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For FX, I think for retail users like ourselves, Saxo is by far the best choice. They are in fact a bank now, with proper oversight by the regulators in Europe. They have a reputation to defend and are here for the long term. Their platform is first class for fx: single click trading, with a...

Because the vast majority of FX brokers are pathetic little bucket shops who make absolutely sure they will not run any risk to lose money on any single trade... They need to make a spread! I use Saxo and IB. No problem at all there to leave limit orders there close to or even inside...

GS weathered the storm relatively well so far steady fee income HBC took all writedowns right away w/o dickin around best placed for penetrating the chinese mkt

I don't know them (I'm new here, but I trade for a living for over 20 years), but both mark brown's and incognito's comments were the smartest in this thread... Trolls and scams are a major nuisance, especially if you are serious about trading. It's sad to see so many ppl fall for these...

I actually use deutsche's autobahn... and not dbFX, but what you tell me is nonetheless surprising, I would have thought dbFX would source from autobahn? best! Gellis

I use IB to "invest" in stocks and I find them excellent for that. For daytrading FX (my core activity), I would never use IB, but rather very established banks like Deutsche and Saxobank...

It is the PnL on your trade. (and it tells us you lost about 5 big figures on your trade of 25,000 usd, i.e. my guess you sold at 102.50 and bought back at 107.50...). In IB, go to your "Account" tab, click on "market value tab", right click on JPY, and this will give you the choice :close...

Most brokers have their own briefings organised, often linked to the newsletters / morning calls of bigger market makers... but here are a few independent ones (not sure if they are any good) http://www.fxstreet.com/ http://www.global-view.com/

Hi All, Glad to see there is a Forex thread after all... I've been in FX for 20 years (going from bank market maker to running a bank fx desk to being a pure - salaried -prop trader to my present situation as an independent self employed hedgie...). I came to ET only recently, mainly to...

This may sound obvious for all the pro's among you, but since you are a "beginner", here goes, fwiw: Making a few abstractions for simplicity's sake and ignoring commissions (these are simply add-ons and have as such nothing to do with market value being created or distroyed) for a moment...