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Don’t Forget to Contact the CFTC Today!

March 22nd, 2010 / Leave a comment

If you haven’t contacted the CFTC yet, today is the last day for them to accept public opinion.  Click here to find out why this is important to retail forex traders.

Traders, Act NOW - CFTC Proposal for Retail Forex

March 15th, 2010 / Leave a comment

I posted a pretty long discussion on January 19, 2010 about the new proposed regulations that the CFTC is considering imposing on the retail forex market in the US.  For the most part, I feel that these regulations are necessary to clean up the forex market.  However, the part of the proposal that reduces retail [...]

CFTC Proposing 10:1 Leverage Requirement - Here is what you can do

January 19th, 2010 / 2 comments

Did the recent restrictions on hedging, 100:1 leverage and FIFO affect you as a forex trader?  Probably not.  I saw them as a minor inconvenience and as ridiculous as they were, not enough to limit my trading.  However, the CFTC in the United States has proposed a new set of restrictions on the US [...]

NFA Bans Hedging in US Forex Accounts

April 27th, 2009 / 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

The National Futures Association has banned hedging in all forex accounts in the United States. The reason for the ban is unclear at this point.

Hedging is when you are allowed to enter offsetting positions at the same time. In other words, you can be long 1 lot of GBPUSD and short 1 lot of [...]