Interactive brokers has -711.93m of current liabilities and 757.05m of total assets, so liabilities are a bit worrisome. Their currency margin requirements is also not very low - 2.5% (leveraged 40 to 1). If you're trading 100.000+ account that's OK ...

Best Out of These 7 Brokers

I prefered investment banks account, but as they've pulled out of retail bussines, I had to find retail broker with good clients money protection sheme. I would say go with Activtrades or Dukascopy. Activtrades is FCA regulated, has FSCS insurance ...

Best Out of These 7 Brokers

If you intend to follow this trading system, you have to pay attention to fundamental news events (Forex factory calendar). The best trading opportunities arise when technicals and fundamentals align. So don't expect longer term trends if they ...

Trend Trading with Fibonacci & RSI

It's nothing funny about my post. I'm not saying it should be in calendar in advance. BUT when devaluation happened it should be added in calendar immediately. I was taken out of my EUR trades before I noticed news on Bloomberg. Thomson Reuters sent ...

China devalued the yuan - not included in FF calendar!

fti it seems you have to much time in your hands, maybe you should use it to study technical analysis I can tell you from my 23 year experience as a trader, and my bank account numbers, it works! Combined with proper and strict MM of course. It's ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Damn Chinese stock exchange bubble burst. Traders are liquidating their position's, buying euros and gold. I was 400 pips up on gold, now nearly break even. I also have short positions open on EUR/USD and EUR/GBP at falling trendlines, but this euro ...

EURUSD

I do not believe they're only white label for FXCM. In their's terms & conditions it's written that "Barclays Margin FX is a trading name of Barclays Stockbrokers Limited" which is subsidiary company of Barclays Bank PLC (the third biggest currency ...

Barclays Margin FX

Hi Jason Rogers, it has come to my attention that FXCM is cooperating with Barcleys Margin FX. Can you please explain to me what is the nature of your cooperation (are you offering only trading platform or something more)? Thank you for replying.

FXCM Discussion

It isn't only Cyprus who is to blame here. Head's of IMF, EC and ECB have imposed those bailout conditions to Cyprus government. It's take it or leave it deal and not accepting it would mean defaulting of their banking system in upcoming months. I ...

Effects of Cyprus bailout deal on Cyprus-based Brokers

This is legalised theft, plane and simple. Just wait and see, EU's first bank run is under way. European bureaucrats just succeeded in destroying Cyprus financial industry.

Effects of Cyprus bailout deal on Cyprus-based Brokers

Dukascopy is signatory of "Swiss Banks' and Securities Dealers' Depositor Protection Association". Client’s deposits are protected until maximum CHF 100’000.- for each client. url From 100 000 USD and up you can use bank Guarantees to keep the ...

Is your money safe with your broker?

Why settling for broker? With 500.000$ in your pocket you could open an account with Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, HSBC, Credit Suisse or some other major liquidity provider. Half a million means nothing to them, just don't expect to offer you ...

Broker with no profit/withdrawal limits

If I were US citizen I'd probably opted for CitiFXPro. You can't go wrong with investment bank regarding safety of your deposit

Looking for a reputable USA broker

BARXdirect: FX has a typical minimum margin requirement of 1% of the value of the position, although this may vary at times across various currency pairs. With a minimum position size of 50,000 of the base currency, the margin requirement is 500 of ...

Looking to trade with Barclays BARX

Thanks for your suggestions Aja. My first pick was CitiFX pro also but unfortunately they don't accept clients from Austria for now. MB trading may be an option but their charges of 2.95 per 100,000 are quite expensive. I've also contacted Barclays ...

CitiFX Pro & Barclays BARX opinions

@JetTrader, I do believe that Barclays Capital provides liquidity pool for both retail and institutional investors. Probably the only difference is that if you're a retail trader you must use the middle man (Barclays Stockbrokers) and institutions ...

dbFX (Deutsche Bank)

As retail trader you can trade with Barclays Stockbrokers ( url ). Minimum deposit is only £5,000 but minimum trade size is 50,000 of the base currency. Their spreads are on pair with CitiFX (at least on paper).

dbFX (Deutsche Bank)