I would right you a privat message, but Iam not allowed by now (I don’t reached 20 forum post).
What I have to do to trade with my FXCM account directly in ZuluTrade. At the moment I only have a ‘viewmodus’ to the FXCM TradeStation, because I use this account to follow other traders at ZuluTrade.
Is it also possible to to switch my account from No Dealing Desk to Dealing Desk? I use a News Strategy, could that lead to problems if i want to close my order right after the news release? (few seconds to 10min)
I am also not having any problems with aaafx as well. whatever you are not happy with simply change brokers - simple as that. There are so many other brokers one can use - and good ones of course!
You can trade microlots on ZuluTrade with FXCM. Just a note, though, the account would not be an MT4 account. As I mentioned in my previous post, ZuluTrade connects to FXCM’s back office directly using our API, which offers a more reliable connection than going through a third party.
In regards to your other account, you might be interested in our Active Trader program for your discretionary trading. If you like, I can even arrange to have one of our specialists in that department follow up with you to discuss what pricing you can qualify for based on your trading volume. You can send me a private message with your contact details, if you’d like to receive a call.
I appreciate the offer Jason however Alpari offers mt4 with their ecn account. Minimum is 2k not 25k. Also spread is lower up to .4 on the euro not including the commission. For the average trader your spreads are very competitive but because I trade a standard account 3-5 times on a nightly basis these are important factors to consider.
Abaxs I would consider an ecn account as they promise no re quotes. I am in the US so I use alpari-us ecn unless Jason has a better solution. I don’t personally trade news events so I am unsure about the slippage. You can view the various brokers here.
Island_wealthfx ended up 20 pips after experiencing some broker issues using a combination of different brokers. My main account is an ecn account and linked to fxdd with trade copier. Since eddy asked on another thread I thought I would post it here. I am using Zulu to keep track of my trades since mt4 lacks the simplicity I need. No need to follow but just pay attention to my trades within the main trends. Being extremely careful since I increased my trading size to a standard account.
ok I will after this week. Since my risk is 2-3% per trade I will need to transfer more monies from my alpari to fxdd. Eddy I found this other trader to keep an eye on. The 50 pips drawdown is a little scary. What do you think?
well, live account stable risk management - seems OK. but it is still very early to say - he just started, so, it is hard to make any projections -i’d say lets bookmark him and then be sure on what to do and how.
as for you - i was just saying indicative - you’d know better when and how to increase your, but be sure whenever this happens to know what you are doing!
Deposited more monies into my zulu fxdd account to increase lot size. You are right but I still dislike the spread with this particular broker but for zullu purposes I would rather portray confidence rather then fear. )) MY ALpari ecn offers less then .5 pips on most pairs not including commissions so a majority of my lots are traded with the company that provides the cheapest and safest route when it comes to order flow.
@gkawaw22 For my personal the volume isn’t interesting, as long you trade your strategy. Many traders get out of control, if they loose some pips. At this point they only try to beat the market and the market always win. They increase there trade size and volume and in the end of the story they’re broke. I trade only, if there is a real opportunity.
well, controlling the psychological aspect of the trade is never easy, i thing not all traders are suited to be signal providers - it does take some big character to trade when you see your (commissions ) slipping away…not an easy thing. Anyhow some has it, others not so much and it goes around. But overall traders need to become more professional, imo.
Sounds like a great strategy! Please feel free to post results!! I would really liked to see what they will be.
As a trader, well there is still a lot to go, in my humble opinion.
I am using Zulu to keep track of my trades since mt4 lacks the simplicity I need. No need to follow but just pay attention to my trades within the main trends. Being extremely careful since I increased my trading size to a standard account.