Yes, IB shows you the counterparty bank to each trade. FXCM ActiveTrader isn't an ECN in all manners of the definition. First and foremost, they don't clear client-to-client orders. Secondly, they spread liquidity down the book (i.e. the top shows a ...

Spread Vs. Commission

Wow.. I would like to know your logic behind this too (mainly for amusement).

Spread Vs. Commission

Whenever these comparisons come up, it seems the default ECN rate used is MBT's rate, which is the highest in the industry (two and a half times higher than IB's rate). Using IB's rate of 0.2 pip and the story is quite different (0.5 spread + 0.4 ...

Spread Vs. Commission

I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

Spread Vs. Commission

No kidding, you can barely see the candles on those charts. I don't see how so many on FF go nuts with indicators, I need a clean chart.

My GBPJPY trade journal

I don't see how IB discourages short term trading in the slightest.. especially with the lowest rate in the retail ECN space. Care to elaborate?

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

From 10M to 500k? Did you finally switch from demo to live? I kid, good trade!

My GBPJPY trade journal

Justin, Any info on this? Could you forward the request to your IT dept? Thanks.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I think they applied over a year ago, I guess it's a long process..

Dukascopy - Good or Bad

Tried them out in early '08. No slippage on the few orders of 5-10M I did. I was concerned about the inside book depth, if you search these forums, you can find details about it. Perhaps they fixed that issue by now, who knows. I might give them ...

Dukascopy - Good or Bad

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ATC Brokers

0.5 - 1.5, mostly 1, occasionally 1.5, basically falling right in line with every other ECN (IB trades at 0.5 increments, not 0.1 like others). 3-10M at the best bid/ask (each side).

MBTrading vs HotspotFX vs Dukascopy vs IB

Simultaneously via an aggregated platform like CAX? Or just simultaneous access to each platform independently?

MBTrading vs HotspotFX vs Dukascopy vs IB

IB and various Currenex hubs mainly.

MBTrading vs HotspotFX vs Dukascopy vs IB

Last spring/summer I gave their live system a test and it was a ghost town. Spreads and liquidity were significantly lackluster. A number of FXi traders on here and elitetrader mentioned similar circumstances and not one that I know of still trades ...

MBTrading vs HotspotFX vs Dukascopy vs IB

That shouldn't happen. Liquidity providers typically quote 2-3M at a minimum. I'd find a new broker.

trading with 10 millions VS 1 million ??

ATC was offering an MT4 bridge to Hotspot FXr. Hotspot FXr was bought by FXCM and their clients were merged onto FXCM's Active Trader ECN platform (different platform from the vanilla FXCM bucketshop feed). ATC is now offering an MT4 bridge to FXCM ...

ATC Brokers

Ahh the quiet solemn days of summer '07.. the quant fund implosions, the multi-thousand pip yen cross sell-offs, such easy laid back trading.

Summer time

GAIN Capital is STP, not ECN, but their spreads are somewhat comparable. Still a valid point about commissions, specifically vs InteractiveBrokers (arguably MBT's primary competitor now that Hotspot was bought out).

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

HotSpot retail no longer exists, bought out by FXCM Active Trader. All of the retail sites publish spreads in real-time on their homepages now (except for FXCM, which offers a demo) so you can compare spreads more directly. Commissions have remained ...

MBTrading vs HotspotFX vs Dukascopy vs IB