ESMA and its implication

emotionaltrader posted:
I'm being forced into taking losses which was something I never used to have to do. I could go 30/50 trades without taking a loss and now I'm being forced into taking losses. Only ones benefitting from the ESMA rulings are the brokers etc!!!

NotyaBusiness posted:
I don't mind the ESMA ruling. Yes it will require more funds to trade with to actually make money but knowing the fact that nearly 80% of Forex traders lose money - while brokers do make profit - ESMA did a favour for small time players. Big time players can still go with large risks but people with smaller accounts will not lose much with mistakes now. And mistakes are more frequent than getting things right.

togr posted:

NotyaBusiness posted:
I don't mind the ESMA ruling. Yes it will require more funds to trade with to actually make money but knowing the fact that nearly 80% of Forex traders lose money - while brokers do make profit - ESMA did a favour for small time players. Big time players can still go with large risks but people with smaller accounts will not lose much with mistakes now. And mistakes are more frequent than getting things right.

People with small amount will suffer a they will have to move offshore to be able to trade.

NotyaBusiness posted:

togr posted:

NotyaBusiness posted:
I don't mind the ESMA ruling. Yes it will require more funds to trade with to actually make money but knowing the fact that nearly 80% of Forex traders lose money - while brokers do make profit - ESMA did a favour for small time players. Big time players can still go with large risks but people with smaller accounts will not lose much with mistakes now. And mistakes are more frequent than getting things right.

People with small amount will suffer a they will have to move offshore to be able to trade.

Not necessarily. It depends what they are looking for. High risk/high return or low risk/low return? ESMA ruling is not taking away the opportunity to beat any banks' or ISA's saving offers, but it makes it safer. 80% of traders lose money. ESMA helps those people to lose less money.

ovisun posted:

NotyaBusiness posted:

togr posted:

NotyaBusiness posted:
I don't mind the ESMA ruling. Yes it will require more funds to trade with to actually make money but knowing the fact that nearly 80% of Forex traders lose money - while brokers do make profit - ESMA did a favour for small time players. Big time players can still go with large risks but people with smaller accounts will not lose much with mistakes now. And mistakes are more frequent than getting things right.

People with small amount will suffer a they will have to move offshore to be able to trade.

Not necessarily. It depends what they are looking for. High risk/high return or low risk/low return? ESMA ruling is not taking away the opportunity to beat any banks' or ISA's saving offers, but it makes it safer. 80% of traders lose money. ESMA helps those people to lose less money.

Are you employed by ESMA to advertise their policy? You registered here on myfxbook only 16 hours ago !!!

ovisun posted:
With me ESMA achieved excellent results, I closed all my accounts with European brokers !!!

NotyaBusiness posted:

togr posted:

NotyaBusiness posted:
I don't mind the ESMA ruling. Yes it will require more funds to trade with to actually make money but knowing the fact that nearly 80% of Forex traders lose money - while brokers do make profit - ESMA did a favour for small time players. Big time players can still go with large risks but people with smaller accounts will not lose much with mistakes now. And mistakes are more frequent than getting things right.

People with small amount will suffer a they will have to move offshore to be able to trade.

Not necessarily. It depends what they are looking for. High risk/high return or low risk/low return? ESMA ruling is not taking away the opportunity to beat any banks' or ISA's saving offers, but it makes it safer. 80% of traders lose money. ESMA helps those people to lose less money.

emotionaltrader posted:
I can't imagine many small traders those starting with less than £1000 have a hope of making a living from trading now. Quite right, probably better off putting your money in an ISA. That's what small traders have been restricted now - 10% annual returns if they're lucky, but not enough to make a living. I've been trading @25:1 for 2 weeks now and I'm barely breaking even. Hopefully in 3 months ESMA will have a change of heart and change it back, because this is only a trial. Furthermore, don't know how what effect Brexit will have!!!

"John The huge increase in margin requirements will significantly reduce the efficiency of market pricing and liquidity, and moreover negate the ability of investors to hedge their investment risks.
https://www.replytoesma.trading/

togr posted:
So ESMA started to mess up the trading in Europe earlier than expected.
Got this email today. It is 29th MAY and the email says it will be applied since 28th May :)
Dear Client,

We would like to inform you about a new leverage limitation for EU clients which came into effect starting 28th of May, 2018. The leverage for all the clients from the European Union has been reduced to 1:50.

Please note that this restriction applies to both current clients and newly registered customers. We recommend to consider updated conditions when opening new trades.

All changes are made in accordance with the requirement of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Thank you.

Best Regards,
ForexMart Team