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As i said it is very quick at figures, has quite good exlusives with central bankers and the fx bullets bit is quite useful. What it is awful at is that it only really releases figures and not 'stories' or non data significant announcements, unlike bloomberg and reuters.

I have a Bloomberg terminal and Market News. Market News is very cheap and as quick as anyone at releasing figures. Expected was 4.3% according to research this am from Bk of America, HSBC and JPMorgan.

Figures weaker than expected. However the rally in euro dollar to 60 as they came out were more to do with rumours of an explosion at Mnachester airport. Now it turns out it was a mere power failure. Very surprised cable failed to test 1.79 and seems to indicate there is interest at...

Thanks again. Meeting with the CME was this afternoon and they are quite competitive. Brokerage 44cents per contract seems reasonable but don't know what others pay.

Thanks everyone. Just to check I am not being thick - if the margin is roughly $1600 per contract intra day then that is roughly 1%?

Trade ya I have a meeting next week and would appreciate a tiny bit of background info. Trading fx futures on the CME - what is the average margin requirement. I would be initially trading between 25 and 50 lots per trade. Thanks

The TIC data in the US later today could be v significant - any signs that the US are struggling to fund their deficit could lead to another $ rout.