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  • #21
  • Edited 7:19am Jun 21, 2015 6:19am | Edited 7:19am
The last week was not good at all with ActivTrades, here the list of the problems :
.I had 0.8 for eurusd since the beginning (2 years) and now they change it to 0.9 and 1.1 sometimes (not a big change but... it's new 0.o ok we have good volitity blablabla but it is too often now)
.DAX spread was from 1.5 to 2.0 and now it is 2.0 to 4.0 most of the time
.I had MANY disconnections at the best moments to open my trades...
.I had a very nice trade closed one second before to be profitable 0.o (I called them, they will see that but we know all it will change nothing)

so... It was my first broker and I will stop to use it now
I can't play with my money, I like when everything is ok

it is sad because I never had real problem with ActivTrades, was always happy but the last week killed my good opinion (the trade closed one second before the move was... too much)
I used at the same time an another broker (IC) with same traded product and there was no problem.

I'm still using other brokers without problem.

Someone else already had this problem with this broker ?
Dont Follow The Mass !!!
  • #22
  • Jun 21, 2015 8:19am Jun 21, 2015 8:19am
Quoting space-trader
The last week was not good at all with ActivTrades, here the list of the problems : .I had 0.8 for eurusd since the beginning (2 years) and now they change it to 0.9 and 1.1 sometimes
Spread was a bit wider a few days ago, I agree. I believe it was back to normal on Friday though. I'm not even sure that was really caused by activ trades. Did you ask them?

Quoting space-trader
I had MANY disconnections at the best moments to open my trades...
Did you try to use a different server (bottom right button in MT4, the one with the lines on it). I found 1 or 2 servers a bit unreliable but they have plenty so just use a different one and always look for a good ping. I'm mostly in the UK nowadays, sometimes in Germany, I have a ping of around 20ms from Germany and <20ms from my London home to 1 or 2 servers. Connection is very stable.
  • #23
  • Jun 21, 2015 8:20am Jun 21, 2015 8:20am
what is their type?
mm?
  • #24
  • Jun 21, 2015 10:32am Jun 21, 2015 10:32am
Quoting entheos
what is their type? mm?
stp (mm)
  • #25
  • Jun 21, 2015 11:07am Jun 21, 2015 11:07am
Quoting sakisf
{quote} stp (mm)
STP can't be mm, STP brokers doesn't have a dealing desk and trades should be bridged directly to their LP's.
Question is if they are truly STP or not.
  • #26
  • Jun 21, 2015 11:37am Jun 21, 2015 11:37am
Quoting HeyYou
{quote} STP can't be mm, STP brokers doesn't have a dealing desk and trades should be bridged directly to their LP's. Question is if they are truly STP or not.
That's a good question I've been with them since January and 0 problems. Their spreads are among the lowest I've seen. The spreads rival spreads from brokers that also have commission which even led a Darwinex representative to question if they're truly STP/DMA as well. But hey, I really like their service.
  • #27
  • Edited 12:02pm Jun 21, 2015 11:42am | Edited 12:02pm
Quoting xMeruem
{quote} The spreads rival spreads from brokers that also have commission



This is WEIRD, either they have a huge volume of trades or they will not earn that much.
  • #28
  • Jun 21, 2015 12:22pm Jun 21, 2015 12:22pm
Quoting xMeruem
{quote} Their spreads are among the lowest I've seen.
The spreads are more or less like Alpari UK (compared to what they offered on their MT5 account), AUDUSD seems a bit better though. EUR/USD is pretty tight, GBP/USD is average I'd say.
  • #29
  • Jun 21, 2015 12:32pm Jun 21, 2015 12:32pm
Quoting JensG
{quote} The spreads are more or less like Alpari UK (compared to what they offered on their MT5 account), AUDUSD seems a bit better though. EUR/USD is pretty tight, GBP/USD is average I'd say.
It feels a bit lower than Alpari imo. Alpari were a pretty good MM though.
  • #30
  • Jun 21, 2015 11:50pm Jun 21, 2015 11:50pm
Quoting HeyYou
{quote} STP can't be mm, STP brokers doesn't have a dealing desk and trades should be bridged directly to their LP's. Question is if they are truly STP or not.
http://www.financemagnates.com/forex...pros-and-cons/

http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/stp-vs-ecn

No dealing desk, yes. But trades go directly to their own market making LP. Only big orders, successful players are transferred / hedged outside. Anyway it's a good broker with excellent spreads and great capital protection scheme so ecn/stp/mm shouldn't matter. There are shadier ecn out there.
  • #31
  • Jun 22, 2015 1:50am Jun 22, 2015 1:50am
Quoting sakisf
{quote} trades go directly to their own market making LP.

Yeah I thought about that... IMO a STP broker is generally a big broker that can earn out of commissions, the size of the account doesn't matter because their trading volume is so big that they don't have to take the risk and play against you.




Since in the process of exchange most of traders are going to lose, the few that are profitable aren't allowed / willing to trade huge volumes, so if the LP is big enough (eg. a bank) shouldn't be worried about the very few profitable traders and allow you to exchange money just as you do at your local bank.
  • #32
  • Jun 23, 2015 6:46am Jun 23, 2015 6:46am
what are their type?
MM?
  • #33
  • Jun 26, 2015 5:32am Jun 26, 2015 5:32am
they are stp broker?
  • #34
  • Jun 26, 2015 9:05am Jun 26, 2015 9:05am
They are not charge any commissions?
  • #35
  • Jun 26, 2015 9:28am Jun 26, 2015 9:28am
Hi,

no commission. I don't know their execution model and I honestly don't care. They are ok for me. Spread on EUR/USD is between 0.8 and 1.1, GBP/USD between 1 (rarely) and 1.6 or so most of the time. It is low but not low enough to be overly suspicious.
I'm trading very short term, sometimes it could be seen as scalping (and yes, I'm profitable), never had a problem with them but it seems (according to some googling) they had problems with scalpers in the past.
  • #36
  • Jul 5, 2015 1:27pm Jul 5, 2015 1:27pm
I've been reading ActivTrades client agreement and it looks like they do not forward interest earned on client money to the clients so for those that intend to open up a fairly sizeable account this could be a fairly large negative unless you manage to come to some sort of agreement with the broker.

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To avoid doubt, we will not pay interest on any amounts in your account, unless we have agreed to do so in writing. Unless we have agreed otherwise in writing, on signing this Agreement, you consent to the fact that no interest will be paid to you on any amounts in your account and that we will retain all such interest.
  • #37
  • Jul 5, 2015 5:32pm Jul 5, 2015 5:32pm
Quoting rjm101
I've been reading ActivTrades client agreement and it looks like they do not forward interest earned on client money to the clients so for those that intend to open up a fairly sizeable account this could be a fairly large negative unless you manage to come to some sort of agreement with the broker. {quote}
I've never heard of a broker that gives interest payments to clients..
  • #38
  • Jul 5, 2015 6:29pm Jul 5, 2015 6:29pm
Quoting xMeruem
{quote} I've never heard of a broker that gives interest payments to clients..
Interesting I thought LMAX did but checking the client agreement that doesn't seem to be the case.
Looks like the usual claim that brokers only make money from the spread and rollover charges isn't entirely true.
  • #39
  • Jul 5, 2015 6:34pm Jul 5, 2015 6:34pm
Any feedback on Pepper Stone
https://pepperstone.com/clients/contact-us.php
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  • #40
  • Jul 10, 2015 10:32am Jul 10, 2015 10:32am
They have spread from 0.8pip for EUR/USD and USD/JPY and they are verry good
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