Recent content by jammie

they liquidate positions when the free margin level is 20%. The closest i get is about 300% so i'm fine! I can't wait for all my funds to clear now, 4 years of waiting and its all about to start properly now. Woo!

i trade the 4/5 major pairs, specifically either looking for reversals so i can get in early and catch a big trend, or just jumping on a longer trend if its just developing. its a pretty risky system though as if it looks like its going to reverse and doesn't, you're on the wrong side of a...

ahhh! Phew! Thats good to know! Would of been hard to trae daily charts if positions closed after 2 days! heh. Just another quick question regarding margin calls - Do margin calls occur when your available margin falls below 0 due to losses on open positions, thus they liquidate them? or is...

Hey Pharoah, Cheers for the quick reply, being rolled into another contract doesn't bother me much, and margin requirements don't really bother me either (i have quite a relaxed style) Does being rolled into a new contract close the position, then open it at the new one? no big deal if it...

Well, Since everyone seems to post there trades and everything, i'll post my account summary from metatrader. Please note, this is a *demo* account, it is based on a highly aggresive trading style and was done as a proof of principle to prove to my parents i could generate 100% in a month...

Hi, Well i've been making money on there demo accounts for almost 2 years, and figured i should take the plunge into the real world. After looking at there T&C's closely, it seems that since they trade spot forex, positions are always liquidated after 2 days (48 hours?), regardless. Is...

simeon emmanuel, there spread on EUR/AUD is 10 pips, so the price may of had to move to 1.6251 to trigger your take profit. harsh i know, but little things like this are worth noticing! Im thinking about getting an account with alpari (UK), I *don't* trade news, but i do trade alot (2-4 a...

Hi, Im 18 and i've been trading forex casually for about 2 years. Started off just basically "betting" which way the majors would go then got sucked in once i started to understand it abit more; so it got abit more serious. I now know a decent amount about technical analysis, but only the...