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No jackass. Hotspot is still alive and well and doing what they did when they were formed: they provide institutional fx trading for hedges and banks and prop groups and high net worth individuals. Got 100k,? You can open an account with this firm which still a division of Knight. Hotspot...

Nowhere near an accurate statement.

Curious to why you would think that anyone who received our form letter would take the time to actually write an individual letter to anyone.

Having used both brokers in the past, based on my experiences, I would not return. There are better fx brokers. But hey.... As to spreads comparison, I run IB along side Oanda, and while I can say IB's spreads are tighter (.5 wide at times on majors) it is not always the case. Oanda sometimes...

Prices from one broker to the next "generally" vary by at most 5 pips. That being said, you will find instances (especially here) of discrepancies from one to the other which could be the result of many different issues, from price manipulation to different liquidity providers but they always...

Use IB and trade the currency futures and hedge them with the spot. It is the best thing about them as it is difficult to find another firm that will allow/provide this. IB's TWS sucks in my opinion (as well as many others) but there are plenty of other front ends out there that make it easier...

Go to one/all of the reporting agencies and use a payPal virtual card for registration. Good for 30 days. Once you have what you need, you can delete this virtual card and you won't be charged a thing. However, 30+ dollars for your credit score is not going to break you. Seriously.

Finally someone in the media speaks out against this tax: Rick Schottenfeld (?) on CNBC called this a proposal that would devastate what is left of the street and would put half the people out of work. He called it a dangerous proposal. You can probably find the video on the webpage later...

they acquired the retail accounts of hotspot. Institutional stayed with Knight. Apparently when they acquired the retail arm, they elected not to use the Hotspot platform based on the opening post and from their website.

I don't think it should make a difference whether they have an ECN trading platform or dealing desk platform...they are still FXCM and there is more than enough bad shit about them out there to keep anyone who knows what they are doing away from them. There are better dealing desks than they...

That's MSNBC. The lefty station CNBC is their Right voice. Pay Attention.

So it's not a real marriage?

How many different threads do we need about this?

sending a letter to Defazio is a waste of time and effort. He BELIEVES in this tax. He is the Mulder of securities taxation. There is nothing you can add to the argument to dissuade him on his Quixotic quest. But he is only one vote. Send these letters to ALL the Congressmen/Senators. Explain...

you think Cad dollar is going to rally on this news?

do something productive? factories - pollution land - over-farming and de-forestation, eliminating necessary foliage to help reduce green-house gases and increased land erosion office - shuffling papers and transferring wealth tell me how that is less parasitic to the world than...

To quote the late Sam kinnison: "...there wouldn't BE world hunger, if you people would LIVE WHERE THE FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! NOTHING GROWS OUT HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW OUT HERE! YOU SEE THIS? HUH? THIS IS SAND. KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED YEARS...

Some are still using NT 3.5. If it ain't broke....

What it is is the tone of the argument that is emanating out of Washington. Obama says it's the speculators; he is not addressing this toward those in the know but for the idiot sheep that need to be led; DeFazio introducing the trading tax to begin with was a direct shot across the Wall Street...