experience exchange: how to reduce fees?

 

Hi all,

I have a trading system based on entry signals and now I'd like to focus on how to reduce the fees linked to the broker.

On my end I identified 2 actions:

1. close the positions with negative swap before they go overnight (this introduces fees linked to the spread, but they're far below swap for all the instruments I trade)

2. if a position is about to hit the take profit and I've another entry signal in the same direction, I modify the position instead of closing one and open another (to save spread fees)

Do you have experience/ideas of other ways of reducing fees (or to optimise the actions I did)?

Thanks ;-)

 
ciccio terrone:


10 mins before 0 hour, just like you I decide if i want to close trades before incurring overnight swap fees. But I may also decide to remove the sl if i have a trail stop on them, and add it again after the spreads have normalised again.

If i decide to close some, then I may also decide to open trades again to replace the ones that I closed -- again -- after spreads have normalised again.

 
ciccio terrone:

Hi all,

I have a trading system based on entry signals and now I'd like to focus on how to reduce the fees linked to the broker.

On my end I identified 2 actions:

1. close the positions with negative swap before they go overnight (this introduces fees linked to the spread, but they're far below swap for all the instruments I trade)

2. if a position is about to hit the take profit and I've another entry signal in the same direction, I modify the position instead of closing one and open another (to save spread fees)

Do you have experience/ideas of other ways of reducing fees (or to optimise the actions I did)?

Thanks ;-)

Avoid trading during high-spread times (rollovers, news).
Compare/negotiate broker account types for lower commission or swap.
Focus on low-spread instruments and reduce overtrading.
Small tweaks in execution timing and order management usually cut costs the most.