Quote from RedDuke:
When Refco went down in 2005, futures customers had no issues withdrawing their funds, but forex customers could not withdraw funds for few years, and then got 10-15c on a dollar or something like this since funds are not really segregated. So even if forex shop is NFA registered no guarantee fro your funds either.
I was working for Refco during the debacle---good times lol.
Like I posted before. If you are worried about stop hunting and everything else that seemed prevalent during the infancy of FX you should look into using raw spreads.
You have to meet certain volume requirements, and a larger account size, but if you are a serious FX trader it looks to be the best and most transparent way to go.
Devin Brady
dbrady@globalfutures.com