“Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped.” - Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia

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The fact that 90% of options does not automatically mean they are a bad product. That is like saying it's a bad idea to have health insurance or car insurance, because it's unlikely you will need surgery or be in an accident. Options are traded on a ...

Here is a link on MetaTrader and FXCM url

The thing is as far as anyone knew, the NFA included, FXLQ was one of the big players. I think FXLQ account holders should consider going after the NFA for their money.

Thanks for posting that article. Where did Joe Ross get a chart of FXCM volume? I have some questions about his stats.

I would appreciate it if you would post Joe Ross' forex-to-futures comparison, perhaps in a separate thread. Thanks

Deutsche Bank has licensed FXCM's trading software. That's no secret, but look at the currency pairs dbFX offers and their spreads. Compare those to FXCM. Deutsche Bank provides the liquidity for the dbFX platform.

First let me begin by saying that Oanda uses similar language in their trading agreement. That is because Oanda and GFT are both "dealing desk firms" which means they take the other side of your position and offset their overall exposure only when ...

Why would you want 400:1 leverage? — I'm not trying knock your trading style. I'm definitely no expert. But I am curious. Perhaps I could learn something new from you. How do you use such high leverage and not blow up your account? A little ...

Who is LBFX?

It's definitely FXCM's software, but dbFX offers more currency pairs than FXCM or MF, so DB might be providing their own liquidity.