Currenex vs Hotspot FXi: Life view screenshot

Hi folks,

I have requested Currenex "life view" demo from several brokers, sadly it seems like all of them showed me same demo as the numbers where 1:1 match on all demos.

This seems to be single system setup by currenex.

So I decided to put that side by side with Hotspot FXi demo, see the screenshot attached.

Currenex seems to have an upper hand in this one. Of course this hardly reflects reality of the system you get with brokers.

Which Currenex broker would you recommend or warn to stay away from?

* ADMD
* Capital Forex Pro
* Twowaymarkets
* vCap

Thanks!

here is what I am seeing on Currenex right now. i am not on a computer where I can bring HSFXI but I will try and do that later... so far from what I see Currenex is better.

Stop teasing us and share with us which hub that is already. Looks similar to Cantor's..

Looks like currenex demo, LOL

It does?

I don't think so Currenex demo does not usually have partial pips with spreads this low, EU on currenex demo has much higher spreads...just my input...looks like live act or live view anyway.

EDIT: Then again the first image of currenex demo shows partial pips etc.

Joking.
At least spread and liquidity wise the demo shot looks similar on EUR/USD.

Did CX changed for better in recent months, so all of them have fractional pip prices and low spread?

I got same demo from TWM, ODL, CF and ADMD

fxtrader42 and everyone else who knows CX and FXi, I got a question to you:

Do you think that generally speaking FXi is a bit more reliable then CX in terms of quoting errors and as a result there is a lesser chance to encounter busted trades on FXi?

And since we are at it, how would you rate the danger of busted trades on the above ECNs? Is that something everyone should expect and will get or is it rather really, really rare / bad luck situations.

First of all it is not a demo or a live view. I have been testing this for a broker that I have done business with in the past. I have never seen a live view or any view that shows the banks that offer liquidity. Currenex has had fractional pricing like this for the last few years as far as i know. However, they now have a retail feed, which is what I was showing and that retail feed gets tighter then the institutional feed. I hope that I can announce who will be offering this in the next few weeks to a month. The company I am working with is only testing it with I believe 5-10 participants and is looking to go live fairly soon. HSFXI and Currenex have been very close to identical. However, Currrenex has had better and tighter liquidity from what I can see.

When comparing the two platforms, it might be better to use the "tradeview window" from FXi. Just setup amounts of 1,5,10,15 and 20 millions. The tradeview-spreads do incorporate hidden iceberg-orders that are not visible in the ecn-vew window.

People using hotspotfx, I'm aware that this is the wrong thread and I wanted to PM shrike but I realize that I can't attach files there, quick question.

Is my platform supposed to look like this in the trade view?

No, Tradeview is only a feature on the java HotspotFXi platform - its not available on retail. Your screenshot shows the ChoiceFX platform used by Hotspot retail EU-branch (it can be setup to work with FXi too - but it will cost additional commissions, and it still wont have the tradeview-features).

eh shrike, how come i can't open that window fully then? the platform is very bad.

I don't know, maybe try using the windows classic theme, not the XP theme. It works for me.

P.S. pretty bad that they still didn't manage to display mkt depth on this software.

Bloody hell, still can't get it. This is a disappointment. Yea I heard only the US version has it. Shrike, mind posting a shot of your hotspot platform for me? With the trading window open if you don't mind, will appreciate this.

And Nick Stadel from GFT; can you explain why GFT doesn't offer spreads like the ones that have been posted here?

Jody ill send you a pm later.

P.S. i guess everyone is posting in the wrong thread, GFT and hotspot retail is sort of offtopic in here..

Yea I was kinda aware of that. Sorry people.

No, I saw Nick viewing the thread and he always talks up GFT with their new variable spreads so I asked while he was viewing the thread. Not really offtopic at all.