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  • 3 Steps to Protect Against a Forex Broker Bankruptcy

    A bank run can cause your forex broker to go bankrupt. Image credit: www.thecomingdepression.net.

    Forex Magnates posted an article on FXGM, a Cyprus based forex broker caught up in that country’s banking debacle....

     
  • Meet real traders in real life

    Strangers don't understand forex trading. They nod politely while I quickly dodge the question about what I do for a living.

    Polite conversation usually includes the question, “So, what do you for a living?”. It’s a question that...

     
  • Fibonacci Fluff

    A current look at the EURUSD doesn't show any relationship to the ZeroHedge Fibonacci time observation

    I read a post on Zero Hedge highlighting an alleged Fibonacci time pattern. The chart shows a convincing countdown between...

     
  • Forex Liquidity

    Forex Liquidity

    Peter from Ireland wrote in asking me to do a piece on liquidity on the forex market. Although the market trades 5 trillion...

     
  • Dark Pools

    Dark Pools

    I picked up Dark Pools by Scott Paterson on Friday evening and finished Sunday afternoon. That ought to say something for...

     
  • Market Depth

    Market Depth

    Moving from small time retail forex accounts to a serious account size comes with some bumps in the road. Most traders see...

     
  • Ten heresies of finance

    Ten heresies of finance

    I set a reading list for new programming hires before they ever interact with customers. OneStepRemoved’s newest programmer,...

     
  • Martingale Lessons

    Martingale Lessons

    In the spring of 2011, there was no denying it.  I adopted a decidely jaded view of the stock market and had grown to despise...

     
  • Expert advisor versus manual trading

    Expert advisor versus manual trading

    A client from Malaysia emailed yesterday asking about the merits of trading with EAs. He went through the usual motions of...

     
  • Euro collapse

    Euro collapse

    I’m writing this over the Atlantic on my way home from Dublin. I’m absolutely convinced that the euro is at...