Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Broker Recommendations?

Please help me find suitable broker my requirements are given below:

1. ECN broker and Fast execution.
2. Hedging enabled.
3. Scalping allowed.
4. Low spreads.
5. Trading during the news.

thankyou

Best is to check out "forexpeacearmy dot com". They have an extensive broker evaluation section.

I am sorry but I will never use a Russian broker even if they would be licensed in every country of the world. No offence. Just my personal opinion.

I was searching the WWW for the best brokers around here. A friend of mine has great experience with FXCM. But the most Info on FXCM is really negative so I kept on searching. I had several Demo accounts, like FXCM, FxPro and so on, mostly on MT4 plattforms.

It is really terrifying how much "paid"-posters are on the internet. The most pages claiming themselves as Broker-Testers are full of Affilate Links (Cookies) and really don't offer good Infos. I'm totally new to Forex, I have some experience with Demo accounts like stated above so it really has a great impact on me that there is such a "Cyberwar" between brokers.

Because of this it is a great that Alpari official is active int his Forum.

The funny thing is that my friend showed me Forexfactory a year ago and after a long time of investigating the perfect broker for me I jsut end up here again.

To come back to Topic, I started a Alpari Demo-account 5 Months ago and I'm quite satisfied with it. I know that they use the Pro Conditions on the Demo but this is OK for me. Also I sometimes got connection issues this is something I also can understand, because I guess Demo connections have lower priority then others. (I hope so)

It also makes a really good image that as soon as you open a Demo account they call you. I know they want to see if the phone number is real but the guy I spoke with was really friendly, he could answer all my questions and was a great help.

I have no reference to other Real-Account openings but it seems that Alpari looks very closely who opens an account. Due to this I'm waiting since a week to open my account.

Their support seems to be really friendly (german language support) but I don't know wether it is because of the support or the backoffice, but e-mail traffic is about 1 answer per Day and this is really frustrating.

I read all posts in this thread and someone stated something like this:
What does this mean? As I said I'm totally new to Real-Forex and I want to start with Alpari.

Btw thank you Guys that you share all this information here, you are a great help!

Hi DaChief,

Great to hear you’re pleased with us.

We’re sorry if we hadn’t gotten round to your email sooner. You’re welcome to give us a call at +44 (0) 207 426 2890. We offer German support on the phone and by email.

Alternatively feel free to try our English support via live chat.

Our support team will be happy to answer any questions you have.

Cheers,

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

Alpari UK, mobile trading live - when will this be available for Android smart phones?

Cheers.

Hi Marshy,

We are aware of an appetite for this. It is under active consideration by our Research and Development team.

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

Yep this would be really cool, the new Version of the Metatrader for Android Smartphones is really cool, with a lot of new features. Also it would be really cool for tablet PCs running android.

Thanks for the reply, hope it's soon......

I am not a muslim, can I open a swap free account? What is the commission for swap free accounts?

Thanks,

Hi xtrader101,

Yes, you can. Swap-free accounts incur no interest charges/payments but they do incur commission charges.

If you want a swap-free account please open a standard account as explained on the account opening page and send a request to [email protected] to change it over to swap-free status and to provide you details of the commissions.

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

I'm opening new account with alpari UK , hope that everything gonna be ok without any delay . Though I saw many negative comments but wanna give this broker a try , will write more feedback soon if I can stay with them

Welcome to the Alpari (UK) thread HoangTuan!

Anyone knows the different between AlpariUS, AlpariUK, AlpariNZ, AlpariFS?

Is all regulated and safe to use? Anyone of them better then another? I got a recommendation from an EA vendor to use only AlpariNZ. Does the trading conditions differ between them?

Hi LFN,

Happy to help.

Each of our associated companies form a separate legal entity.

Should you want more details about any specific entity in a region, please click on the link below:
Alpari Global Homepage

Cheers,

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

Please be aware that due to the forthcoming Easter Holiday trading times for our Equity, Commodity & Index (CFD) products will be affected. All FX products excluding Gold & Silver Spot will trade normal hours on Friday 6th and Monday 9th. Precious Metal trading will be closed on Friday 6th but will open for normal trading on Monday 9th.

Commodity & Index trading times for Friday 6th April & Monday 9th April are listed below:
Opening Closing times


Kind regards,

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

Though Alpari UK require some complicated documents to verify my address and identification than others brokers , unfortunately there is no problem since it's acceptable , I love brokers with high security . So far the support team through LIVE CHAT were awesome , will provide more feedbacks once I started trading with them . Spreads through Mt4 look better than Gomarkets , did Alpari changed ? In past I saw their spread quite higher than others.

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Alpari (UK) launches the live MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform with market depth and one-click trading. Traders can choose from 34 currency pairs plus spot gold and silver. MT5 is a completely new trading software designed by MetaQuotes Corp. and not an upgrade of the MetaTrader 4 platform.
The key benefits of MT5 trading with Alpari (UK) include:

 

1. Non-dealing desk (NDD) execution with access to multiple liquidity providers (bank liquidity)
2. Direct market access (DMA) and market depth to analyse market liquidity
3. One-click trading and no re-quotes for speed of execution
4. Spreads from 0 pips and up to 1:500 leverage
5. New order types and advanced order expiration types including “fill or kill”

Alpari (UK) offers MT5 on the new ECN account that requires a minimum deposit of just USD200. For trades opened and closed by 1 July 2012, Alpari (UK) will charge no commission. From 2 July 2012 commission charges will apply.
With MT5 traders can apply their Expert Advisor (EA) strategies in a highly efficient way. EAs are mechanical systems that allow traders to fully automate their trading processes and analytical activities to execute trades more efficiently.

The new MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester enables traders to test and optimise EA strategies in minutes rather than hours. In order to optimise EAs, traders use historical data to find out how well a particular EA strategy would have performed in the past. This is the so-called backtesting. Many tests and strategy modifications are necessary before an EA is ready to be applied to a Live account. The Strategy Tester gives traders access to a remote computer cluster and the calculation capacity of thousands of computers all over the world to accelerate the optimisation process.
MT5 Market gives traders access to apps for the MT5 Terminal, for example technical indicators, EAs, control panels and analysis systems.
Find out more about the new ECN account, take a look at the FAQs and download MT5 to get all these benefits.


Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative

Mr Chadwick,

I would like to know what the commissions are come july2012. And are the spreads on mt5 demo the same as mt5 live?
Thanks very much.

Hi Zonrokoy,

Happy to help.

The spreads on the MT5 demo account are the same as our MT5 live account.

If you are interested in finding out more about our commissions please contact our Sales Team between 08.00-18.00 (UK time), Monday to Friday on +44 (0) 20 7426 2890 or via email on [email protected]

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative