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Forum: Sierra Chart

October 30th, 2017, 05:41 PM

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IB and Forex

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Posted By Grantx

Ahh. Thats what confused me. Chart settings are...

Ahh. Thats what confused me. Chart settings are different to global settings.
In my chart settings the currency value per tick and tick value = 0.05 respectively.
but in global settings its 0.01...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 30th, 2017, 05:00 PM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Teach away Im all ears. That is what Im...

Teach away Im all ears.

That is what Im doing now, going through everything with a fine tooth comb. I am extra cautious with Sierra because of how highly configurable it is.

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 30th, 2017, 02:19 PM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

mrad or rassi Im checking out the settings...

mrad or rassi

Im checking out the settings for my live account and hoping that one of you can help me here.

Sierra is configured as follows for Gold spot:
Tick value = $ 0.05
Tick size=...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 29th, 2017, 12:07 PM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Great explanation. Thank you. I have applied...

Great explanation. Thank you.
I have applied for a live account so lets see how this all pans out. If i can stick to a single platform to trade forex and futures from then happy days.
Cheers.

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 29th, 2017, 09:54 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Thanks for your input. Never heard of a FIX...

Thanks for your input.

Never heard of a FIX fee, what is FIX and why would I pay for it?
What does 'Last look' mean? Ive seen that on the website but never heard of it.
What do you think of...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 27th, 2017, 11:57 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Chat with Lmax regarding that spread: Hannah...

Chat with Lmax regarding that spread:

Hannah : Welcome to LMAX Exchange, how can I help today?
Me : Hi, I just want to check your spread on XAUUSD
Me : your website says 10. Seems too low....

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 27th, 2017, 11:14 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Im missing something obvious because that cant be...

Im missing something obvious because that cant be 12 spread on Gold. This is from the Lmax website.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=243070

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 27th, 2017, 06:00 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Good forex brokers do exist. FXCM and Oanda...

Good forex brokers do exist.
FXCM and Oanda are examples of good brokers. They both comply with FCA regulations here in the UK:
https://register.fca.org.uk/ShPo_Homepage

They have stringent...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 26th, 2017, 02:48 PM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

Its too hard. Honestly. TWS is just too much...

Its too hard. Honestly. TWS is just too much effort to learn and IB does not cater for spread bet accounts.
Im going to stick with a forex broker. I plan on holding positions so I am going to simply...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 26th, 2017, 07:39 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

My settings for EURJPY: ...

My settings for EURJPY:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=243021
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=243022

This is the result of a trade with a quantity of 20K:
...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 26th, 2017, 05:41 AM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

I tried on demo with 20k and it was something...

I tried on demo with 20k and it was something like 200 per pip! Not what I want to be doing on live account.

If I want to enter a trade on EURJPY at �1 per pip (or thereabouts) then what quantity...

Forum: Sierra Chart

October 24th, 2017, 12:30 PM

Replies: 24

IB and Forex

Views: 6,771

Posted By Grantx

IB and Forex

Can anyone help me with configuring forex through IB using Sierra?

What does Quantity equate to in currency value terms? I tried to test a trade but got the following error:

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