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glennki · 17-01-2005, 04:40

It varies between market makers and brokers, and some may not care at all, depending on how they trade, and whether you're trading spot FX or FX futures. So there is no definitive timeframe that puts you "under the radar" with all market makers or brokers.

But if you were a market maker, and your client opened and closed a position before you were able to hedge against your client's position (internally or externally), you may be exposed to a loss if your client's trade gained. You wouldn't like that, would you?

Why not just ask your market maker what they advise is the shortest period you should keep a trade open? It's unlikely that they'll tell you what the "radar" criteria are, but you should get a useful response.

17-01-2005, 04:40	#99
glennki level 1 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 68 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0 Rep Power: 0	Under the radar It varies between market makers and brokers, and some may not care at all, depending on how they trade, and whether you're trading spot FX or FX futures. So there is no definitive timeframe that puts you "under the radar" with all market makers or brokers. But if you were a market maker, and your client opened and closed a position before you were able to hedge against your client's position (internally or externally), you may be exposed to a loss if your client's trade gained. You wouldn't like that, would you? Why not just ask your market maker what they advise is the shortest period you should keep a trade open? It's unlikely that they'll tell you what the "radar" criteria are, but you should get a useful response.