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Nice trading, Pipscooper ! How many pips did you make during that month and what was the profit factor measured in pips ?

Like someone said , leverage is NOT the reason for blowing up accounts, it just makes it happen faster, if your edge isn't big enough to overcome spreads and commissions, you will go down no matter what, leverage or no leverage, if you increase your leverage with factor...

The average spread for the EUR/USD futures contract at the CME during London and NY hours is about 1.2 points, add to that the commission of about 5 $ and you have an effective spread of about 1.7 points so Oanda does slightly bettter with 1.5 pips.

Oanda is top notch, why are variable spreads in function of volatility dangerous ??!! Nothing is more logical, it's just part of the game, my friend :cool:

Why would you want to see that ? A major venture capital firm just invested 17 million $ in Oanda, they will have checked the balance sheet.:D

Oanda is not an ECN model but they ARE honest

Oanda down here, anybody else ?

The electronic Brent on IPE has a better spread and liquidity than Crude on Nymex ? Average volume per day ?

What are the exchange fees for leasing an IOM seat ?

Which broker feed you used for Trademaven ?

Progers82, You post your observations on this thread ? The guy who told me this compared the quotes from IB with his SR quotes from another broker and the quotes were lagging consistently. The difference was getting better due to improvements but still...

Progers82, Does SR not lag because they put their servers in between ? I have been told that during fast markets the dome becomes erratic and quotes lag substantially even during slow markets (difference can be seen with the eye) Maybe no...

I have yet to experience any down- time with Transact feed and already running 3 months with them. Don't worry, Adam, I am NOT a sales- man for those guys! You can ask Progers82 about Transact, he is also managing money like you.

Jayford, Yes, Vtrader is already 10 year in business. Got a good impression from this people. Do you know of any other similar outfits ?

I am looking into joining a firm to pay lower exchange fees like www.vtradergroup.com Anybody knows of other similar companies ? Off course , your money is at risk !

What platforms still use the dynamic ladder without any constraints ?(like the confirmation window with Trade- maven)

I was told by Trademaven that they are negotiating with TT to settle a deal so that the confirmation box would disappear.

DaVinci, I suppose it's the currenex platform ? What are the spreads and the liquidity for the EUR/USD ?

Please explain.. Do the quotes when the market gets fast, become erratic ?

Indeed, both Jeff and Doug are stand-up guys and be sure to speak with Martha , the secretary. :p