Time & Sales, which shows the time and price of every executed trade, is an important analytical tool for trading. Occasionally you may have questions about your order executions and want to check the conditions under which trades were transacted. With my broker (Interactive Brokers), it’s very easy to track and check the trades in …
The term slippage (from the verb “to slip”) refers to the difference between the expected price of a buy or sell order and the actual execution price. This article describes my experience with slippage in trading. Slippage occurs in fast or illiquid markets There are three trading situations in which you may experience price deviations …
In this article, I’d like to explain the bid price, or bid, which plays an important role in trading. The opposite of the bid is the ask price. The bid is the highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security in the market. By contrast, the ask is the lowest price at …
In this article, I’d like to explain the ask price, or ask, which plays an important role in trading. The opposite of the ask is the bid price. The ask is the lowest price at which someone is willing to sell a security in the market. By contrast, the bid is the highest price at …
Ed Seykota is a trading legend. He was born in 1946 and earned a degree from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is considered the first system trader. By 1970, he had achieved phenomenal success using computers and automated systems for futures trading. The first computerized trading systems At the start of his career, …
Broker comparison – who is the best? In this article, we are introducing RoboMarkets. The provider RoboMarkets is a so-called multi-asset broker. Interested traders and investors can use this online broker to trade 8 different asset classes comprising over 12,000 actual assets. Apart from its extensive range of tradable assets, RoboMarkets also gives its …
Broker comparison – who is the best? In this article, we are introducing OctaFX. OctaFX – background info This article focuses on the STP forex broker called OctaFX. The brand was established in 2011 as part of Octa Markets Incorporated, whose main office is situated in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. These days, the online …