Well I certainly hope it works out well for the subject the OP refers to, but I can state with my own account that I was screwed on a trade that was held pending and gave me NO way to cancel it for eleven minutes.
I have video of that as proof, and have seen another video from a friend of the same thing.
I took a 200K lot short and it didnt' fill for 11 minutes, but the cancel pending order button would not work either. HA, what BS.
By the time it filled me it had moved against me 30 pips, but do I get that new price after the move? HELL NO. I get the price way back up near where I shorted so I'm instantly down 600 dollars.
It was worse for my friend in the video, he lost $1200 due to the same exact thing. When I called FXCM they tell me "oh, the order filled fine". I got the same run around as the guy in this post and they reimbursed me 50 dollars. I closed the account all but 150 dollars and gave the account to my nephew as a toy to play with and learn some, cause that is all it was worth at best, a complete POS toy.
Of course, this is after having to deal with slippage, requotes, and more fun things of that nature.
I was a beginner at the time, and the ONLY positive thing I can say about FXCM (not PROPFX by the way) is that the platform was easy to use as a newbie. That's been a long time now though, and Dukascopy and MBT have treated me quite well.
I'd be happy to send video to confirm as well
Cheers,
Naru
I have video of that as proof, and have seen another video from a friend of the same thing.
I took a 200K lot short and it didnt' fill for 11 minutes, but the cancel pending order button would not work either. HA, what BS.
By the time it filled me it had moved against me 30 pips, but do I get that new price after the move? HELL NO. I get the price way back up near where I shorted so I'm instantly down 600 dollars.
It was worse for my friend in the video, he lost $1200 due to the same exact thing. When I called FXCM they tell me "oh, the order filled fine". I got the same run around as the guy in this post and they reimbursed me 50 dollars. I closed the account all but 150 dollars and gave the account to my nephew as a toy to play with and learn some, cause that is all it was worth at best, a complete POS toy.
Of course, this is after having to deal with slippage, requotes, and more fun things of that nature.
I was a beginner at the time, and the ONLY positive thing I can say about FXCM (not PROPFX by the way) is that the platform was easy to use as a newbie. That's been a long time now though, and Dukascopy and MBT have treated me quite well.
I'd be happy to send video to confirm as well
Cheers,
Naru