美外汇保证金交易新规要点如下:
1. NFA rule on limiting leverage to 100 to 1 will be enacted very soon
2. NFA rule that mandates that customers receive price improvements on limit orders. It potentially has very wide implications for all firms as it may mean best execution standards. If the NFA reads a typical order in FX which is “hitting a price” as a limit order as well it will mean best execution applies to all orders and that will be very problematic for market makers.
Time isn’t certain on this, but its this year.
3. NFA rule mandating that if firms re-quote negatively they must re-quote positively continuing the theme above of giving customers the absolute best price available at the time. Same time line as above.
4. CFTC is months away from passing IB registration requirements. Although this is one year over due they did just get their new chairman so now he will need to “prove” himself as a tough policeman in the financial arena. The new rules will mandate that all IBs and money managers for US clients have to register with CFTC/NFA. The specifics of what exact capital requirements and fees will be is unsure but its likely to mirror the futures industry’s.
我看了NFA和有关部门的解释,这个新规对做市商要求更严,对交易者其实有利,对外汇保证金交易的健康发展也有利。
1. 限制杠杆。一个常识就是杠杆越大的做市商越不正规,现在有不少公司本身就将杠杆限制在100倍以内。新规只针对非主要货币对才限制为25倍。但新规对交易手数并没有限制,也许以后会出现0.01标准手的交易单位。
2. 最佳成交标准。所谓price improvement就是你的成交价比所挂限价单的价格更理想。这种股票交易中司空见惯的事情,在外汇保证金中小资金无法享受到,做市商可以有选择性地给予部分限价单以优惠价。新规要求对所有同价限价单一视同仁。
3. 不能随意更改报价。以前坛子里老有人抱怨说,本来成交的单子有盈利,但后来平台以报价错误为由更改已经成交的价格。现在这种做法不允许,如果需要更改,只能朝着对交易者有利的价格改;如果不是做市商更改,而是流动性提供者比如银行提出更改,做市商必须在15分钟内电邮给客户,作为备忘录。
4. 对IB注册要求。这点无需多言。
另外NFA还有在上述4点之外的新规取消锁单功能,即同一个货币对不能同时开多空单,其实现在大部分平台都不允许锁单。NFA解释说这种锁单功能代价巨大,比如交易者支付双倍点差、隔夜利息收支不对等(按照逻辑,多空单的隔夜利差应该相互抵消,实际上不是的,客户买进高息货币获得的利息总是低于卖出高息货币的利息,时间越长利息费用越高),新手或者经纪人在解锁时因为无知或者有意地砍掉盈利单,留下亏损单等等。不过交易者对于锁单的意义可能有不同理解。
至于同一货币对在不同时间建仓,在平仓时实行“先进先出”的原则,其理由我不清楚。不过这个原则会影响交易者心理,新手特别要注意。同一个货币对,同一个方向,砍哪个留哪个对账户的影响是一样的,但心理影响不一样。比如我买进欧元,遭遇亏损,后来又逆势加码,但形势继续朝着不利的方向发展,必须砍掉一个, “先进先出”原则就意味着要砍掉亏损大的那个。但新手容易接受砍掉亏损小的,不愿意看到亏损大的兑现,很可能会下不了手,甚至继续加仓,导致爆仓。其实你知道这个原则后,有可能会减少逆势加仓的冲动。