"the 1st broker to...", maybe not, but other than that, whats so shocking? i don't use them but i use Currenex and soon Hotspot, same model and...
agree that conceptually the CME eFX framework should be the way to go - eagerbeaver, you may find this interesting:...
thats one of the main reasons though, higher leverage. RBS. UBS etc won't allow less than 3% margin (33 times), i was getting better than 1%...
there are quite a few out there, can't really recommend one in particular, suggest you run a couple of searches on this forum or yahoo etc... g'luck!
i wouldn't, but feel free, i am not saying it won't work...
never tried but def. interested. i wrote to eurexUS today coz i cldn't find a broker who can give me either web-based or API access to their...
strange it shld happen on a demo really, but, yeah it does happen on real accts, thats for sure... unless you trade via an ECN where the...
buuurp, 'scuse my language, i meant 1 lot (100,000 units)....
u mean 1 lot (10,000 units), 30 pips stop loss, right? if thats the case, your pretty safe with most of the fixed spreads type brokers... if...
or no execution if the market has moved beyond the max. slippage your prepared to accept on a given order. what IT guys (Finatek) who've...
and yes, the broker is going to clear my trades (via his 'prime', i guess) and deal with allocations etc, but the choice of the ECNs i can trade...
hi, sorry i wasn't clear. what i mean is the U.K. broker that is going to offer me prime brokerage type services - will PM you - has itself a...
hi Lon Eagle, what is it like in the UK please? am about to sign up with a U.K. securities firm as my 'secondary prime broker'... wld be...
sounds like pretty big size on a cross! what sort of platform do use if you don't mind me asking?
fine with fxcmpro/currenex so far, despite about 4 occurences of platform-stability type problems in a month, hopefully it'll get better......
see http://www.investordictionary.com/definition/ECN.aspx ;-) and yes one can trade curr. futures via an ECN, e.g. IB seems to be functioning...
well, if u're trading thru the big fixed-spreads playaz (see fxstreet.com for instance), no & no of course, otherwise we wldn't be so many trading...
agree, not much interest out there it seems, altho' after reading more posts, seems a lot of size players use IB or interbankfx (which r ecn-type...
other than hotspot what fx brokers / ecns do u provide connectivity with? how about currenex (via fxcmpro or refcofxpro) for instance? any other?
some don't, they do sthg thats even more fun, they just let u go into yr trade, look at how (over)leveraged u r, and simply shift their bid/ask...
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