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RE: [amibroker] AB and Forex (starting out)



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From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kris45mar
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:49 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AB and Forex (starting out)

 

Thomas

Thx for taking the time to reply.

I will "watch" the action in the news over the next three days or so and stick to trading outside of those times on my demo account with FXCM.


What this means is if I enter at Market based on what I see I may be way off the mark.

At present only doing Entry orders at predetermined levels.

Presumably the Entry buy or sell, limit and stop orders reside on their servers?

Meaning that if I have a PC/ISP/software crash then those orders are still good?

See also my responses below in  green.

Many thanks.

ChrisB



"Thomas Z." <tzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Chris,

see my answers below:

 

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Best Regards

 

Thomas

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From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kris45mar
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:27 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] AB and Forex (starting out)

 

Hello All...

Looking to play with FX platforms and feeds.

Is there a significant difference between prices/quotes between the different market makers?
Yes, this can happen, especially in fast markets (news), some brokers react faster than others, some have gaps, some not, and so on. FXCM mostly reacts slower.

Is this a deliberate or a function of their bandwidth?

It’s very important to test a demo and ask the broker if the demo reflects real prices.

What I am getting at is this: if I get Fx prices from  say quotetracker but use FXCM trading platform ( their charts are not that hot) or from Oanda, is this viable or fraught with error?
See above. I have seen difference of 20 pips at fast markets, for about 30-60 seconds. But it could also be that some brokers don’t show their real prices in the charts and update their charts later, i have seen this also.


I can chart fx data in AB with Amiquote down to one minute, but only on some of the currency pairs.

Does anybody use *one* trading platform and a *different* data source?
I would guess that for anything other than intraday moves this would be OK, but not OK for intraday moves.
Yes, i use Metatrader quotes for amibroker. As long as you don’t trade news it’s OK. Forex news are mostly very heavy and some brokers even block you trading.
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Under normal conditions it’s no problem. Of course, it also depends on your strategy.


Just looking around at FX platforms and how best to integrate this with AB Pro, latest version.

I am presuming it is better to find a way to use the same data as the market maker feeds us. Yes, of course, but not all market makers give you their feed.

OK, so Metatrader, IB, quotetracker and eSignal are alternatives?


How would one go about this or is one then best to use their charting.
I prefer to use and test strategies with a Stopp and profit target of at least 25 pips or more. In such cases the price differences between brokers are not so important, because they are only about 10% of my target.

Point taken, so slightly longer time frames, perhaps.

(Does anybody here in Oz use any of the CFD providers for forex? E.g. Man or CMC?

Or is it better to just stick with a dedicated Fx plaform?
Don't want to clog the boards with this:
If there is anyone here in W.Australia with any advice please contact me at
kris45mar [at] yahoo.com )


CMC seems a little bit slowly to handle, but i have not tested it on a live account.


From where do the different  market makers/ brokers obtain their data, if that is not a silly question?

If this comes from somewhere outside of Australia then this latency may  be a further factor.

Regards

 

 


Regards

ChrisB



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