Archive for the 'Managed Accounts' Category

GalleonFX Is Back In Action

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Greetings. I appears that after that beating they took last year, GalleonFX have gotten up, dusted themselves, and are ready to being trading again. Personally I am not ready to trust them again so I won’t be reopening my account with them. Of course though I’m not telling you what to do - make up  […]

Goodbye FXCM Sentiment Aggressive

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

This is a short and to the point posting to let you all know that I just recently closed my FXCM Sentiment Aggressive managed forex account. The drawdown level is way too much than I can bear at this point. I’ve learned my lesson from the GalleonFX debacle I went through (total drawdown on that […]

GalleonFX - News Updates and Going Forward

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

It’s been a while since I closed my GalleonFX managed forex account, but once in a while I still visit their website out of curiosity to see how they’re performing. I was greeted with yet another huge drawdown figure. Check this out:
July 2008
EUR -24.8%
USD -24.0%
gross returns
Ouch!
Here is how GalleonFX staff rationalize yet another huge […]

FXCM Managed Accounts Monthly Review for July 2008

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

FXCM just released the July 2008 edition of their monthly managed accounts review. I posted all the details in an entry at my other blog (Alan’s Money Blog).
Click here to read the full report… 

FXCM Dynamic Multi-Strategy Program

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Greetings fellow Forex traders. Today I’m going to introduce you to FXCM’s Dynamic Multi-Strategy Managed Forex Account. FXCM describes this managed account as such:
“The Dynamic Multi-Strategy Program takes an active approach to managing the multiple components contained within its portfolio. By constantly evaluating market conditions to determine which components would have an above average chance […]

GalleonFX Loses Once Again

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

GalleonFX managed to score another loss yet again. As you can see from the performance results below June 2008 is a losing month for GalleonFX.
June 2008
EUR -1.32%
USD -1.53%
gross returns
I closed my Galleon FX account last month so I just want to let you folks know that I will no longer […]

Oanda - “Dynamix” fund is back in action

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I just got word that Andrew Vorobyov from VAGroup (Managed Forex Accounts provider) has decided to reopen their “Dynamix” Fund at Oanda. I exited out of this managed account when he closed the Dynamix Fund, but I may consider getting back in - we shall see.
About the strategy:
“As usual capital protection is primary objective so […]

FXCM Sentiment Aggressive Fund - July 02 2008 Update

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

It’s been a really long time since I last posted regarding the performance of my test FXCM Sentiment Aggressive Fund managed forex account. Well it’s now been 6 months since I joined and I must say that I am not at all impressed with this managed account’s performance so far. I started with $100 and […]