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Rebate service: does it make sense to use its services?
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Rebate service: does it make sense to use its services?
Rebate service is an advertisement. All advertising must be approached with a grain of salt. There are ads that really try to bring to trader something attractive. But there are also that are misleading.
Demo or cent account: which is better?
Cent brokers actually negate the risks of losing money and allow you to test strategies in real trading conditions. For new traders cent accounts is to gradually build up experience and be responsible for the results of trading of your real money.
6 days when it is better to stop trading on the stock exchange
We recommend: take our advice! On US exchanges there are several days when it is better not to trade on the exchange — the probability of loss in these days is maximum.
The account blocking of the trader causes and solutions of problems
The most common cause of account lock — violation of the rules of the broker. Brokers do not particularly advertise the items of their contracts, and traders are not particularly eager to delve into them, and there are misunderstandings.
The loan agreement everything investor needs to know
Agreement of an investment loan is a document with legal force, which regulates relationship between the borrower and the lender. The amount, term, interest rate and repayment terms are negotiated individually and are written in the contract. The contract may be accompanied by the registration of pledge.
Explanation of ratings of the companies
The evaluation of the credit rating is "shoulder to shoulder" with the audit reports of large organizations. Because I believe the overall transcript of their ratings will be interesting. By the way, the company's credit rating cannot exceed the rating of the country.
How to reduce the load on MT4
The next step is the reduction of history. It is unlikely that you will need as much of the story that MetaTrader keeps, and this requires extra memory and boots the terminal. Click "Tools" — "Settings", enter the section "Charts" and reduce the maximum number of bars in history and the window. Recommend appropriate values of 20 000 and 5 000.
What do brokers prohibit: the causes of the most frequent restrictions
Most often brokers prohibit automatic trading, hedging (locking) and scalping. Partial bans are logical and due to objective factors, and in part this may be a sign of an unreliable broker.
MT 4 slows down, what should we do?
If Metatrader is slow, don't rush to blame the broker or the Internet connection, the reason may be in the terminal.
Who is a qualified investor
The easiest way and least costly — work with national brokers. But it all boils down to one issue: obtaining the status of qualified investor.