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- actalis replied Jun 28, 2016
Good to know, thanks Shrike!
- actalis replied Jun 27, 2016
One important question remains whether or not the FCA compensation scheme will still work for EU residents. Say for instance if Alpari had defaulted after the Brexit would its retail clients still be covered for their funds by the FCA?
- actalis replied May 6, 2016
You forgot to add: Their swaps are so horrible that they'll eat all your profits if you keep your positions overnight...
- actalis replied Dec 5, 2015
Then if I were you, I would just switch to trading currency Futures and IB is actually a good broker for this...
- actalis replied Nov 9, 2015
Because other members already took time to respond to your query
- actalis replied Nov 5, 2015
On top of complex margin issues, you should also be on the lookout for outrageous interest charges. IB's spot forex offering is great for intraday but if you keep anything overnight, you should switch to futures or trade with a different broker. See ...
- actalis replied Nov 2, 2015
While great overall, Hanover's explanation is wrong on the contract denomination. It's actually the other way around: xxxUSD pairs e.g. 1 lot EURUSD= EUR 100,000 contract For a USDxxx pair, e.g. USDCHF. 1 lot = USD 100,000 contract size
- actalis replied Jul 5, 2015
Well it's on their front page when you look at their forex offering: Forex Direct (ECN, commission based). You do have to select it in account settings though otherwise you're just trading their OTC Forex CFDs. I guess as a premium account holder ...
- actalis replied Jul 2, 2015
That's because you're using their Forex MM OTC platform which is neither ECN nor STP (Straight Through Processing). Only their Forex DMA platform is, but they don't allow anything below 1 lot. Having said this, I agree the slippage is outrageous and ...
- actalis replied Jun 22, 2015
Thanks PoundTrader ! It's fun to watch those videos when the market is quiet...
- actalis replied Jun 22, 2015
IB is great for futures or intraday FX, but their swap rates are ridiculously expensive. I posted the following example in another thread for someone who didn't think IB was 3x more expensive than other brokers: I was actually being kind by saying ...
- actalis replied Jun 20, 2015
I used Button Trader to scalp the DAX 2/3 years ago and found it very powerful at the time as you can pre-program several trading strategies with TP, SL, trailing stops and execute the one you want with just one click. As I no longer scalp, I ...
- actalis replied Jun 12, 2015
I had similar issues even though I'm not restricted to US brokers. I've looked around extensively but, for the most part of my trading, decided to stick with IB and trade FX Futures instead. You won't find a better swap than in Futures as it's ...
- actalis replied Jun 6, 2015
After FIXI, ISAM, now GAIN, that's your 3rd broker in just over 3 months on this thread alone... Not sure what you're looking for but your quest for the perfect broker sure seems quite relentless...
- actalis replied Jun 3, 2015
My broker has almost no slippage on AUD and great spreads but I can not tell you its name either. Good luck!
- actalis replied May 31, 2015
I personally find that for intraday or scalping Spot Forex>Futures and for anything held longer Futures>Forex
- actalis replied May 29, 2015
In your question you're using JPY/USD which is the futures contract so to be clear let's use pips for Forex and points for futures as the variation for both is not equivalent... If you're trading JPY/USD then you're trading Futures. 1 contract will ...
- actalis replied May 27, 2015
All FX futures contract are denominated in USD (quote currency) so it's a bit more complicated for the Yen as the future contract for the USD/JPY is quoted as JPY/USD (currently around 0.008130 dollar per yen instead of 123.00 Yen per dollar in spot ...