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Our senior management possesses many years of market experience and
we believe that experience makes us suited to understand our client’s
needs. SpeedTrader offers on-line access to trade equity, options,
futures and forex. We offer traders and investors the tools they need
to meet the challenges of the markets.
* $0.39 minimum per trade for all per-share accounts.
* DVP and Institutional accounts may not qualify for these rates.
* Futures trades are plus exchange and NFA fees.
* Call-in trades for clients without trading software are an
additional $30 per ticket.
* Option exercise or assignment will be charged $30 each.
* All commission rates are negotiated. Rates shown above are only
guidelines.
* Beat or match must be a nationally advertised rate from a national
broker/dealer. In some cases, we may choose not to beat rates.
* New rates effective April 8, 2011 for new accounts only
Watch how the economy of a country will also help you in your risk
management when you are trading. Many countries news releases have an
impact on the U.S. markets. Especially in the banking and oil sectors.
This applies to any country. Traders and investors will place their
money into markets that might outperform in the next economic period.
Hedge fund managers are very good at spotting these different cycles
and making buys or sells on news from different countries. You should
look for businesses and industries that offer potential growth.
Growth industries like technology, and builders such as industrials
and materials when the housing starts are going up.
This is all part of proper risk management if you are a investor
and trying to make money. Trading without this is a path to
destruction and loss of your trading account. Trading stocks and bonds
or for that matter any market has its inherent risks. Volatility can
change and set markets crashing or make them go up. Making your
investment decisions on what you learned will reduce the risk. Without
proper research and trading blindly can lose your money. Traders need
solid advise before they enter a trade and learning the sector they
are trading will accomplish this.
An impressive level of liquidity is an attractive component of the
Foreign Exchange market. Over $3 trillion in transactions occur almost
day every in the Forex market. Fluid execution in a heavily traded
market can be an asset to the investor.
No Commissions
Brokerage compensation is built into the spread. There are no exchange
fees or additional commission charges to take into consideration when
trading Forex at SpeedTrader FX. We offer narrow, variable spreads
that are competitive in today’s marketplace.
Trading Hours
The Foreign Exchange market provides a gateway to a global arena,
which can be traded almost 24/7. The Forex market provides an investor
with a large window of opportunity to participate (Sunday 17:15
through Friday 16:30 Eastern Time). Whether you want to trade the EUR/JPY
on the open of the Asian markets or the GBP/USD when the bell rings in
London, the Forex market gives you the chance to trade the market when
it is convenient for you.
Global Marketplace
As a Forex client at SpeedTrader FX you will have access to over 35
currency pairings and cross rates. In addition to major currencies,
such as the Euro, Pound and U.S. Dollar, traders can seek
opportunities in the Czech Republic Koruna, the Norwegian Krone, the
Singapore Dollar and other exotic currencies. Access to such a broad
market can help create diversification in an investor’s portfolio
The Moving Average is arguably the most popular technical analysis
tool used by traders. The Moving Average is used mainly to identify
trend direction, but it is also commonly used to generate buy and sell
signals. Typically, traders use two moving averages to identify buy
and sell signals. This is done by using one moving average with a time
frame shorter than the other. An example of this would be to overlay
the 30 min and 10 min moving averages over a price chart
After my search was done, I discovered a market pattern in tech
stocks that were splitting 3-to-1 or 4-to-1. They would rally right
after the split. So using the option trading knowledge I gained from
my research, I made a plan.
I looked for tech stocks that were big movers and were about to
have a 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 split. I came across Compaq Computer, symbol; CPQ. I bought around $15,000 worth of call options near the money. The
stock split 3-to-1 and rallied strongly. I sold for around a $30,000
gain. I was so excited; I was hooked on trading for life. Fast forward
13 years: I have built very successful proprietary trading systems
that are in use today by manual traders and high-frequency black boxes
A key component of many low-latency strategies is exchange
co-location. Traders with latency-sensitive strategies locate their
servers within an exchange’s data center to save on communication
latency, the time it takes to send messages from their servers to the
exchange.
While in recent years the fixed costs of trading infrastructure has
increased substantially, technology providers provide access to
trading infrastructure on a monthly-subscription basis. Combined with
a low per-share brokerage pricing structure, many low-latency traders
can execute their strategies without the high fixed costs of building
their own co-located network and trading infrastructure
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