Slippage — Hi Ed, The extent of slippage at FXDD is hard to predict. 35p was the extreme happening to me once w. E/U 2 NFP's ago. Lately, it's ranged from 12 to 25p. Indeed slippage is a major risk when trading news. Are they trying to resolve ...

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Nfa — Oops... FXDD-Tradition-registration with NFA.

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SIPC type of account protection ??? — Hi S725, thanks again for the great links. Interesting stuff. As for FXDD, they state on their web site that they're a part of Tradition Inc., which is registered w. NFC and has the same address. However, ...

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More about FXDD — My first-hand exp: No prob. w. filling orders to open positions anytime. However, during volatile moments, Meta Trader 4 (they offer 2 platforms - you can choose the other one) sometimes malfunctions - impossible to modify ...

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MB Trading - need feedback — Hi S725, I definitely trade G/U for news events. I also trade E/U, and occasionally other pairs. Thanks for mentioning 3 brokers. Just in time, b/c I'm not so happy w. FXDD's for the huge slippage. In my earlier ...

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Gain or Forex.com — Hi JTacher, I just checked out gaincapital.com, they only serve institutions and high volume pro traders - requiring 50million of volume per month. For those of us who do not meet the 50M threshold, it seems we can open ...

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FXDD speads — No prob, S725. Looking at MT4 and almost 100% sure they're the same when the market is open: E/J, U/C, A/U, E/G, E/F:4 G/J 9 G/F 10 E/A 9 During quiet hrs, spread on crosses can expand. Regards, PM

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News trading w. Oanda — Not happy w. FXDD's big slippage. Keep hearing rave comments on Oanda. Would like to know people's experience with it for news trading, preferably trading w. a live acct. Specifically: - Does spread expand during the ...

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FXDD: the good and the bad — HI all, Trading live w. FXDD for a month and did about 30 trades. Here's my exp.: The good: - small spread, 2 on E/U & U/J, 3 on G/U & U/F. - no such crazy policy as no exit of positions in the first 5-10 minutes ...

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