Recent content by paulcai

Just had a look at FXCM Ca. Something different is that clients' money is held with Friedberg. Why? At other divisions of FXCM, client's money is kept with FXCM itself.

Hello Jason, non-Canadian citizens can register for FXCM Cananda?

if "bucketshop" refers to market maker, Oanda surely is. Oanda never denies that it is a market maker, unlike some market makers who are always trying to pretend they are ECN's :p Oanda has no IB's and no commercials. Its popularity and reputation are gained among the traders purely by its...

Hello Pippi, the following is what I copied from a broker's website: It is important that you understand that amongst the services provided by investorseurope is spot forex trading. This activity is outside the scope of MiFID and you would therefore not be considered to be dealing in...

If you visit Oanda Canda's website, you will get some info on CIPF.

The CFDs I'm interested in are oil and copper. I hope they will be incorporated into the HK platform soon. Regarding the UK account, I find it a bit strange that non-UK residents are required to deposit USD funds into a bank not located in UK. In my understanding, funds should be kept in a...

hi Jason, I'm testing your FXCM Asia (Hong Kong) trade station II now. It seems to me that Hong Kong account does not have such currency pairs as USD/RUB, EUR/HUF, USD/HUF. Can you introduce them into the Hong Kong platform? And the Hong Kong platform does not have CFDs, either. Possible to...

Shopster, it seems that you are using FXCM MT4. Any experience in using its Trade Station 2?

OANDA has USD/CNY currency pair.

I think NDD / STP is only for ACTIVE TRADER account holders? For standard & micro accounts, it is still market maker pattern. Right?

Here is what I got from FSCS' reply: Spot Forex Contracts are unregulated products and therefore not protected by the FSCS. :( Is Canada the only country which gives protection to forex traders' funds? Any suggestions?

I downloaded a brochure in PDF format from FSCS (http://www.fscs.org.uk/), and noted that it says: Regulated investments covered include: stocks and shares; unit trusts; futures and options; personal pension plans and long-term policies such as endowments. Forex trading is not mentioned...

Penson has financial problems now?

I'm interested in opening an account for US stocks. Some brokers popular here in China are: Sogotrade Firstrade Scottrade In my online search, I also got interested in TD Ameritrade. Can anyone give me some advice on which to choose? about their trading platforms, order execution...