HotspotFX — Hello Groovy, I tried both the NDD and DD accounts. I've had to program my strategies to work with the HotspotFX Java API. It took me about two months, but it has been well worth it. I didn't have any trouble with their API. Most ...

Any ECN that supports MT4 ?

ForexGen — Hello Groovy, I traded with them for two weeks. The first week was fine. I was only trading 1 lot at a time and it was going well. On the Monday of the second week, I upped the lot size and was immediately slipped on the entry and ...

Any ECN that supports MT4 ?

ODL Carry Trading — I think the reps name was Ross Newell. He gave me a call, and as soon I mentioned EURTRY carry trading, he went bananas! He was worried that I would be placing carry trades and holding them for a long period. I emailed him ...

ODL Securities

Carry trades — They don't allow long term carry trade strategies either. So lets get this straight: No News trading No Scalping No Carry trades They only want short term trades during non-volatile times. But not too short because it could be ...

ODL Securities

Zero spread is great until you realize that you have been slipped 4pips on the entry, and another 4pips on the exit. Atrocious behavior. Account closed. Coder

Any ECN that supports MT4 ?

Do EA's work? — Hello, There are a lot of issues working against an automated Metatrader 4 EA. Strategy - Poor coding of the strategy. - Consistent profitability over a long period. - Unreliable backtesting Broker - MT4 is a retail platform ...

Do EA's really work?

Overlapping prices — Hello JTL, I do not think it is possible. The best that you could do is to create an indicator that would plot the closing price movement in pips of each currency. Coder

Overlapping Prices on one chart

Google — Google "hidserv.exe has generated errors" There are plenty of suggestions on how you may go about fixing your problem. Coder

Need technical problem solved....

EURUSD USDCHF Basket — Here is is the equity chart that is generated for holding these two pairs over different time periods. 5 MINUTE CHART image 15 MINUTE CHART image 60 MINUTE CHART image DAILY CHART image Coder

EUR/USD and USD/CHF Hedging Strategy

Spread chart — Hello elmex, This software creates an equity chart of combined pairs. It does not support non-forex instruments yet. It is integrates with MT4. Coder

How to create a spread chart?

ECN SWAP Rates — You will find that the swap rates with most ECN brokers are a LOT worse than retail brokers. A lot of the normally +ve rates are either zero or negative with ECN brokers. Coder

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Interactive Broker live prices — The only way is to open a live account. The demo feed is just a playback of random market data. The currency pairs are not even synchronized. To answer your question: If you open a demo account with MB ...

Leaving Oanda for Interactive Brokers

Slippage — With a normal retail broker, I have never traded more than 2 standard lots without slippage. Find a good ECN broker, the going rate is about $30/million per side. So to open and close 1mil, it would cost you $60 in commissions. Have ...

Lot sizes available.

Lot sizes — Hello Ronald Raygun, Look at the attached picture. The red box represents 24.3 million. So your 10 mil is not an unreasonable trade at an ECN broker. If you trade a minor currency, or trade during a quite time, you will be ...

Lot sizes available.

Oanda -> Interactive Brokers — Hello dimmi, It's good to have first hand experience with as many different brokers as you can. They are all different in the ways they disadvantage the trader. The trick is to find the broker that ...

Leaving Oanda for Interactive Brokers

ForexGen — Hello Bravester & PiPBoY, The 20k was my total account there. I'm moving the funds over to HotspotFX this week. HotspotFX are a large ECN broker. They have great reviews. I'm currently converting all my MT4 EAs over to use their ...

i want 400:1 or 500:1 leverage with metatrader platform

ForexGen — bravester, 20k from ForexGen hit my bank account today. I had to wait about 10 days for it, and I was in constant communication with their support staff who were polite and helpful. They certainly did not scam me. Coder

i want 400:1 or 500:1 leverage with metatrader platform

Thanks smjones — Thanks smjones, Looks like a valid claim from the screenshots posted. Coder

Issues with FXOpen

ForexGen — Hello PipBoy, I believe that ForexGen offers 500:1 leverage on mini accounts. They are a Norwegian forex broker. Coder

i want 400:1 or 500:1 leverage with metatrader platform

Response required — Hello Erlan, You need to support your claims. Please post your trading statements for the period that you were trading with FXOpen. Also please post all email correspondence between you and FXOpen pertaining to the alleged ...

Issues with FXOpen