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"the 1st broker to...", maybe not, but other than that, whats so shocking? i don't use them but i use Currenex and soon Hotspot, same model and they are not the only ones to offer that either, they charge commissions, allow you to place bids & asks etc. if you r worried that they may still be...

agree that conceptually the CME eFX framework should be the way to go - eagerbeaver, you may find this interesting: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39364&perpage=6&highlight=cme%20efx&pagenumber=1 however 1) not sure the volumes are there yet to do large size quickly...

thats one of the main reasons though, higher leverage. RBS. UBS etc won't allow less than 3% margin (33 times), i was getting better than 1% with ACM (180 times on gbpusd for instance), same deal with FXCMPro/Currenex today, almost same with HotspotFX (1%) which are ECNs by the way, i.e. you...

there are quite a few out there, can't really recommend one in particular, suggest you run a couple of searches on this forum or yahoo etc... g'luck!

i wouldn't, but feel free, i am not saying it won't work...

never tried but def. interested. i wrote to eurexUS today coz i cldn't find a broker who can give me either web-based or API access to their newly launched currency futures contract... can u help? i suppose u trade cme curr. futures as well right? any slippage / bad fill type issues there? i...

strange it shld happen on a demo really, but, yeah it does happen on real accts, thats for sure... unless you trade via an ECN where the liquidity providers contribute their best bid/ask (and where the spreads can vary more widely than u'd like at times, and move very fast overall... be...

buuurp, 'scuse my language, i meant 1 lot (100,000 units)....

u mean 1 lot (10,000 units), 30 pips stop loss, right? if thats the case, your pretty safe with most of the fixed spreads type brokers... if your not particularly trading on figures, oanda's pretty good on spreads, saxo too, i (used to...) like acm (refco group) but there r a couple dozen...

or no execution if the market has moved beyond the max. slippage your prepared to accept on a given order. what IT guys (Finatek) who've worked on their API in Jan tell me is Oanda's quotes are not really ESP. the client station is actually polling the Oanda server not as many times per...

and yes, the broker is going to clear my trades (via his 'prime', i guess) and deal with allocations etc, but the choice of the ECNs i can trade on is pretty much up to me, and of course the broker itself will be more than happy to let me hit his quotes as well. (hope this is clear)

hi, sorry i wasn't clear. what i mean is the U.K. broker that is going to offer me prime brokerage type services - will PM you - has itself a prime brokerage relationship (with RBS if i am not mistaken), thats why i was referring to them as a 'secondary' prime broker. i know i'm going to pay...

hi Lon Eagle, what is it like in the UK please? am about to sign up with a U.K. securities firm as my 'secondary prime broker'... wld be v.interested in any info. many thanks in advance

sounds like pretty big size on a cross! what sort of platform do use if you don't mind me asking?

fine with fxcmpro/currenex so far, despite about 4 occurences of platform-stability type problems in a month, hopefully it'll get better... execution-wise, what i really meant is 'within seconds'. so far so good, however until next week i am not trading any more than 3-5mio clips at a time...

see http://www.investordictionary.com/definition/ECN.aspx ;-) and yes one can trade curr. futures via an ECN, e.g. IB seems to be functioning as an ECN and offers curr. futures i understand, but this is not my area... good luck to you cloned777777 ;-)

well, if u're trading thru the big fixed-spreads playaz (see fxstreet.com for instance), no & no of course, otherwise we wldn't be so many trading this mkt.... bear in mind this is an unregulated otc mkt so yes there is more room for some measure of 'egregious' behaviour, but... thanks to the...

agree, not much interest out there it seems, altho' after reading more posts, seems a lot of size players use IB or interbankfx (which r ecn-type platforms) and r reasonably happy with them... guess i'll just go ahead with fxcmpro for a few mths since i've already funded my acct, but still...

other than hotspot what fx brokers / ecns do u provide connectivity with? how about currenex (via fxcmpro or refcofxpro) for instance? any other?

some don't, they do sthg thats even more fun, they just let u go into yr trade, look at how (over)leveraged u r, and simply shift their bid/ask away from the mkt by say 7, 8-10 pips for as long as it takes (for u to close yr pozzie) once or twice, then 20 pips another time, until u get the...