Ah yes, the commission-free MT4-ECNs without market-depth. If something like that counts as an ecn, then the term "ECN" is nothing more than a marketing gimmick.
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DislikedAh yes, the commission-free MT4-ECNs without market-depth. If something like that counts as an ecn, then the term "ECN" is nothing more than a marketing gimmick.Ignored
Dislikedoooff...! The GoMarkets platform is a NoGoMarkets for me! I've been monitoring them all day long now, and the spreads for the two pairs I watch are:
EURUSD: 20 pips
GBPUSD: 30 pips
Good grief! That's absurd!Ignored
Dislikedoooff...! The GoMarkets platform is a NoGoMarkets for me! I've been monitoring them all day long now, and the spreads for the two pairs I watch are:
EURUSD: 20 pips
GBPUSD: 30 pips
Good grief! That's absurd!Ignored
DislikedI'm demoing SparenFX, Alpari-US, FXDD MTXtreme, PFGBest, MBTrading and VarenGold. I like MBTrading and PFGBest - They are the closest MT4 is prob ever gonna get to ECN capabiltiy. ATCbrokers was a nice choice when they were with Hotspot since they did true cutomer2customer (and you could lookup the counterparty and trade inside the spead) but now they're withh FXCM and while it looks good still its not the same. MB will let you trade inside the spread so they truly are the closest but the NEGATIVE swap on both sides really burns me. PFG seems the...Ignored
DislikedFYI in case anyone didn't notice, but you can't open a GoMarkets account if you reside in the US.
http://www.gomarketsaus.com/open_accountIgnored
Disliked"US and Indonesian citizens/residents are not permitted to open an account with Go Markets"Ignored
DislikedThis quote from Go Markets yesterday, after I wanted them to confirm ECN status.
"We are not an ECN broker. We are a non-dealing-desk broker. We get our price feeds from Currenex who derive their prices from up to 70 banks. One of the major advantages of us over an ECN is that we do not have a minimum account balance, you can trade in micro lots and we do not charge commission."Ignored