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  • #1,001
  • May 13, 2013 7:19am May 13, 2013 7:19am
I may be wrong but I suspect the confidentiality aspect goes with these transactions as they do with tie ups generally...a sort of industry practice in a competitive market. Non-disclosure agreements are routine commercial arrangements for a whole raft of commonsensical reasons in any event.
The road to pipland is arduous and fraught with challenge.
  • #1,002
  • May 13, 2013 8:05am May 13, 2013 8:05am
Quoting traider
I may be wrong but I suspect the confidentiality aspect goes with these transactions as they do with tie ups generally...a sort of industry practice in a competitive market. Non-disclosure agreements are routine commercial arrangements for a whole raft of commonsensical reasons in any event.
+1
  • #1,003
  • May 13, 2013 9:31am May 13, 2013 9:31am
Alex, if you have a look at this link: http://corporate.ibfx.com/News/IBFX-...dity-Providers you can see that IBFX had no problems announcing that J.P. Morgan Securities, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were / are among their liquidity providers. Divisa Capital is another brokerage that openly advertises their relationships with Bank of America, UBS, Barclays and others.

So, can you explain why these two firms do not have to sign non-discloure agreements but Alpari UK does? It's not as if I am asking you to disclose details of transactions, you and I both know that most retail trades don't go anywhere near the interbank market, I'm asking where your prices come from, a perfectly reasonable question I would have thought. I can only think of two reasons why you cannot or will not disclose names of liquidity providers - either your firm is embarrassed to be associated with them or they are embarassed to be associated with Alpari. It makes no sense at all that other brokers can be transparent about such matters but Alpari cannot.
  • #1,004
  • May 13, 2013 9:46am May 13, 2013 9:46am
Hi,

Quoting traider
I may be wrong but I suspect the confidentiality aspect goes with these transactions as they do with tie ups generally...a sort of industry practice in a competitive market. Non-disclosure agreements are routine commercial arrangements for a whole raft of commonsensical reasons in any event.
Quoting High.Five
{quote} +1
You've the nail right on the head

Quoting ukmanthailan
Alex, if you have a look at this link: http://corporate.ibfx.com/News/IBFX-...dity-Providers you can see that IBFX had no problems announcing that J.P. Morgan Securities, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were / are among their liquidity providers. Divisa Capital is another brokerage that openly advertises their relationships with Bank of America, UBS, Barclays and others. So, can you explain why these two firms do not have to sign non-discloure agreements but Alpari UK does? It's not as if I am...
I'm happy to help however, I can't usefully add anything to whatever I've already told you.

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #1,005
  • May 13, 2013 10:05am May 13, 2013 10:05am
Quoting Alpari UK
Hi, {quote} {quote} You've the nail right on the head {quote} I'm happy to help however, I can't usefully add anything to whatever I've already told you. Alex ________ Alexander Chadwick Alpari (UK) Representative
You haven't really told me anything, except that the institutions which provide you with prices do not want it to become public knowledge that they are doing so.
(I have no idea what nail has been hit on the head because I cannot read that particular member's posts)

Never mind, I guess I'll either have to live with that fact or change brokers

Cheers
  • #1,006
  • May 13, 2013 3:19pm May 13, 2013 3:19pm
Quoting Alpari UK
Hi, {quote} {quote} You've the nail right on the head {quote} I'm happy to help however, I can't usefully add anything to whatever I've already told you. Alex ________ Alexander Chadwick Alpari (UK) Representative
Do you have any rules for News Trading and what is the best account for news trading
  • #1,007
  • May 13, 2013 6:44pm May 13, 2013 6:44pm
Quoting Fadyshehata
{quote} Do you have any rules for News Trading and what is the best account for news trading
If you can get to trade the news just by reading the candles, thats the way to go as decisive movements can occur before, during and after news breaks and one is more in control. It can be done, so perservere. After that, the news become another event of whose timing one takes mere note of.

Good luck
The road to pipland is arduous and fraught with challenge.
  • #1,008
  • May 13, 2013 7:07pm May 13, 2013 7:07pm
Quoting ukmanthailan
{quote}You haven't really told me anything, except that the institutions which provide you with prices do not want it to become public knowledge that they are doing so. (I have no idea what nail has been hit on the head because I cannot read that particular member's posts) Never mind, I guess I'll either have to live with that fact or change brokers Cheers
I don't imagine there is any great conspiracy in terms of the clauses parties use in transacting. They invariably choose clauses appropriate to their circumstances and context. You would need to speak to your party in a non public venue to discuss these issues in depth given the commercial objectives that lie behind these choices.
The road to pipland is arduous and fraught with challenge.
  • #1,009
  • May 13, 2013 7:37pm May 13, 2013 7:37pm
Quoting Fadyshehata
{quote} Do you have any rules for News Trading and what is the best account for news trading
In fast moving markets you will get a lot of requotes on a standard MT4 account (or at least that has been my experience with Alpari). On the other hand, Alpari's spreads don't ( again, in my experience anyway) widen anywhere near as much as Oanda's during the news. You could perhaps try their ECN account. I closed several positions shortly after the US retail sales figures yesterday and had no problems at all.

