The below table shows the results of the top-ten participants in the 2008 Automated Trading Championship.

Sometimes the standard MQL Help is not very helpful. I will list here extended help and description of some of those functions and variables whose purpose has not been explained very well in the standard MQL Help files.

Point - the value of one pip (0.01 for xxxJPY pairs, 0.0001 for all other pairs).

This list contains the abbreviated international foreign exchange (Forex) currency codes and precious metal codes in the form of 3-letter abrreviations as specified by the International Standards Organization (ISO). Note that some of these Forex currency codes are for currencies which are no longer active (e.g. many European countries discontinued their currencies and switched to Euro).

SADDLE RIVER, N.J., Oct 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- FX Solutions, LLC ( www.fxsolutions.com) today announced the merger of IFX Markets Inc. into FX Solutions. Both companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of City Index Group. As a result of the merger, IFX Markets customer accounts will transfer to FX Solutions, effective immediately.

Free Margin and Used Margin Calculation Formula

Calculating the Usable Margin (or Free Margin) that will be available after placing a trade can be done by using some simple arithmetic.

Here's a comment about Forex Autopilot that I ran into today:
"I am very unhappy with the program. It opens up trades without a stop loss... I currently have an open trade with a loss of

A new version of the famous "Bogie" EA by William Boatright was released on June 1st 2008 and is now available for free download/testing until Sept 1st 2008.

IBFX Named As Finalist For Three 2008 American Business Awards

Stevie® Award Winners to Be Honored June 12 in New York City

Friday, April 25 2008 @ 04:02 PM EDT

Interbank FX security breach leaves some customers files unsecured for 9 months.

Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 08:49 AM EDT
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News Section: Breaches

Through their lawyers, Interbank FX [pdf] has notified the NH DOJ of a security breach.

Richard Donchian, the creator of the famous "4 Week Rule" system was born in Hartford, Connecticut