I get this question all the time: What is the difference between straight through processing (STP) and an ECN broker? Big difference. Straight Through Processing from what I understand is just a name given to dealing desk brokers that have automated the dealing process. Traditionally in the spot forex market, when you place a trade, you are being filled by … Read More
Create Your Forex Watch List And More With Raghee Horner
On Wednesday 10/3 at 4:30PM ET Raghee Horner, Chief Currency Analyst at IBFX and 15 year veteran will be sharing how she finds currency pairs worth watching for the trading day. This is what she refers to as her Forex Watch List. In addition, Ms. Horner is going to show us what tools she uses to confirm trends. This is … Read More
Conviction Makes a Good Trader Great
A few days ago the head trader of our equities desk, GMan, had an exceptional day. Jokingly I sent him a message that read, “Now I know what ‘G’ stands for in Gman: Grande”. I’m writing about him here for two reasons. First, a significant part of his returns came from a position in the EUR/USD pair which he took … Read More
Unleashing Trading Potential: Leveraging Market Profile Strategies
The new trader is usually in a rush. They want to be handed a system that will make them profitable practically overnight. A professional and consistent trader is one who is usually informed in a way that goes against the conventional. Getting to that level of knowledge requires building enough experience with conventional information so that you can make it … Read More
Factoring News Into Your Forex Strategy
News can cause major movements in the currency markets. Many newer traders like to believe that it is possible to trade news events profitably. That idea gets really old fast and/or your account goes to zero faster. Either way as the newer trader gains experience they realize news trading isn’t the most productive strategy. The question is how can we … Read More