How do you know that all victims received full compensation from Alpari in UK? Also what the process entailed? Where you involved in any way or part of that resolution? Of course not. You simply speculate with irrelevant arguments. By the way, I ...

EU is lowering leverage. What now?

Dear reddevil, I am not familiar with New Zealand passport procedures (I assume that’s where you are from) but I certainly hope it’s not that easy to obtain a government passport. I do not know of any country that MAILS their passports to its ...

EU is lowering leverage. What now?

What most people don’t understand is if they get ripped off / scammed or even if a legitimate broker goes belly up / bankrupt or shut down by their regulator, one needs to go to the jurisdiction (fly to Australia for example) in order claim your ...

EU is lowering leverage. What now?

Well, I was born in Canada but currently reside in Greece. But the regulations have actually stiffened more in Europe recently with leverage reductions etc and most likely Australia will follow at some point in the near future.

Brokers for Canadians?

If he had originally opened the account with a US residence then they would close the account. But he opened it from his beach house in the Cayman Islands which he still has access to go and live.

Brokers for Canadians?

A good friend of mine is trading from New York with IC Markets and they know that he is currently a US resident and uses his US bank to deposit and withdraw for years now! They don’t care as long as you OPENED the account in a non-restricted ...

Brokers for Canadians?

Dear FxNewGuy, Actually you are wrong about premise #1. IC Markets and all other legitimate brokers for that matter have to abide by the regulations set forth by the Canadian authorities regarding OPENING accounts with Canadian residents. By the way ...

Brokers for Canadians?

Forgot to mention, all Canadian banks provide their customers with a MasterCard or Visa Debit card which you can use to shop online as well, just like a credit card. And yes, if you are a permanent resident of Canada and do your income taxes, you ...

Brokers for Canadians?

Guidebortoli, As long as you open the account with IC while you are a legal resident (not “permanent” resident of Brazil necessarily) you are free to travel and trade from any part of the world. Do not be concerned about IP address - no broker cares ...

Brokers for Canadians?

I once had a LIVE account with FXCM in Greece and the chart prices were indeed different from the market watch prices...

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They could easily have just used an indicator to solve the issue like I did.

Recommended Brokers for Canadians

RedBaron, I had an account with FXCM in GREECE years ago and I too had the spread/price discrepancy. Luckily my orders were activated on the market watch prices instead of the chart price scale. Also observed several negative spreads especially on ...

Recommended Brokers for Canadians

What a ranting lunatic you are! You need professional psychiatric help...

Pepperstone, IC Markets, Tickmill? Which one to choose?

To Despitchtt: You are obviously a typical loser trader among the 95%. Well I am not. I made €283,000 last year and it was a bad year for me. Have seen better days. Accusing me of being some scam broker is indicative of your ignorance, incompetence ...

Pepperstone, IC Markets, Tickmill? Which one to choose?

As an alternative, the most stable platform to use for news trading is the mobile MT4. I have never experienced any gaps or freezing on my iPhone and my orders are always closed instantly even during fast moving news announcements action. Now ...

Pepperstone, IC Markets, Tickmill? Which one to choose?

I have traded with IC Markets for 4 years now and 2 other brokers for 12 years and can honestly claim that platform freezes are common. They are the result of 3 reasons: 1. Multiple / combinations of symbols, charts and their indicators and/or EA’s ...

Pepperstone, IC Markets, Tickmill? Which one to choose?

Once an account is opened (legally), one can trade that account from anywhere in the world. I personally know many traders that travel the globe and are not permanent residents of any specific country.

Recommended Brokers for Canadians

Lmax, in my opinion is a much better choice because you can open an account with $1000 if you use an introducing broker.

Tickmill

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Recommended Brokers for Canadians

Much appreciated David, but the issue is still there. When the spread on EURUSD or USDJPY is 0 they disappear off the screen. If you have time look into it... Cheers

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