Comments on: The Forex Hedging Ban – A UK Perspective http://trading-gurus.com/the-forex-hedging-ban-a-uk-perspective/ Automated Trading Systems and Robots Thu, 10 May 2012 22:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jim http://trading-gurus.com/the-forex-hedging-ban-a-uk-perspective/#comment-32 Jim Sun, 24 May 2009 19:55:52 +0000 http://trading-gurus.com/?p=213#comment-32 Hi Michael, Thanks for your comment. Effectively forex is already available on an exchange in the form of currency futures. The products are obviously not identical, but they are becoming increasingly similar. The CME recently introduced their new 1/10 size "E-micro" contracts to try and compete with the retail OTC brokers. <a href="http://trading-gurus.com/are-futures-and-options-the-future-of-forex/" rel="nofollow">Here's a new post</a> that includes a video of their sales pitch. Maybe the NFA likes these new contracts as much as Derek Sammann? Hi Michael,

Thanks for your comment. Effectively forex is already available on an exchange in the form of currency futures. The products are obviously not identical, but they are becoming increasingly similar. The CME recently introduced their new 1/10 size "E-micro" contracts to try and compete with the retail OTC brokers. Here's a new post that includes a video of their sales pitch.

Maybe the NFA likes these new contracts as much as Derek Sammann?

]]> By: Michael http://trading-gurus.com/the-forex-hedging-ban-a-uk-perspective/#comment-31 Michael Sun, 24 May 2009 07:35:25 +0000 http://trading-gurus.com/?p=213#comment-31 I think that regulotory bodies impede the protection of clients rather than enchancing it. Hedging is a tool for mitigating risk which is what the Nfa are supposed to promote. Instead of banning hedging let's move fx onto exchanges and allow whichever trading styles people want to use, including hedging. I think that regulotory bodies impede the protection of clients rather than enchancing it. Hedging is a tool for mitigating risk which is what the Nfa are supposed to promote. Instead of banning hedging let's move fx onto exchanges and allow whichever trading styles people want to use, including hedging.

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