Is FXCM Active Trader Platform good for scalping? Yes or No?

Is FXCM Active Trader Platform good for scalp ?

do they offer fast execution ?Please submit your vote

with yes or no if you trade with this platform on Real

account . Thank you before .

thank you for vote , the result is negative yet , but i

choose them because they offer 1:200 leverage. as

leverage is important for scalp .

Better options are Oanda,MBTrading,Dukascopy and Interactive Brokers

Actually these brokers are NFA regulated and provide leverage 1:50 except dukascopy that provide 1:100 and fxcm.co.uk provide 1:200 that is why i choose fxcm.co.uk but the poll result is completely negative

Hi MRmojtaba
I also posted in your previous thread about which broker to scalp, I'm sorry if my post is not related but I'm a junior member and I can't start a thread, I hope you forgive me for that, anyway I wanted to know about your scalping method if it's not a problem for you and also I have an idea for making a scalping method.
I work with Alpari and they have 18pips trailing stop(alpari is a 5digit broker so it's less than 2pips), so I think of a scalping methods with so many signals that goes in profit just by 2 pips other than the spread which is 1.2 to 1.5 pips, once you're in 1.8 profit you have no risk of losing, if it goes further you have your profit and if it goes back your trade is closed with no losses, if the system gives an initial 3 pips (1.8 profit and 1.2 spread) we have no risk continuing, so we need just 3 pips at start any other false signals other than these 3pips doesn't matter, so does anyone have any idea?

Scalping in essence: trading the bid-ask spread. When a broker charges you a commission which is the physical spread, scalping as a trading form is highly limited.

I am using MB Trading currently to do "higher frequency" trading because the commission is low and they provide a market-depth view.

The problem with FXCM is not liquidity or leverage, it's their commission masked in a spread. Do some math and you'll find that if you every start trading billions of dollars of currency, you'll be paying $20,000 commissions.

Hi Moody,

Whether the commission is charged separate from the spread or incorporated into the spread, there will be a cost for trading. The standard 10k accounts have a pip mark-up (essentially a commission), but the active trader setup charges a separate commission instead of incorporating it into the spread. Active trader charges the spread separately because the goal is to lower the overall transaction as a reward for trading higher volumes. So as trading volume increases, traders have more flexibility with the commission levels.

Btw, Active Trader also provides a depth of market view in the ATG platform.

-Jason

comms are to expensive and spreads are not as good compared with interactive brokers and dukascopy in this bracket.