Minimum tick is one point in the mini, the spread there is usually two-three ticks = 2-3 points!
Vs the big DAX where it's two ticks= 1 point.
That's a huge difference. Also, you can usually tell the liquidity of a market by opening a 10-sec chart. Compare the two and see the difference.
With...
There is an option in TWS settings to display the trades' P&L in your base currency. When you enable it, your CADJPY trade will be shown in USD in italics. Unfortunately, this only applies to the P&L display in the portfolio and the rest pages, e.g. Pending. In the trades log there is not even...
Sierra Chart is a third-rated platform? Rated by you, you mean? Wow, that's a first. I've tried a lot of platforms and can confidently say that Sierra is the best, bar none. Maybe you didn't spend enough time with it?