Why don't FXCM APIs operate with Dealing Desk execution?

Over 50% of my orders are rejected with an "off quotes" error, even with the slippage order parameter set at 20. Round-trip ping duration from my terminal to the mt4r01 server is 1ms. I haven't experienced such poor execution from any other broker. ...

Where does it say premium accounts get free internal transfers? Here is the page that outlines all deposit and withdrawal costs: url 0.5% for internal transfers sucks!

Internal transfer — They charge 0.5% for an internal transfer. So it would cost 50 USD to transfer 10k USD from one Exness account to another. This seems excessive, especially considering that it is completely automatic, i.e. no human ...

Are they still using the Boston Technologies bridge? Even FXCM has stopped using that bridge.

Your phrase "absolutely safe" is questionable, as is the claim that the crisis in Greece does not affect banks in Cyprus. The crisis in Greece is affecting the entire world! Cyprus is quite close to Greece, and Eurobank is the third largest bank in ...

Look at the latest SSI report. It states: However the graph shows USD/CAD SSI is 8.75. It is obvious that the report is manually created by someone each time, and so is prone to human error. That is one reason to why it would be far better to have ...

Thanks for the responses, Jason. I hope to see SSI in the Strategy Trader platform soon. In the meantime I will use Oanda's open position ratios as it updates every 20 minutes. That -14.55 value looks a little suspicious. It certainly does not look ...

Would the following be the correct derivation of the SSI?: b = number of buy positions s = number of sell positions ratio = b / s if ratio < 1 then SSI = -1 / ratio else SSI = ratio If this is correct then there would never be an SSI that is between ...

What is the mathematical formula used to calculate the SSI? What is the difference between SSI = -1 and SSI = 1? Why did you not decide to simply use percentages? When will the SSI be available in Strategy Trader? In June and July 2010 on a few ...

I agree that JForex is not good for charting. I would use MultiCharts for multi-time frame charting. But for backtesting, I have been quite pleased with JForex's Historical Tester so far, as it does what I have been looking for - backtesting over ...

I of course already know that as I myself collaborated with birt in the research / discovery phase of backtesting over tick data in MetaTrader 4, and I spent a lot of time writing my own scripts in C# to produce FXT tick data files. The problem is ...

I think you mean: "MT5 is hell much better than MT4". Lately I have been looking for a good platform for backtesting (as opposed to live trade execution) as I wish to move away from MetaTrader 4. I tried MetaTrader 5, and the multiple CPU core ...

I already have many GBs of tick data (e.g. over 5GB for EURUSD), so where and how to get it is not a problem. What I want to confirm is that the platform itself can work with large amounts of tick data without issue. Have you guys actually tried ...

Can you provide a link to this portfolio backtest EA? Is it possible to import tick data (as opposed to bar data) into the platform for backtesting purposes? What are the differences between FXCM Strategy Trader and MultiCharts' MCFX?

FXCM Strategy Trader — I have some questions about FXCM's Strategy Trader platform. Can it do portfolio backtesting, i.e. one strategy over multiple symbols in one backtest? Can it import custom historical tick data? How far back does the ...

Execution is the bad thing about MetaTrader, but I'm stuck with MetaTrader because of its programmability. I've written my own scripts and indicators and I can (and do) use them at many other brokers who offer MetaTrader. Whereas with Oanda, they ...

There may not be a "single" definitive source, but there are different levels. The rates at institutional currency markets like Currenex, Integral, HotSpot, FXAll, EBS and Reuters would be seen as the most definitive. Dukascopy's rates move in ...

Is FXCM able to get a copy of a trader's strategy code?

"Confidential document removed" Is someone trying to hide the dirt?