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These opportunities happen all the time, depending on time frame. Current example is a monthly chart of EUR-GBP. Ranges of last 3 bars have been getting smaller, which might present an opportunity for a successful straddle trade. The buy order can be placed at 0.8035 and sell at 0.7840. Protective stop of 80 pips for each order is about right. Profit target of 150 pips is in line with risk. Alternative exit is at the end of July, regardless of profit or loss.
is a subsidiary of Gain Capital, a company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. FXCM is also a publicly traded corporation. Both companies have offices worldwide and are regulated differently in countries outside of the US. It should also be noted that both companies have been fined by the NFA in recent years for slippage malpractice, or, in other words, for not making price improvements available on all orders. Both and FXCM, however, did try to correct their poor behavior and to atone for their wrongdoings.
Another somewhat unique characteristic of the FOREX money market is the variance of its participants. Investors find a number of reasons for entering the market, some as longer term hedge investors, while others utilize massive credit lines to seek large short term gains. Interestingly, unlike blue-chip stocks, which are usually most attractive only to the long term investor, the combination of rather constant but small daily fluctuations in currency prices, create an environment which attracts investors with a broad range of strategies.
