Recent content by syntheticjunkie

XLM (Stellar). Transfer fee 0.01 which is couple of cents only.

LMAX offering "weekend pairs" to trade.

It is normal. It's called a market. Looks like you just read that if news are bad for dollar - eur/usd goes up, if news are good - it goes down. And it didn't happened. If that would be so simple - I would trade news releases only with max leverage. Easy money :)

Looks like FXCM can't take other side of bet anymore - too much money lost.

Oanda is a MM and everybody knows that. If you are OK with their dynamic spreads and spread widening during the news (20 pips on majors and 40-100 on crosses) - go with it. I don't think Oanda is good for scalping, but if you want to trade with 50-100 dollar account - they are OK. FXCM - not...

There are couple of firms in Dublin that would back you with firms capital. Already mentioned Positive Equity, Myriad trading, Geneva trading.

Their business model encourages scalping. Signal providers are paid pip per trade and not percentage from profits.. So you scalp 5 pips or hold position for week with 300 pips profit - you are paid one pip. That's why their top traders changing all the time.