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Who are you trading with?
Forex.com
Who are you trading with?
Forex.com
I trade EURUSD with 2 pip spread and I risk 2% per trade with 15 pips Stop. For $300K account, I trade 40 lots, which is under the maximum of most Forex brokers and all my entries are market orders. However, my order execution is getting harder and harder starting from about 25 lots with many re-quotes, which affects my emotion.
As I know from your profile, you are a bank trader. If so, can you tell me your experience of trading large order?
Well, I think it depends on what risk you want to take. I see Forex traders make 1000% a month trading in Forex contest.
As a Forex trader, I always remind me that what I need is to produce 5% weekly compound return consistently to earn 1,000% in 1 year with reasonable risk. However, you must understand the followings:
A)to achieve these returns, one must be 100% discipline or he can lose all of his profit in a short period of time;
B)You can only compound your return with limit because you will not be able to trade more than 50 lots in one order from most Forex broker. Once you are trading at the 50 lots range, you can't compound your return any more.
I hope this help.
You could trade with someone better than that. I'm trading eurusd at the moment 15$/mio commissions and the spreads are as low as zero and never above 1 pip other than the open. gbpusd is usually less than 1 pip too. Execution is slightly different too. With Currenex you'll be hitting the banks directly, who don't requote.
So is it $1.5 commission per lot per side or round turn? Can you tell me your broker and I need MT4 platform? What is your experience of trading 50 lots or more on market order?
Thanks.
Why would you not trade Currency Futures which are regulated if you had $300k on the table? Just a curious question![]()
Edit - sum1 elase already said it.
Split it up n use limits
Well, it's very hard to master one skill and have no idea how to trade currency futures. You just need to master one market, even one pair for consistent profits.
So that's a 50lot or 5M, or roughly $500/pip, on a 15 pip stop that's $7500. on a 300K account that's 2.5% risk of tot. accnt.
So What's your reward Ratio look like.
And you do this in one shot all in/out...But you wouldn't know how to trade a futures contract.
And you do this thru forex.com... :-0
Are you @^$@#& kidding me or just spoofing this thread.
You dont get paid for your liquidity, no rebates?
No direct bank routing?
What if I could give 1 pip or less spread and the ability to sweep inside for 30M in two pips, that's 6x your size?
Is any of this of any interest?
Anyway to the OPs question
One of the best ways to grow an account.... access and liquidity ...first.
Proper Risk/Reward profile...and that is personalized everyone's tolerance is different.
I use 1% of account size per trade scaled by volatility and price deviation parameters.
PM me if you need clarification
We are talking ECN, STP platform, 1pip spread majors, 8-12M each pip out, bid/ask ...typically.
More liquidity than anyone in here should even come close to sweeping................ ever .
Well, I am here to share my experience on market order execution for trade size above 30 lots or more from Forex MT4 platform. I appreciate anyone shares his/her direct experience of trading large market orders, especially on MT4 platform. And I respect all your opinions.
Happy trading!
Well, I am here to share my experience on market order execution for trade size above 30 lots or more from Forex MT4 platform. I appreciate anyone shares his/her direct experience of trading large market orders, especially on MT4 platform. And I respect all your opinions.
Happy trading!
OK relative to threads title, "Size and How to get there"
Controling or limiting risk is essential to "getting there" as in not wiping out.
So as far as order types are concerned the use of LIMITS guarantees you'll get the desired entry price or better; thus it is a way to limit risk on trade entry. Additionally the use of limits and SCALING into sizable positions also can improve your average cost basis and help control risk exposure.
By using a MARKET order you are at the mercy of the Dealer to slip you and they will especially if you use the MT4 platform.
Are you aware there are plug ins to Mt4 that tells the dealer about your account stats and trading, whether the account is profitable and when and whether you should be traded against or with?
So when platform sends the 30 lot @ MARKET you'll get spun.
The only worse thing one could do on mt4, besides use it in the first place, is to use an EA provided by the broker or an affiliate. Because they are running the same EA 2-3 steps ahead of you or the counter EA and spinning you. Additionally they have the order flow on all their other clients accounts as well , in addition to interbank activity that you could only dream of seeing. So they know what to do with your market order.
It just like dining out. If I order fillet on a LIMIT, I'll get the fillet, not be flayed.
Oh, forgot to mention, I also get paid 2 bux per lot for using the limit!
Order with a Market and one might get a boney chuck, chucked, or more likely something that rhymes with the latter.![]()
Well, I am here to share my experience on market order execution for trade size above 30 lots or more from Forex MT4 platform. I appreciate anyone shares his/her direct experience of trading large market orders, especially on MT4 platform. And I respect all your opinions.
Happy trading!