Wow. I could see telling someone "Realistically, you might not be happy with the pricing around some news announcements.", but telling someone "Don't do it or we'll shut you down"? That's crazy.

"would it be possible to reopen your account with ODL UK perhaps?" While technically, the US government would have a hard time stopping you, in reality, ODL UK should refuse to take those funds if they're from a US client. Your wife might be able to ...

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"Are you also telling us MT is not the only platform to allow broker to manipulate with different fx instruments for their benefit?" I'm just saying that the bulk of retail clients out there ask for MT4, so everyone moved to offer it, so using that ...

"These days if broker says they offer MT4 it's pretty much good signal RUN for you." If only it were that easy. When we didn't offer MT4, we'd get 50 calls a day at least asking for it. It's not a pleasant platform to run (the back office setup is ...

" I'm willing to bet that account reps at bucket shops only use the term with newbies to make them think they're using an advanced trading tactic. Most newbs will fall for it and consequently lose their asse(t)s." I can't answer for everyone, but I ...

Hmmm, yeah, that was an....interesting... trade show. I attended (not as exhibitor) and most of the tiniest brokerages were there. And Interbank FX was also there with their whole booth.

By clear, the demo never has liquidity issues. You probably won't see the spread change. It's a not a real trade, so it doesn't have to go through the channels to clear. It's just instant in, instant out. Demos are good to get a feel for the ...

"is the demo account completely different from the live account? i thought i was still playing against a live market" Trades on a demo never have to clear - while its usually a live feed, its not like they're ever really cleared to any sort of ...

"1st warning sign is usually if they offer Metatrader platform to their clients." Ironically, you have no idea how many clients won't trade with you unless you offer MT4. I've took so many calls in the past prior to having MT4 back where people ...

"I thought live and demo charts were identical." Live and demo charts are not usually identical - they'll be similar. At most firms, the demo feed is based off of a live feed, but there are differences. The demo feed doesn't "clear" in any real ...

When I talk to people on the phone, these are the most common problems for traders: 1) They really have no system. 2) They trade and practice a system, then they go live and its like they completely forgot that they had a system. 3) They WAY over ...

It's interesting is that this thread is approaching 1000 posts and its one year anniversary....

All I said is that they have IB agreements AFAIK - if they get offended by that, they have issues....

Since when does Interactive Brokers not have IB relationships? I admit, I don't read their site every single day, but I thought I just talked to someone who was an IB with them... And as to the specification, I'd rather not. I did a doubletake when ...

Marketmakers are not necessarily fraudulent. I've heard specifically of an ECN which was paying out IBs to get a share of client losses. I've heard of some NDDs who merely put the DD at their liquidity provider. I've heard of some MMs who are very ...

I admit, I haven't read every post on here (it would take eons, even though I read very fast), but most of your examples had fraud and undercapitalization, or undercapitalization for a firm that was found to be committing fraud? I guess your ...

Actually, I was portraying the concerns of our clients reading what I believe was your post as the panic. When you tell people someone is going bankrupt, they might actually believe you. When you don't know that is the case, that's a problematic ...

Hello strawman! Where did I say they were "foolish" to be concerned about capitalization? I should have clarified that I was thanking you personally for our net cap, which didn't show what you said it did. Hello strawman #2! Where did I say it was a ...

DB whitelabels FXCM, not sure if Citi is whitelabelling - I hadn't bothered to look at their platform yet. Edit: I guess Citibank whitelabels Saxo.