Agreed but lets be clear if the guy is asking then he may quite likely not know what IB is. It's www.interactivebrokers.com.

ActivTrades or LMAX if your day trading or short term trading. Ayondo TradeHub if your trading long term positions. CygnusX1 Ayondo is mainly a social trading broker, they are regulated by the FCA but I personally don't use them for the social ...

It's a regulatory requirement plain and simple. It can be off-putting though. You'll see multiple regulated brokers pretty much ask the same questions.

90% mark seems to be the generalised percentage. It's 80% according to this large retail broker. url It's also noted in a different video that the majority of traders don't hold the a position for longer than 5 minutes. I found this really ...

The guy is talking about stocks vs forex as a long term investment. In that respect I'd agree with him. Forex (atleast in my opinion) isn't suited as a long term investment you wouldn't hold a position for years and years like you might do with ...

Interesting I thought LMAX did but checking the client agreement that doesn't seem to be the case. Looks like the usual claim that brokers only make money from the spread and rollover charges isn't entirely true.

I've been reading ActivTrades client agreement and it looks like they do not forward interest earned on client money to the clients so for those that intend to open up a fairly sizeable account this could be a fairly large negative unless you manage ...

Both exness and fxpro have obscure 'force majeure' clauses that they will likely use to chase negative balances from clients in the event of a sudden move in the market rendering the negative balance protection largely redundant if you ask me. ...

It's surprisingly difficult finding a good broker, none check all the boxes for me so much so I think I should be setting up my own!

This might help: video

I've been considering Activtrades too as they seem to have a number of pros like: - Decent spreads - FCA regulation - Negative balance protection - Client money protection up to 500k - Spread betting on offer - No re-quotes I've read about a few ...

Let's face it trading has a bad reputation that will be hard to shake off. What's funny is that you and this salesgirl share more similarities than differences, both your roles involve buying and selling to make a profit. The only difference here is ...

I'm interested. Post the links.

If I was going to trade CFD's and only trade forex I would probably go for FXPro but they don't provide market access to indicies and good list of commodities which holds me back as I like to trade where the opportunities are. Regarding FXCM I ...

Thanks blackbird. I'm still on the fence with this one. Intertrader doesn't provide requotes and they are an ECN broker so this would be a small assurance for me I guess.

As someone who’s only recently starting to get into forex I've been scouring the web for a broker that provides negative balance protection, however if any brokers like FXCM are to go by then as soon as the company runs into trouble they will find ...

Yes, I agree it can be misleading. Reading ETX legal docs you take any loss up to the amount you set your stop loss and the rest of the difference is paid through insurance. I've only mentioned it as a guaranteed stop because that’s what IG and ETX ...

IG and ETX capital both provide guaranteed stops. With ETX it will cost you an additional £10 extra per trade. IG will add an additional spread.