Switching from market makers to the next level

So by doing a lot of forex related reading, I've found about trading using ECNs (ie no dealing desk). Can anyone recommend this type of ECN brokers that offer demos? I tried Nordmarkets but I don't think they're truly an ECN and in the case of FXOpen they use Metatrader which I'm not very happy with and couldn't get their level II application to work with their customized MT.

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I've been with MB Trading and really like them. The only problem is their demo is not so good, goes down a lot and glitchy, but the live system is great.

So you're against forex, period?

I think NordMarkets is an ECN in the sense that they have bridged MT4 to Currenex.

hawkman, can you describe your experience with nordmarkets regarding execution and spreads in fast markets?

To be honest, I can't tell you what they're like under normal conditions. In only tried a demo last year, and it's not unlimited, so I don't remember much of it anymore. Somehow it didn't feel too different, but I did only demo their MT4 platform.

Or so they say. I can't tell for sure, maybe they're on the level, but somehow somehow I'd expect an ECN to be using a different platform than MT4, or else you can just claim you're an ECN while not providing market depth info and so on. One of their employees called me after I opened the MT4 demo, and admitted that mini accounts are put on a dealing desk, but said regular accounts are not. Make of it what you will.