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NordFX - ECN/STP, MT4, MT5, Multiterminal Broker

So... You've been asking everyone for feedback on their brokers experience but you would rather not disclose your own? That's pretty lame...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

True for swaps, unfortunately with futures you also get: - Higher spreads & higher commissions - lower liquidity - lower leverage - fixed odd size contracts (EUR125K, GBP62.5K) - contracts that expire every 3 months so you'll have to pay again 2x ...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

IG Markets

Prime of Prime Broker

I was actually being kind by saying it's only 3x the rates, it's actually often worse than that, basically the difference between getting paid vs. getting charged... I'll indulge you with an example: Let's assume you hold a long position overnight ...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

Funny business is IB charging up to 3 times as much in overnight rollover than FXCM...

Where Can I Find Deep Liquidity in FX?

Yes, those are 100K lots. Here's another snapshot I took today. Assuming you could tap the DOM in one shot, you would get 15M VWAP at around 1.6 on GU and 0.7 on EU, with monthly volume above $100M, you'd have to add $30 commission per mil. Too ...

Prime of Prime Broker

Frankly disappointed with FCStone... On Currenex their liquidity is ridiculously low and their spreads are very high. They also demand that part of the client money be considered non-segregated which is a big red flag for me (same goes for FIXI). I ...

Prime of Prime Broker

Looks like Gain (forex.com) is going through a rough patch... GAIN Capital saw its Net Income fall to $8.3 in Q1 2015 compared to $17.6 million due to declining revenue capture from retail trading. url Maybe that's why they're trying out new ways ...

Broker reverses $20K winning trades for alleged latency arbitrage

I get EU @ 0.5 and GU @ 0.8 all included on average with FXCM... Active traders' commission is $30 per million then you can get a 40% discount through an IB

LIVE Traders - LCG -London Capital Group FX

I suggest you start here and read the whole website for your education: url url Rollovers interest charges or credits only occur when you keep a FX position past the 5PM EST deadline.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

No idea, best to ask the brokers directly... Btw maintenance margin @ IB on CL is about 20% lower than initial, but that's hardly going to make a difference on a 10K account.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Not sure... I know the exchange allows some leeway on intraday margins so they might be the real thing. Anyway as I said before, I'll stick with IB for futures & options as I never get close to getting margin called anyway and from what I've heard ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

No it's obviously OTC as NYMEX and the CME would never allow it... But they've recreated the exact instrument: each contract represents 1,000 barrels, has the same maturity date, exact replication of the underlying asset fluctuations and price so ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Well if you're in Europe, with IG markets you can trade that contract with just 650$ (including overnight) now we're talking 23 contracts on a $15K account

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Agreed that their execution is top notch if you're a FX day trader or scalper but if you keep positions overnight then it's a different story. They have the worst rollover interest policy in the industry, up to several times more expensive than ...

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

Yes they've been around for only just 17 years...

Is there anyone trading with WH Selfinvest?

I would love to see this case taken to court and making a legal precedent preventing brokers from messing around with adjustments on lame excuses. Looks like you have the financial means to take this further yourself but you could also try and raise ...

Broker reverses $20K winning trades for alleged latency arbitrage

Agreed, unfortunately IB also has the worst possible rollover interest charges in the industry so I would only use them in pure scalping / day trading settings.

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