Probably best to wait for a response from their representative though, as I can't speak on their behalf so I hope I haven't offended you by jumping in like an overeager buffoon!
  • #1,010
  • May 13, 2013 8:26pm May 13, 2013 8:26pm
Quoting ukmanthailan
{quote} In fast moving markets you will get a lot of requotes on a standard MT4 account (or at least that has been my experience with Alpari). On the other hand, Alpari's spreads don't ( again, in my experience anyway) widen anywhere near as much as Oanda's during the news. You could perhaps try their ECN account. I closed several positions shortly after the US retail sales figures yesterday and had no problems at all. Probably best to wait for a response from their representative though, as I can't speak on their behalf so I hope I haven't offended...
Hahahaha. He's kinda touchy with me.

But really, it makes no commercial sense for a business to employ clauses unless they have commercial objectives.
The road to pipland is arduous and fraught with challenge.
  • #1,011
  • May 14, 2013 2:04am May 14, 2013 2:04am
Hi Fadyshehata,

Quoting Fadyshehata
Do you have any rules for News Trading
We don't have any rules related to trading in periods of uncertainly such as news. However, it's a good idea to be aware of the risks involved. I've discussed these in a previous post.

Quoting Fadyshehata
what is the best account for news trading
That is entirely your choice. To find out more about our different account types, please click here.

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #1,012
  • May 14, 2013 5:38am May 14, 2013 5:38am
Quoting Alpari UK
{quote} Hi ukmanthailan, I appreciate your inquisitiveness. If I were to deposit money anywhere, I'd be asking these questions as well. However as I've mentioned in my previous post, non-disclosure agreements prevent me from naming any of the multiple top tier 1 banks. As you are aware, Alpari (UK) is FSA regulated. We put your interests at the center of our business to ensure we comply with FSA Principle 6: "Pay due regard to the interest of its customers and treat them fairly." Read more about [url="http://www.alpari.co.uk/regulations/treating-customers-fairly"]how...
Hi Alex,

As far as i know FSA is no more http://www.fsa.gov.uk/

Is alpari.uk regulated within the new agency ?

Giannis
  • #1,013
  • May 14, 2013 5:59am May 14, 2013 5:59am
Quoting gmavridakis
{quote} Hi Alex, As far as i know FSA is no more http://www.fsa.gov.uk/ Is alpari.uk regulated within the new agency ? Giannis
Hi gmavridakis,

Good observation

All firms that were regulated by the FSA are now regulated by the FCA.

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #1,014
  • May 15, 2013 4:32am May 15, 2013 4:32am
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  • #1,015
  • May 21, 2013 1:09am May 21, 2013 1:09am
What's going on with your MT5 servers? No price updates for 8 minutes at the time of this post - is anybody awake there?
  • #1,016
  • May 21, 2013 2:29am May 21, 2013 2:29am
Quoting ukmanthailan
{quote}On the other hand, Alpari's spreads don't ( again, in my experience anyway) widen anywhere near as much as Oanda's during the news. You could perhaps try their ECN account.
Bullshit! ECN on NFP, GBPJPY 200 pip spread, market spiked 150 pips across any other broker:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...89#post6578189
  • #1,017
  • May 22, 2013 1:21am May 22, 2013 1:21am
Quoting ukmanthailan
What's going on with your MT5 servers? No price updates for 8 minutes at the time of this post - is anybody awake there?
Hi ukmanthailan,

I'm sorry to hear you had problems with your MT5 platform. We are aware of an issue that effected a small number of our trading accounts yesterday. I have been informed that this was subsequently addressed.

If any of your live trades were effected, please email me the details of those trades and your account details at [email protected] . I will have this investigated for you.

In the future, if you have any difficulties, it's best to contact the Alpari Client Services team immediately. They are available from 7am to 10pm (UK Time), Monday to Friday.


Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #1,018
  • May 24, 2013 2:41am May 24, 2013 2:41am
It's just happened again for 2 1/2 minutes and then for 9 minutes immediately afterwards. I do of course call your client services team when it happens and they just tell me it is a technical problem they are aware of and they are trying to solve it. Not good enough in my opinion - A technical problem that occurred on Tuesday has not been solved by Friday?

I have had a small account with Alpari for several years and just opened a larger one (funds-wise) using the MT5 platform. However, I can't trade with a broker that cannot provide a stable price feed so I will have to close them both down.


EDIT: Came back on for 2 minutes and down again for 5 minutes as I write. So that's off for 2 1/2 minutes, on for 2 minutes, off for 9 minutes, back on for a couple of minutes and off again for 5 minutes and counting. Do Alpari really think their clients will accept this shoddy service?

Also, it is of no use to me to tell me to contact Alpari if any of my trades have been affected. You aren't going to compensate me for trades I could not open because your price feed was down, are you? (11 minutes and counting now...still down)
  • #1,019
  • May 24, 2013 3:25am May 24, 2013 3:25am
"Affected a small number of accounts". That's exactly the same phrase they always use in the standard emails I get from client services. Is it corporate policy to only ever concede that a problem affects a small number of clients? And is it somehow meant to make me feel better? Don't treat your clients with such contempt; some of us don't like it.
  • #1,020
  • May 24, 2013 3:52am May 24, 2013 3:52am
Just happened again for a minute.
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