Should Trade with Broker offering low spread or wide spread? 12 replies
Variable spread vs FIXED spread & broker comment/feedback 6 replies
Lowest GBPJPY spread broker? 4 replies
Oanda spread versus MB Trading spread 27 replies
1pips spread is showing as 18 spread, anyway to overcome? 1 reply
Dislikedthere is FXCH (forex-swiss.com) with 2 pip spread on GY. but the firm is debatable...Ignored
DislikedMBT has tight spread, but with $2 commission round trip, I ended up with about 5-10 pips in spread.Ignored
DislikedIm currently looking for a broker that allows scalping (normal market conditions) with nice spreads for GBPJPY.
MBT has tight spread, but with $2 commission round trip, I ended up with about 5-10 pips in spread.
I see Oanda offering 4 pips. but their platform is showing 7 pips!
Any brokers?Ignored
DislikedIm currently looking for a broker that allows scalping (normal market conditions) with nice spreads for GBPJPY.
MBT has tight spread, but with $2 commission round trip, I ended up with about 5-10 pips in spread.
I see Oanda offering 4 pips. but their platform is showing 7 pips!
Any brokers?Ignored
DislikedIm currently looking for a broker that allows scalping (normal market conditions) with nice spreads for GBPJPY.
MBT has tight spread, but with $2 commission round trip, I ended up with about 5-10 pips in spread.
I see Oanda offering 4 pips. but their platform is showing 7 pips!Ignored
DislikedIm currently looking for a broker that allows scalping (normal market conditions) with nice spreads for GBPJPY.
MBT has tight spread, but with $2 commission round trip, I ended up with about 5-10 pips in spread.
I see Oanda offering 4 pips. but their platform is showing 7 pips!
Any brokers?Ignored
Dislikedforex.com offer fixed spread for standard account...
said to be under 3 pips in all market condition but i never try ...
just take a lookIgnored
DislikedBK, one thing that I forgot to mention is that once you have around $150,000 in your account (and pardon me if you already do - I just don't know), you'll be able to use an aggregated hub of institutional liquidity via FCStone.Ignored
Dislikeddominicanosrus,
Through which prime broker are you accessing this aggregated hub, or are you dealing with FCStone directly? What is the name of their system?
What you described (aggregated ECN) sounds very similar to vCapfutures' CAX system, and they also clear through FCStone. However, access to CAX requires trading volume of $50MM per day and $1B per month minimum (and one must be a CFTC-certified ECP, which for an individual requires a $10MM account balance). No way someone with $150k would come close to being qualified..Ignored