You can find "horror stories" about any broker, the best way to find out about a broker is to open a small live account and trade with them yourself.

Anyone Trading in GCI trading company

Widened spread couldn't possibly be due to anything your end... Take a look at their historical spreads next time and compare it with what you are getting. Here's the link

OANDA Discussion

Yeah, but to be honest personally i find the only way to find out about new brøkers is to try them out live with a small deposit

OANDA Discussion

Pepperstone are good for news, low solid spreads that don't blow out, and slippage is rare on pending orders.

OANDA Discussion

sounds cool, would be interesting to see some screenshots...?

Dukascopy

that is really strange, do you have any screenshots?

OANDA Discussion

I don't know of any brøker that will give you 500:1 leverage for trading such large volumes. Alpari's policy seems pretty good.

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Yeah, me too, i found Vantage FX live account had very slow execution speed (1000-2000 ms). So i went with Pepperstone, they have much faster execution speeds.

VantageFX - Discussion

Changes in commission rates are not retroactive. The rate for current month is based on your volume from the previous month.

Dukascopy

... Seems fine to me...

Dukascopy

I don't think there are any brøkers offering a bonus that you can withdraw straight away, otherwise you could simply open an account, and withdraw the bonus straight away.

Brokers which offer bonuses when you deposit your account

Not necessarily, they give you a percentage bonus up to a certain maximum, but you can only withdraw it if you turn over x amount of lots on your account. So basically it can be worked out to be like 0.1 pip rebate or something like that per trade. ...

Brokers which offer bonuses when you deposit your account

Where is there HQ? who are they regulated by? What is their history? these are the question you need to answer to find out how reliable a brøker is... Also, other members can't delete your post...

Which Broker is truly reliable?

Trading for small pip movements (scalping) requires a low total trading cost and a high degree of accuracy. For example, if your total trading cost (Spread+Commission+Slippage-Affiliate Rebate) is just 1 pip per trade round turn, and you are using ...

Best broker for scalpers?

That isn't true, with Dukascopy swissfx platform you will get both positive and negative slippage. Positive on limit orders, negative on stop orders, random positive/negative on market orders and zero (by definition) on Bid's/Offer's.

Trustworthy DMA Broker w/ low spreads, CFD's, accepting Canadian clients

Yeah, spread went up to 20.1 pips for a few ticks, see attached tick log for the minutes around the release.

Armada Markets

It will vary from client to client. MT4 has a maximum limit to the number of ticks it can receive per second. Armada don't filter the price feed and L-Max can have up to hundreds of ticks per second at volatile times.

Armada Markets

Live account was fine

Armada Markets

It's coming down all the time, now more and more brokers are offering accounts with just $10-$200 minimum deposit.

Brokers with low minimum deposit

I don't think they ever provided news

Pepperstone Forex