You didn't have any problems with your trades on FXCM during recent events? Do you use their chart plugin? I tried their demo account but their chart frequently failed to update and would stall constantly. Maybe just with demo accounts, but that's a turnoff for me. Tech support said it was my problem and then later said it was their problem and that they would take care of it after I ran a ping and tracert. Then they never got back to me. I do like the fact that they have trailing stops.
DislikedI just don't know how can be possible to be in any broker if not FXCM.
I've never seen FXCM widening spreads on mega volatibility periods.
When ppl talk about 20 pip spreads on Oanda, i just go and then i , i confess...
Lightning execution and lots of capital... so, no danger to get robbed.
They even have "one click" execution if we want. And they never disconnect.
The only thing we might talk about, is them widening the spread about 1 pip, during low volatibility moments like between the end of US session and the opening of the Asian session. I don't really care... i'm not a scalper.
GBP/JPY spread is about 7 pips during London/New York sessions. It rises to 11 pips in that low activity period.
But Eur/Jpy is always 3-4 pips.Ignored
My business model
Get pips => Keep Pips => Repeat