wanna use. 1:100, 1:200 up to 1:500. Let's say you choose 1:100.

In Marketiva, 1 unit is USD 1. But because of leverage you can buy 100 units with USD 1.
If you buy 100 units, Marketiva will lock USD1 from your account. If the investment goes down to USD 99 in value, your position will be closed and you lose the USD1 Marketiva was holding.

Broker let you use their money to make profit, but never let you use their money when you are losing.
Isnt RealTrader based in Indonesia ?
Just click on the currency pair on the left and enter your order.
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Owh we can choose the leverage? I think when ive register the demo need to put the leverage also.

Hmm... what ive learn on my moneymanagement doesnt have leverage calculation, or does it automaticaly use leverage when we trade?

RealTrade better ask Hafifie, i think he using them.

This post has been edited by Quincy: Dec 12 2006, 07:57 PM
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post Dec 12 2006, 07:58 PM

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QUOTE(ijamz @ Dec 12 2006, 07:04 PM)
virtual or live?
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both. Live and virtual. wink.gif
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post Dec 12 2006, 08:29 PM

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anybody guna elliot wave ?
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post Dec 12 2006, 09:02 PM

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dumb question : can we trade between 6.00pm until 12 oclock (midnight) malaysia time?

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post Dec 12 2006, 09:08 PM

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QUOTE(ijamz @ Dec 12 2006, 09:02 PM)
dumb question : can we trade between 6.00pm until 12 oclock (midnight) malaysia time?
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yes you can trade.
refer here for market open and closed time.
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/fxmarkethours/
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post Dec 12 2006, 09:09 PM

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QUOTE(Quincy @ Dec 12 2006, 07:56 PM)
Owh we can choose the leverage? I think when ive register the demo need to put the leverage also.

Hmm... what ive learn on my moneymanagement doesnt have leverage calculation, or does it automaticaly use leverage when we trade?

RealTrade better ask Hafifie, i think he using them.
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Leverage is automatic in Marketiva...dont know if other broker's leverage can be turned on/off.. but if the leverage is too high, it becomes harder to trade.

QUOTE(ijamz @ Dec 12 2006, 09:02 PM)
dumb question : can we trade between 6.00pm until 12 oclock (midnight) malaysia time?
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6 pm till 12 midnight ...is US market hours. (9pm to 5 am)
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post Dec 12 2006, 09:38 PM

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QUOTE(ijamz @ Dec 12 2006, 09:02 PM)
dumb question : can we trade between 6.00pm until 12 oclock (midnight) malaysia time?
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yeah..that's when things start getting interesting. laugh.gif
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erm... i usually just put exit targets, but no stop limit, or even if i do, they are very large limits, because i prefer to choose my stop limits manually, as in, if the loss is too large, i'll prefer to hold it a while longer, at least reduce the impact of the loss, instead of just selling automaticly when it hits that target, especially due to sudden bursts...

is this.. okay?

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QUOTE(ThanatosSwiftfire @ Dec 12 2006, 10:49 PM)
erm... i usually just put exit targets, but no stop limit, or even if i do, they are very large limits, because i prefer to choose my stop limits manually, as in, if the loss is too large, i'll prefer to hold it a while longer, at least reduce the impact of the loss, instead of just selling automaticly when it hits that target, especially due to sudden bursts...

is this.. okay?
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Well if you doing this live, you have to consider the margin also. Bigger stoploss or no stoploss need large margin from what ive learned.

Ive dont know either this is correct or not since im also on demo acc. Better ask some1 who doing live.

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same here... I did not put the stop loss but I'd make sure it really goes my way just in case if I were to go againts the market by refering to monthly, weekly and daily charts.


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post Dec 13 2006, 12:28 PM

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how reliable is marketiva and others? how long u all have been in this industry? is there any scam cases reported ? can we trust those internet broker?
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post Dec 13 2006, 12:57 PM

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Yep, the buying / selling page goes up.

Example, for EUR/USD, selling price is 1.3281, buying price is 1.3283.
Let's say I wanna sell,
Volume : how do I set this?
Stop Loss : ?
And the maximum deviation, pun confuse lah...

QUOTE(luqmanz @ Dec 12 2006, 07:33 PM)
Just click on the currency pair on the left and enter your order.
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