I was trading one day using AxiTrader, and I noticed that when I was entering a long position, it halted at the statement that said something like "Processing...Please Wait".
Now normally it says this for up to 1 second, but this time it just didn't budge, it stayed like that for about 30 seconds.
Then when it finally went through, I instantly saw that the price it entered me in for my long position was above the ASK line by about 2 pips.
Now this is normally impossible, as their was virtually no volatility during the Asian Session (it was hardly moving), so I instantly knew that I had fallen victim to the 'Market Maker' principle (due to the time it took to execute the trade and that the price it entered me at was 2 pips above the asking price).
AxiTrader is a blatant Market Maker. Period.
They even openly admit this in their TOS under the heading "Conflict of Interest Disclosure":
'We and our officers, directors, and employees, including persons involved in the preparation or issuance of this material, may from time to time have “long” or “short” positions in, act as principal in, and buy or sell the financial instruments, and act as market maker. This may result in a conflict between the interests of AxiTrader and those of our clients.'
Read it for yourself here: https://www.axitrader.com/au/website-terms-conditions
I'm getting out of the FX game, it was only part time anyway, but I don't want to depend my future livelihood on Market Makers, and I'm guessing Pepperstone and IC Markets are the same.
Now normally it says this for up to 1 second, but this time it just didn't budge, it stayed like that for about 30 seconds.
Then when it finally went through, I instantly saw that the price it entered me in for my long position was above the ASK line by about 2 pips.
Now this is normally impossible, as their was virtually no volatility during the Asian Session (it was hardly moving), so I instantly knew that I had fallen victim to the 'Market Maker' principle (due to the time it took to execute the trade and that the price it entered me at was 2 pips above the asking price).
AxiTrader is a blatant Market Maker. Period.
They even openly admit this in their TOS under the heading "Conflict of Interest Disclosure":
'We and our officers, directors, and employees, including persons involved in the preparation or issuance of this material, may from time to time have “long” or “short” positions in, act as principal in, and buy or sell the financial instruments, and act as market maker. This may result in a conflict between the interests of AxiTrader and those of our clients.'
Read it for yourself here: https://www.axitrader.com/au/website-terms-conditions
I'm getting out of the FX game, it was only part time anyway, but I don't want to depend my future livelihood on Market Makers, and I'm guessing Pepperstone and IC Markets are the same.