Depends on the broker I think... but plenty... more than 5 to 1... probably more like 10 to 1...
try www.tickdata.com IQ Feed have free (once you subscribe to live data) 1 min data going back about 2 years... --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopf...@...> wrote: > > What is the typical leverage on futures? > > And do you know a good source of historical 1-min data on such instruments, > going back at least 5 years? I guess it may be time to diversify from > straight Forex. > > > --- In [email protected], "sidhartha70" <sidhartha70@> wrote: > > > > Trade futures on FX instead > > > > --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@> wrote: > > > > > > Seems that FINRA is serious about reducing leverage for retail forex > > > brokers all the way down to 1.5:1! > > > > > > In January they proposed the rule, and received 108 comments (107 of > > > which were AGAINST the proposal). Now they have filed the rule and are > > > awaiting approval: > > > > > > http://www.finra.org/Industry/Regul...gs/2009/P118864 > > > > > > Under this proposed rule, you would need to put up $66,666 to trade a > > > single $100k lot! > > > > > > Unfortunately, my broker of choice IB, for which I spent the whole of > > > last year developing my autotrading platform, is regulated by FINRA. I > > > just hope that if this rule is actually approved, that IB is able to > > > quickly spin off their Forex biz into another entity that comes under NFA > > > regulation, instead of FINRA regulation. > > > > > > And I would appeal to Tomasz to make IBC controller compatible with > > > other, non FINRA, Forex brokers as well - FXCM, HotSpot, Oanda. We need > > > more choices. > > > > > > Moving autotrading from IB would be a pain in the neck, with a whole new > > > API to code around. > > > > > >
