I knew they made money on the spread and on the "terms." However, I must say that the part about making money on the credit spread must have been something I either never knew, or forgot a long time ago, as I found that to be very interesting. It ...

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

Those are your own words. What is a "commercial" if not a sales pitch. If the OP creates the thread and one believes they are watching a "commercial," then by logical extension and definition one also believes they are being sold something and you ...

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

If Goldman Sachs is positively closing out annually at a rate of 80%/90%, then somebody must be losing at that same rate or equivalent in the aggregate. I believe that's what he demonstrated with screen prints from the GS website. He's not saying ...

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

That's the Retail side of Cyprus. Wait until you discover the "other" side of Cyrprus, where the big boys live to "operate" out of. All of a sudden, "offshore" will have a whole new meaning to you and for good reason.

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

And, from the looks of the kind of posts you make on this forum, I would not be surprised if you did not have the capacity to read the OP's statement that "I am not a sale representative." I don't sell. I trade. And, I don't do production trading on ...

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

Yes, indeed. It was a bit harsh, but very necessary. Glad you were educated and/or informed by it, because that was the intention.

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

I had a long standing small account with them used for testing and development purposes. I've flushed several thousand dollars through FXCM in various test programs over the years because I like the feel of live cash testing. However, I was never ...

FXCM Discussion

It is a psychological incentive to keep the uninformed driving in revenues for the broker through capturing terms (the spread) and from counter-party wins after the uninformed loses - which is most of them over time. Learn the Craft - that's step ...

OANDA email - Changes to the fxTrade Customer Agreement

civilpes, try asking this Fictional Character Jason Rogers, why? For example, my trading platform has no such limit. Ask this FXCM Actor sitting in their cubical somewhere in Bannedville, USA, exactly why their Market Making firm does not have a ...

FXCM Discussion

No decent intermediary would ever charge an "inactivity fee." By the very model used to establish their business, they make compensating balances from the deposits you have on account with them. However, the real revenue from a Market Maker and a ...

OANDA email - Changes to the fxTrade Customer Agreement

Be fully aware of the fact that certain Retail Brokers have Retail Broker Employees engaged on the forums you use, posing as "Traders" themselves. image

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

Inline with the video's educational and underlying premise, I would like to point out that some Retail Brokers also have total control over the supposedly independent trading forums they use to market their services. Here is one such forum which ...

From Retail Broker to Prime Broker and WHY

I was thinking something more along the lines of pairs like GBPNZD. The USD is connected to both as Counter Currency and that, coupled to the changes I describe above, is what will continue to drive the nice volatility in pairs similar to that - ...

What has happened to volatility

Since no one has directly addressed the OP's question, I'll take this opportunity on a Sunday break from work to direct your attention to what might be causing the liquidity squeeze now in effect in FX. I can pretty much sum up the problem with ...

What has happened to volatility

Try downright criminal. This broker should be banned from planet earth, not merely the United States of America. The fact that FXCM is alllowed on any reputable trading forum anywhere on earth is mind blowing to me. I don't understand how any forum ...

FXCM Discussion

If they finally did their homework and learned which FX intermediaries are worthy of trust, then they've done themselves a huge favor. Most retail Traders will not put in the work necessary to finally become the kind of Trader they say they want to ...

5 years and still no strategy

I wanted to stay out of this thread, but certain things need to be cleared up. The term "offshore" is often times used be people who do not understand the fact that many well known corporations are themselves "offshore" entities. Offshore therefore, ...

5 years and still no strategy

There is no reason to see spreads that high for that pair even during those hours. If you care about your longer term success as a Trader, do the necessary homework and find a descent retail intermediary that won't engage in massive Trader Abuse. ...

FXCM Discussion

Hello Rob, Sorry, but I don't make public details about where I do production trading. However, I have always talked about using a retail platform for the purpose of cutting your teeth and for those that don't have several hundred thousand to open a ...

FXCM Discussion