Recent content by cabot

I walk in on bended knee before Ernest the wise. Ok, yes I thought FXCM UK would be the better of the evil twins, and yes you warned me! OK, this is what I have noticed. FXCM spreads are extremely tight, but because the execution is rather mediocre (and so killing off potential profit amount) it...

Oliver you need to read what they claim, "as low as" is what they state for the 0.5 pip, no mention of "on all majors" anywhere. I opened with them not long ago and their slippage is zero in comparison to my other broker.

FT Swiss any different? Hi all, I hope i can get some answer from 5of7 or any #of7 would be fine! I have 2 accounts, one with a big US broker that is quite frankly not very good, a second with one of the reputable Swiss brokers, and have been eying a possible 3rd. I have no knowledge about...

I have recently opened an account with ac-markets and I am very happy, the most important thing to me is execution and slippage. Execution is very good and slippage almost non existent compared to my still active 1st account with very large reputable US broker.

I just wanted to add that for all the negative things written on FXCM, I see they still won broker of the month with ForexMagnates, also they really are blitzkrieging across Europe, and swallowing up smaller brokers along the way. Financial data shows great profits, and before anyone states...

Hi, I have been reading enthusiastically this website, pretty extensive! I have an account with FXCM for a while now, and yes I have sometimes seen some incredible spread widening, have been close to the margin level but never close enough, still i have been closed for insufficient funds. i...