Lets get our terms right here .. That's a B-Book model. Market making (MM) is permitted because the broker can widen the spread to allow for commission to be charged but those trades can still go to market. B-Book is where no trades go to market and ...

How do brokerages earn money?

You are absolutely correct. A 100% B-Book broker is taking a risk that the client will lose. What happens when they dont ? Like history suggests they leave town in a hurry

How do brokerages earn money?

Hi example Eur/usd eur 100,000 @ 1.08000 = USD 108,000 Eur/Usd 100.000 @1.08001 = USD 108,001 we deal in 5 decimal places. Leverage in the US is 50:1 or 2% meaning that for Eur 400K ( 4 Lots ) you will need enough margin to cover that exposure plus ...

FX futures contracts vs Regular FX

No its automatically done. Your P/L however will be converted back to USD.

Do I need to convert my USD to trade cross currencies?

I think you are very wise to be concerned over brokers in general. Its no so much about the price but getting your money out is the key. Brokers with 100% fully segregated accounts not the ones who use clients funds as collateral would be the one i ...

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

All brokers are market makers

Difference between ECN and retail broker?

There are a few levels of Margin FX brokers and they all cant be treated as one. First level lets call them Tier1 who have capital large enough to use a banks credit facility. By using that banks name in the interbank market they are permitted to ...

Prime of Prime Broker

Sorry I'm talking about a tier 1 margin broker. I dont believe Baxters are brokers as the dont hold credit. They are facilitators of platforms and backoffice support. You need credit to access these . Some Tier 1 margin brokers have access to these ...

Prime of Prime Broker

A Prime Broker is very hard to obtained thanks to the SNB. You can however leverage off a Tier 1 broker who has one and accessing the platforms they offer. Leverage will be better for starters.

Prime of Prime Broker

You need a prime broker.

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The Lp's have speed humps built into their pricing. Your pricing above on the right although it shows very deep liquidity could infact have the same LP pricing in different amounts. By the time you have hit their first 2 layers you can bet their ...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

Prime brokers are reluctant to take on clients who don't have at least $25 million under assets. This has come about after the SNB fiasco and credit has suddenly become more important than price. Some Margin FX Brokers who don't have those assets ...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

Invast Australia offer Integral,Flextrade,Hotspot for POP clients ..

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Nothing like conspiracy theories behind the AUD/USD moves. But we have had everyone talking the Aussie lower for sometime now. url url Nothing like the market talking its own book and getting frustrated it wont go down.. It wont be long ...

AUD/USD

what platform ? what sort of monthly volume ? does that include an all in price or is their brokerage ontop ? ?

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Ok are we in a dip or a crash zone now ? The crash of 1929 the punters were saying the same thing

Why the stock market is the easiest market to trade

The stockmarket is the easiest market to trade. ASX200 down 100 points after RBA cuts interest rates by 0.25pct Australian Superannuants will take a hit . A double blow for the retirees in 24 hours

Why the stock market is the easiest market to trade

And here is me thinking its a numbers game

Trading is as simple as ABCD