Pepperstone is very good. I didn't like they stop charts when trading day ends for about 5 minutes or more. Unreliable at news time, they stopped charts for a few times. Axi is better (there was a rumour they provide infrastructure to Pepperstone), however they disappointed me at MAJOR news announcements. Greek crisis took off the charts after the weekend for 45 minutes, when they finally opened them they took them off again for 10 minutes. This is the broker I use now:
https://www.aaafx.com/
They are Greek broker, so this might scare you, but with Greece crisis they were the ones that DID NOT took down the charts or prohibit trading. I am also amazed that most brokers allow max lot size 100 lots while https://www.aaafx.com/ allows 1000 lots. They do take commission + spread, but at the end it doesn't differ much and I find them much more reliable then Pepperstone or Axi.
Now when you are going to research further you will see that https://www.zulutrade.com/ is run by the same company as aaafx.
I am with them for 80 days (you can check my trade explorer) and I can say that at news time spread DOES widen, but this only lasts for a few seconds usually. I thing this is completely normal thing. With normal no news trading I observed negative spread on some pairs at some times.
If you join Zulu you will be able to have 2 mobile applications for trading for the same account. Mobile MT4 (uses less data to transfer, I use it if I am at low signal location) or Zulu mobile (better display of data and you can manually close ALL open positions with one click (with MT4 mobile you need to close each trade separately).
https://www.aaafx.com/
They are Greek broker, so this might scare you, but with Greece crisis they were the ones that DID NOT took down the charts or prohibit trading. I am also amazed that most brokers allow max lot size 100 lots while https://www.aaafx.com/ allows 1000 lots. They do take commission + spread, but at the end it doesn't differ much and I find them much more reliable then Pepperstone or Axi.
Now when you are going to research further you will see that https://www.zulutrade.com/ is run by the same company as aaafx.
I am with them for 80 days (you can check my trade explorer) and I can say that at news time spread DOES widen, but this only lasts for a few seconds usually. I thing this is completely normal thing. With normal no news trading I observed negative spread on some pairs at some times.
If you join Zulu you will be able to have 2 mobile applications for trading for the same account. Mobile MT4 (uses less data to transfer, I use it if I am at low signal location) or Zulu mobile (better display of data and you can manually close ALL open positions with one click (with MT4 mobile you need to close each trade separately).