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DAS Replay
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The forex desk

Seven pairs, a 24/5 calendar, quote-driven playback and honest margin.

Open Replay ▾ → Forex in the top bar, or go to /forex.

The forex desk setup card

What’s different

  • The clock is the quote stream. No trade prints exist in spot FX, so the tape is every bid/ask update. Charts are built from the mid by default — switch with Bid · Mid · Ask in the chart toolbar — and fills never are.
  • No Level 2, no Time & Sales. There’s no consolidated book to show, so the desk doesn’t invent one. Instead a quote board sits above the ticket, and the Spread meter and Flow legend show what the market is actually doing.
  • Sizing is in units (1,000 = a micro lot). Leverage and free margin are enforced: an order that would breach free margin rejects.
  • Financing. Positions held across 17:00 ET roll and accrue financing, shown in the ticket.
  • Indicators. No VWAP and nothing built on traded volume; Volume reads Tick count, a count of quote updates. See Add indicators.
  • Bid and ask on the chart. Chart settings can draw price lines for the bid and the ask as well as the last price.
  • 24/5. Sunday 17:00 ET open to Friday 17:00 ET close. Start times outside that reject before the session starts.

Pairs

EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD — every pair with a US-dollar leg. Crosses without one (EURGBP, EURJPY, GBPJPY) aren’t offered: their margin can’t be priced honestly yet.

Gold and silver (XAUUSD, XAGUSD) are on this desk too — see Gold and silver.