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I know it’s a bit late yet this hasn’t been published yet so what the hell. Hotspot recently released their trading volume figures and the numbers are simply astounding. During May 2010 Hotspot transacted over $1 Trillion total volume… May 6th was the most volatile with almost $90 billion traded in a single day. From [...]

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Jul 13th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

<h1>How do stop orders work in MetaTrader?</h1> Buy stop, Sell stop and Stop loss orders do NOT guarantee an order will be filled at a certain price.  Your specified price is known as the stop price.  Once the stop price is met or exceeded, the order becomes a market order.  Market orders instruct the broker [...]

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May 17th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Global currency trading volume declined 6 percent to just under $100 trillion last year, after setting records in 2007 and 2008, as hedge funds placed fewer trades than in previous years, Greenwich Associates said. Trading by fund managers fell 23 percent in 2009, leading the declines among the 1,497 corporate and institutional customers surveyed by [...]

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May 5th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

MQL5 for Newbies: Guide to Using Technical Indicators in Expert Advisors Introduction An Expert Advisor or indicator that doesn’t use standard technical indicators in its code is rare. They are popular both for the beginners and advanced developers of trading strategies. It isn’t difficult to understand the details of indicator creation; the aim of this [...]

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May 4th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

NEW YORK; LONDON; SYDNEY – April 28, 2010 GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., a global provider of online trading services specialising in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs), today announced the launch of a new service in Australia under its FOREX.com brand. The new Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regulated offering [...]

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Apr 30th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

A pip is the smallest increment in any currency pair. In EUR/USD, a movement from 1.0066 to 1.0067 is one pip, so a pip is .0001. In USD/JPY, a movement from 120.45 to 120.46 is one pip, so a pip is .01. How much in dollars is this movement worth, for example, per 100,000 Euros [...]

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Apr 27th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Go Markets News: As part of our continued plans to augment and further develop all systems, Go Markets is pleased to announce more enhancements to its Forex price feed. Working in conjunction with our various feed providers we have been able to arrange for improvements which should mean even more favourable pricing, especially during times [...]

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Mar 9th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

All Forex quotes have two parts, the BID and the ASK. The Bid is the price at which you (as the trader) will open a sell. The Ask is the price at which you will open a buy. The difference between the bid and the ask price is known as the spread.

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Feb 8th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

Please find below a summary of GoMarkets FX trading conditions. . Sign up for a Free GoMarkets MetaTrader Demo account Today Open a Live GoMarkets MetaTrader account . Please note that a volume of 1 lot = 100,000 of the first named currency. Mini + Micro lots are available. For further information, please contact GoMarkets. Spreads [...]

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Feb 8th, 2010 | Filed under MetaTrader General

It is important to choose a forex trading platform that meets your requirements. There are different types of platforms that provide different facilities. The platform that you choose depends on your approach. Some platforms provide high level of details. They provide highly complex charts and indicators and complete information about the markets. If you are [...]

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Oct 28th, 2009 | Filed under MetaTrader General