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IF you wanna trade fx via a broker/mm instead of an ecn then deal with it. If you can't see how to benefit from certain brokers manipulating their prices then you really should get out of the game or stick to futures.

my god...give it up man. All i can assume is that you've lost money trading with some dodgy fx broker which might have been down to lack of due diligence.

seems ok now .. but scary that it was happenign so close to the trade blance release

have ben pretty mental all day, gapping up and down 20-30 pips a time. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's both bid and ask

ibfx are actualyl pretty honest. They'll tell you when they think you're doign smthing they don't like rather than shade the prices and widen spreads (although they might do that as a last resort).

I've experienced on occasion when the banks do not honour the quotes but that's all part and parcel of trading when the markets are highly volatile and unwilling to push through orders of > 5m. I have quite a fast connection and the general ping to the ib servers is about 60ms. I've never...

if the api tab isn't visible. .. it will usually appear when you send and order via the api. I too have had tws freeze just when I need to trade. This is becoming an all too common occurence and needs to be sorted out

assuming you've listed in terms of priority I can only suggest interbankfx. If you're placing long term trades you're fine .. just don't expect to be able to scalp.

incredible ...

most fx brokers using metatrader have now upgraded to MT4 which doens't have a publically available api. As you said, there aren't many api's out there that fit your criteria. Unless you're willing to compormise on a few points (mainly the cost issue) you're gonna have to go with mbt or ib. THe...

as i trade forex around announcements it is absolultey essential that my overall latency is as small as possible and under 100ms can make a huge difference, and I'm not talking just a couple of basis points.

If you think there will be sufficient liquidity for it to be worthwhile switching from spotfx or current fx futures starting day 1 then yes. More realistically, it'll take some time for ppl to migrate in sufficient quantity to make it worthwhile.

shame we'll have to wait at least another 18 months before it really gets going :(

as i mentioned in my post ... spot fx and futures have their own benefits and depending on your trading strategy one might be better than the other. There are as many ppl who consider trading gambling as there are traders who consider trading announcements gambling. Wrt to placing trades right...

IF you've been offered a job at all three I'm surprised you don't know what each can offer. DId you even look into the companies for your interviews? IF you don't think you can hack an 8-9 job then this industry isn't for you, you get out what you put in

please note that this was about 12 months ago so the issue might have been resolved. One thing that I might mention is the appearance of a poor release system for upgrades and changes. I'd first like to point out that ib are pretty kak with this as well with their constnat release of forced...

why ppl make claims to the benefits of one over the other without stating their trading style is beyond me. Try trading fx futures in a fast market after nfp like today and getting 20 contracts without any slippage and you'll find that quite difficult. It's not a dead cert in spot fx but much...

i must add though that the api is free and none of this kak socket api that ib has so a big thumbs up in that dept. Now just sort out those frozen prices and more accurate quotes!

I used efx a while back and was shocked at the prices I would get filled at. They were almost always a few pips off what was on the screen and to make matter worse ... the quotes would get stuck and freeze at the most important times of the day. nless that gets sorted out (and the crazy...

there's no need for you to 'look' at eurfx and eur/usd spot fx rates. The so called premium on the futures takes into account the interest you'd receive/pay if you were holdin the same spot position. If the underlying spot moves up, so will the futures by an amount determined by a futures price...