The point of this thread is manipulation by brokers and it's because you can't see it that they keep doing it. Of course it's nothing new and it's been happening for years.

MT 4 bridge & how brokers scam

You will receive this message when there is no liquidity to fill your trade in a fast moving market and it is just sitting there waiting for the price to move back and hit your order price again. Or if you are dealing with a market maker and they ...

FinFX opinions

Oanda like to project a squeaky clean image but they are no better than the rest. Massive spreads during the news time. Like I said above a few myths are being busted about some brokers which were generally seen as being better than others. More to ...

US Forex brokers profitability report for Q1 2011

It looks like there is an overall increase in trader's profitability. Could be that brokers are playing less games in order to improve their image. They all want to be at the top of this profitability tree in order to attract more clients. It's been ...

US Forex brokers profitability report for Q1 2011

It's not just Metatrader. Brokers who use other platforms also have their own version of the virtual dealer plugin.

MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

This broker could be stringing you along for a long time. You should go to the Forex Peace Army website and request for their help.

inovaTrade Broker Discussion

What risk is there in holding a hedged position except that you lose money on daily swaps? The real problem does not lie with the hedged position but the fact that Go Markets widened the spread by 200 pips or over. May be that guy is a poor trader ...

GoMarkets Discussion

I have noticed that the swiss brokers MIG and ACM have been widening spreads last few days. The majority of other brokers did not widen spreads.

Broker widening spreads on JPY

Wouldn't you be surprised if they didn't?

MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

Until the CFTC clarifies its position or answers to the emails from clients of JadeFx we cannot be sure about this. All that has been posted so far are unclear statements from Jade. I think there is more to this with regards to this broker and so ...

JadeFX Lesson

This was true a couple of years ago but no longer. Check their website, they have reduced minimum deposit and trade size. I would call Dukascopy a true ECN and like I said there are not many.

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

This broker is a market maker so they are taking the other side of your trade. If price moves in your favour you won't get filled but if it moves against you, then you will get a perfect fill.

Markets.com

Absolutely true. And I have experienced this first hand with many so called ECN brokers. There are some real ECN brokers out there but many pretend ones who like you say use the word ECN as a catch-phrase to lure traders. Mostly with these pretend ...

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

This has been your view from the start of this thread and you have at times passionately defended it, that's your right. I would never spend any time defending my broker whoever it is, I can assure you of that. They are just a bad lot. For me, I ...

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

I know they say that "they have no incentive to trade agaist clients" but don't all market makers say the same thing? And it's mostly false because market makers make their profits from clients losses, that how their business model works.

ECN/STP brokers

FXpro are a market maker so most likely they will give their winning clients poor execution and service until they leave. Losers are the ones that they take good care of and they are the majority of their clients.

Opinion on FxPro

They dont need to specifically mention the word "slippage" for it to be part of the lawsuit. I quote from the lawsuit " Instead, Sanders alleges, FXCM uses a number of devices and tricks, including software applications, designed specifically to ...

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

We all hope there is no settlement and it goes to trial. Should these claims be proven it will lead to a big clean up of the forex industry and it's about time.

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

And the proof is that the CFTC is filing several lawsuits against forex scammers in the U.S.A almost every week.

Class Action Lawsuit Against FXCM

Specifically, which instruments were you trading with these brokers? I have noticed with IG you dont get a fill when the market is fast moving.

CMC and Cityindex