Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
Which US broker is best in terms of costs/spreads/commissions? 0 replies
Best Broker for Extreme Scalper? 19 replies
MetaTrader4 Broker with low spreads and best execution? 1 reply
Best Broker with lowest Spreads? 0 replies
DislikedIB, lmax, lcg - all have lower commissions than that. There is really no good reason to pay more than $20/million.Ignored
DislikedOk you are right if you depost it 50K with Dukas. With the exception of LCG. Duaks (50K deposit): $18 ($30 for 10k deposit or $25 for 25k) lmax (10k deposit): $25 ($20 with ib) IB (10k deposit): $20 LCG (20K deposit): $15Ignored
Disliked{quote} Respectfully, the data doesn't agree with your claim: I use IB as my primary broker. They charge 0.4 pips per roundtrip (0.2 pips per side). Further, their spreads tend to be wider, about 0.5 pips on average for EUR/USD. So overall costs are higher than Dukascopy. For LCG, these guys say the commission is $3 / 100k, 0.3 pips per side, so 0.6 pips...Ignored
DislikedYou can switch the .5 pip quote display to .1 pips with in TWS preferences.Ignored
Disliked. The major issue with these type of comparison is the fact that it is impossible to find out if the bid/ask that made the spread were executable prices.. unless sending orders to all 3 in a very synchronized manner and keeping tab of quoted prices, executed price and spread at execution. Even if you try each one of them separately for a while you will not know. If you want to try the one with the smallest commission send me PM. I am local and visited their office a couple times. They run a very clean operation. Quite strict too. Even knowing them...Ignored
Disliked{quote} Respectfully, the data doesn't agree with your claim: I use IB as my primary broker. They charge 0.4 pips per roundtrip (0.2 pips per side). Further, their spreads tend to be wider, about 0.5 pips on average for EUR/USD. So overall costs are higher than Dukascopy. For LCG, these guys say the commission is $3 / 100k, 0.3 pips per side, so 0.6 pips...Ignored
DislikedResults my scalping techniques with simulator : (225x trade no loss, 500% profit in 3.5 months)Ignored
DislikedAccording to you.it is right to worry about the new "maneuver"of ArmadaMarkets?Ignored
DislikedWhile you did some good work on comparing spreads, the examples are based on one instant in time. Since you couldn't possibly snap the spread on all three accounts at EXACTLY the same time, I don't think you can count on your example being meaningful. I suggest that you write an EA (very simple) that would average the spreads over 24 hours and give you a running report every hour or so. Another thing, you will find that each broker has times when their spreads are very low or very high, depending on the trading times of their client base. For instance,...Ignored