Disliked-There will be no Freeze Zone, you will have the ability to trade inside the spreads.Ignored
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Disliked-There will be no Freeze Zone, you will have the ability to trade inside the spreads.Ignored
Disliked-The Limit Orders will be sent as a Market Order once the market price has reached your limit price.Ignored
Disliked"Partial fill orders will remain working once a fractional amount of the contracts are filled. Unlike some bridge connections, limit orders will not turn into market orders once their partially filled."Ignored
DislikedThat's the current order handling they employ, not the proposed 'upgrade'. I guess they're switching back to the old bridge method of handling partial limits..?
Glossed over this on the first glance, thanks for bringing it up shrike. This seems like a step backwards.Ignored
DislikedLooks like even the demo server latency and response time to trade confirmation has improved from when I last tested. I'd give these guys a spin - and they seem to have connectivity to many platforms, but the $8 per full lot turn is among the highest, even on top of the tight spreads. (ie., EU looks to be .8, GY ~2). Appears that they provide up to 200:1 to non US customers, and will accept (and keep) in a wide variety of major currencies including CAD.Ignored
DislikedI've spoke with the President of ATC a few times and the guy is madman for technology - so I doubt it would be a step backwards. It seems like he is really striving to be the best in the industry, and doing a damn good job so far. Trading is flawless with the tightest spreads I have found, and he says they are in the process of going after more liquidity, hooking up with new providers.
Very pumped to see their new MT4, especially that Advance Order plugin.Ignored
DislikedHey Bel,
Don't think they allow accounts in CAD. When I switched to them about a year ago they didn't, but maybe (hopefully) that has changed, if you find out could you let me know - I will do the same for you.
You won't be disappointed with these guys. I switched from MB Trading and couldn't be happier. And I agree with the response time, it has improved drastically, especially the last few months.
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DislikedI agree, overall they're going in a good direction, they've been on the right path since they first hooked up with Hotspot Retail pre-FXCM. Their rates do leave a bit to be desired though, especially in light of MBT's liquidity rebates.
I would like to see a non-MT4 platform from them when this new liquidity comes online (not FXCM ActiveTrader, ugh). MT4 is great for charting & EAs, but I prefer standard front-ends for manual trading.Ignored
Dislikedi wish they will just open there own broker company instead of being a IB fro fxcm.Ignored
DislikedI agree, overall they're going in a good direction, they've been on the right path since they first hooked up with Hotspot Retail pre-FXCM. Their rates do leave a bit to be desired though, especially in light of MBT's liquidity rebates.
I would like to see a non-MT4 platform from them when this new liquidity comes online (not FXCM ActiveTrader, ugh). MT4 is great for charting & EAs, but I prefer standard front-ends for manual trading.Ignored
DislikedI'm sure they would too, and I'm sure they weighed the pros & cons (I don't think they'd have a problem raising the $20M for net cap). They're one of the biggest IBs, so they probably have a very good rate agreement with FXCM. Even still, I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see them strike out on their own someday (or even FXCM buying them up whole).Ignored
DislikedI agree, overall they're going in a good direction, they've been on the right path since they first hooked up with Hotspot Retail pre-FXCM. Their rates do leave a bit to be desired though, especially in light of MBT's liquidity rebates.
I would like to see a non-MT4 platform from them when this new liquidity comes online (not FXCM ActiveTrader, ugh). MT4 is great for charting & EAs, but I prefer standard front-ends for manual trading.Ignored
DislikedEven at 8$ rt, the cost of trading between mbt and atc, really aren't compareable. Yeah, probably cheaper trading e/u, but most other pairs will be a lot cheaper on atc despite the high commissions. I hope people will check for themselves, though, because I am not positive but..... pretty positiveIgnored
DislikedSo for example at MB, if you are trading GU at 1.6000 that $2.95 per lot becomes $4.70 US per lot ($2.95x1.6) making ATC cheaper.Ignored
DislikedIt depends entirely on one's trading style. I was already using limits on entries, hence MBT's program has been wonderful.
Although many on these forums might discount or overlook the spread/commission factor, lowering your costs over the long-term (even slightly) is extremely correlative to your profitability.Ignored
DislikedOk poundtrader,
They are "just an IB", who have their own trading platform, their own software developers, their own tech support, their own account support, their own servers, their own commission structure, their own ECN bridge, and last time I checked have way tighter spreads that are not even possible to get when trading through an FXCM account.
So if you want to refer to them as "just an IB" for FXCM then go ahead, but after trading with them for a year, I only have dealt with ATC and pretty much forgot that my money is even in an FXCM...Ignored