That is a common question...especially if you have traded equities before and are new to trading FX. I ran into a similar situation when I converted from equities to FX.

You do only want to use a very small portion of your margin. What's left over is referred to as usable margin. That is needed to cushion any future losses. A couple of ways to gauge what size of trade to place is your effective leverage. As you may know, leverage is a powerful tool that can maximize your losses as well as your gains. You can take the total amount of your open trades divided by your equity to determine your effective leverage.

Open trade Volume / Account Equity = Effective leverage

So if you have a 100k trade in a $7,500 account, your effective leverage would be :
100,000 / $7,500 = 13.3 effective leverage

Most professionals use 2-4 times leverage. A conservative trader would want to consider less. A professional trader who is aggressive may get into 6-7 times leverage. That should provide you some insight of your trade size relative to your account size.

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Hedging is simply having both a long and short position on the same currency at the same time.

The FSS demo accounts have hedging enabled automatically. In a live account with FXCM US, you will only be allowed to pick one signal provider per currency pair. This is because one signal provider might open a short position and another provider might want to open a long position. We had to restrict to only one signal provider so we can be compliant with the new rules.

If you are interested in having multiple signal providers for the same currency pair, you can open a live FSS account with FXCM UK. The regulatory body over FXCM UK does not have any restrictions with regards to hedging.

When you are ready to open a live account, feel free to contact one of our System Selector associates with regards to the paperwork required to help expedite the process.

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Hello Sir.


I just want to know About FSS, yes..

Now i am using Fss it is very nice To Understand and I would like to know If you See the Offer and Bid So Change In Just a Second..

is There any Option Like FXCM Live Station To View On 5 Minute or 1 hour Chart Pattern...

Little confused i have seen Lot of Video about Fss it is such a Nice Concept To Predict And Make 70 or 80 pips Without Any Risk..

Just want to know More could You help Me Sir..


thank you

Thanks Jeremy.

I do understand the need to risk only a small portion of capital on any SINGLE trade. But I also want to put my money to work by having up to 90% of my capital spread across many little trades at any one time. I mean why should I tie down $100k in the account, but have only $1k working at any one time. Am I making sense?

Also, I am experimenting with the use of fixed ratio money management to channel capital to performing systems. Right now I have both ratio base and delta set to 100. Any thoughts on that?

And if you could please explain to me how to use the Fixed Fractional option. I find it confusing.

Thanks

Ni hao Xiao.

In the FSS platform, off to the left hand side you will find indicative rates of the currency pairs. The indicative rates are not the actual dealable rates, but can provide you an idea of approximately where the market is trading at.

FSS is designed for you to select a strategy from the library of our a thousand different ones, then add that strategy(s) to your portfolio. The developer of that strategy will then automatically place the trades into your FSS account. With that being said, the FSS platform is not designed to handle active manual trades that you (the account holder) wishes to place. You can place your own trades, but then you would be paying the $1 commission as well. If you are wanting to place your own trades, the FXCM Trading Station is the software you want to use.

So, to help you determine the direction you need to go, first, I would ask you if you are wanting to place your own trades OR if you want to use a 3rd party's strategy and have those trades placed automatically in your account?

Again, if you have your own trading strategy that requires a 5 minute chart, then you'll want to trade from the FXCM Trading Station II. If you want to use a 3rd party's strategy and have those trades automatically placed into your account, then you'll want to use the FSS.

As with any strategy, there is no guarantee that you will make money. There is not a strategy out there that will win 100% of the time. If you are interested in learning more about the platform, I invite you to watch a recording of this live webinar from earlier today :

FSS Webinar

Then, try a demo account. The demos have 4 strategies already added to the portfolio that you can try out or select your own.

PRESS HERE FOR FSS DEMO

Ziajian

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Sure Babytrader, I understand where you are coming from. I haven't tried a strategy like that so I am interested how it works out for you. With 90% of equity tied up in margin, you run a high risk of margin call which will close out all open positions and take you out of what may otherwise be good positions. Just be careful about opening too many positions and have too little usable margin left over to cushion those adverse market movements.

