Thanks.
--- In [email protected], "sidhartha70" <sidharth...@...> wrote:
>
> 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" <zoopfree@> 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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
