I've never seen any broker that uses market execution take 10 seconds to execute a price, unless there is a freeze in the platform, which affects everyone.

XM

I've seen only one other broker do this. I had to complain to the dealer to bring the execution back below 2,500 ms. Can XeM comment on this?

XM

why is this? Is it an infrastructure issue? regulation issue? or just stall tactic?

GFT Forex Discussion

Just posting my own experiences. I cannot speak for everyone else.

GFT Forex Discussion

Forex.com UK used to take 4-5 days. Completely unnecessary stall tactics in my opinion. GoMarkets was Same day wire processingif you got it in before cutoff. IBFX is next day processing. Even instaforex local deposit/withdrawal option was same day ...

GFT Forex Discussion

That's what I think about when I look at the spreads sometimes. We have to keep in the back of our minds that we must look at the whole trading package, not just "lowest spreads possible". I must admit, the customer service of Trading Point has been ...

XM

I got this email yesterday from Rust Consulting/Omni Bankruptcy Did anyone else (former pfgbest customer or prospective customer) get this?

US broker PFGBest freezes funds after founder's suicide attempt

i think you need to check your form mailer for customer service. What you should have instead is more of a ticket system where the client either gets an email confirmation or validation that their request is received. Once someone sends support a ...

XM

slightly higher leverage. 1:888 max instead of 1:500

XM

is it possible to have demo accounts with 1:888 leverage? I could not see this in the 'open an account' metatrader 4 options. The highest leverage was 1:500.

XM

url According to a response to an email I sent IBFX au, they responded with this link: url . Really didn't specify if ibfx account holders are entitled to tradestation platform (demo or live) for free or reduced cost. We'll see what happens with ...

TradeStation for trading forex?

Bank of america charges $50 or so for international wires. If you have military account, it is $25. If you think that's bad, most USA banks charge a 3% +$5-10 foreign transaction fee for any transaction that is not done in USD. There are ...

GoMarkets Discussion

On this particular occasion, I must agree with fxcm. if only the forex ordering platform had that level of transparency.

US broker PFGBest freezes funds after founder's suicide attempt

You're both correct We can only expect so much. Perhaps a new thread should be started "how does your broker respond to questions regarding PFGbest?" More for fun to see what types of answers sales reps would be giving their clients.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

interesting. I'm thinking it's more of a control the money flow thing. CFTC spent a considerable amount of resources suing/spooking companies that are not even in their jurisdiction. Desperate measures like that usually have larger economic ...

US broker PFGBest freezes funds after founder's suicide attempt

yes, reuters also updates: Thanks for this video. Well done on the part of CapitalAccount for having the courage to report some straight-forward information.

US broker PFGBest freezes funds after founder's suicide attempt

I'm surprised MB Trading has not released any statement in regards to safety of client funds (particularly forex clients) in light of recent developments of PFG Worst. For those that have not heard: url I am particularly interested in MB Trading's ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

url url . This needs to be updated to reflect the metatrader 4 times also. You need to remind clients that metatrader 4 time is 00:05 Monday to 23:59 Friday. Quoting time in generic GMT format causes confusion. To avoid confusion, if you only ...

XM

The irony of your criteria for a safe, secure US-based broker is that PFG fit that very profile. - 2 decades in the business - started out with futures - won numerous industry awards (i remember considering them for forex about 2 years ago or so, ...

US broker PFGBest freezes funds after founder's suicide attempt

There is generally one main / master trading server where the orders are matched up. And this will also usually be very close to liquidity provider server, but not always. For metatrader platform there can be several DCs located throughout the ...

XM