Additionally, some trades may end up 'off setting' one another. So there is a point of utility where more systems and more currency pairs may not add value at the margin versus what you are giving up (you are using up margin and wiggle room to open positions that essentially cancel out another trade).

Regarding the money management, you are correct the fixed ratio or fixed fractional is a way to funnel more resources to the better performing systems. HERE is a link to describe them further. Essentially on fixed fractional you devote a certain percentage of your account to be risked on each trade. As your account grows, the trade size grows with it. As your account shrinks, your trade size shrinks as well. You will need an idea of how far in pips the stops are typically placed. You can gather some of that information from the INFO column of the PERFORMANCE tab in the platform.

You can go ahead and try those in a demo to get a feel for it. Like I said, let me know how it works for you.

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I just realized your question on the Fixed Ratio portion. The ratio base is how much you wish to increase your trade size when your delta is reached. So by having 100 listed in the ratio base, you are stating when my delta is reached increase my trade size by 100k.

The delta is how much gain the system must achieve before it will increase your trade size. So a 100 delta means, when this system gains $100, increase my trade size by 100k.

Those figures listed may be a little lopsided. Generally, traders might use a ratio base of 10 and a delta of 1000-3000.

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NI hao Sir..


Thank you for Your Answer...



And



Hello I just do want to know only Is that Mt4 Does Work on Who have the Real A/c in FXCM...

Little confused About Mt4..

And did you heard about MT4 And Thv,,, yes

could You tell me How was it..

And Do you have any Link to make Thv into MT4



thank you...........

Sounds like 10% is not the optimal usable margin level. What is the "recommended" level? What is the rule of thumb for estimating the optimal point on that utility curve?

MT4 is just another platform to place trades into. It is another option for traders in addition to the FXCM Trading Station II. There are many users who have extensive experience with MT4 and it has its uses. In my opinion, if you are not familiar with MT4, then you will be fine with using the FXCM Trading Station II. The TS II is a robust platform with a lot of flexibility with their charts.

If you wish to perform more research into MT4, you can look at this thread :
MT4 Thread

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Yes, 10% usable margin is quite aggressive and there is limited chance you can survive employing leverage that high.

As mentioned earlier, most aggressive professional traders are going to have 97% or greater usable margin available. More conservative traders may have 99% or greater usable margin.

Timing the entry in a system is quite difficult. If you can identify the current state of the market, then you can apply a system that does well under those conditions.

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Thanks again.

You did promise to share some insight on ways of determining/predicting market conditions. I hope you'll find time to do it soon.

Yes, I do have some ideas 'cooking in the kitchen'. I'm not aware of any objective proven methods to determine market conditions moving forward. Looking backward, it is easier to tell, but that doesn't help a whole lot when trying to employ certain strategies at a given time.

Yes, in the future I am going to explore a 'recipe' and see how it works. I'm still developing it at this time.

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HI Jeremy wagner sir..


Sir Just could You explain me How you Trade FSS by Seeing the Trend Of the Currency pair..

Could you explain me I know Lot of about Fss It is Very Great software I watched Very Much Video, so Please Explain Me How do I Trade To Focus On Fss and The Currency pair To Make a Save and big pips.



So Please Give a Post On your Charting as so Fss


thank you

Hi Xiao. There are a couple different ways you can trade using FSS. The first is by creating a portfolio of systems/strategies that meet your risk tolerance. This is a good way for those clients who struggle with their own trading or don't have a lot of time to devote to researching the market to get involved using a 3rd party tested system(s).

When you now enroll for a demo, there are several systems automatically selected. You can continue to try out those systems or add your own. In another thread "Getting Started: Demo Account Portfolio Discussion" I list the reasons I why those systems were chosen. Feel free to click the link above to go directly to the thread.

Another way you can use FSS is to trade based on market conditions. If the conditions are ranging, then selecting a ranging system. If conditions are trending, then select a trending market, etc. The challenge here is finding a way to determine the current condition. I am exploring some methods to help out in this manner. So for now, my preferred method is developing a portfolio approach as indicated above.

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