The Safest forex Broker?

Hi Folks,

I currently have an account at Oanda but am going to start trading some family money now so obviously I wish to have the most trustworthy and financially sound broker available so my money will not dissapear if a company liquidates. I thought about a swiss FX broker because of the new regulation maybe.

Any suggestions or am I better off just sticking to Oanda?

i just know BIG money usually trading over Currenex.

try this. avs carter.

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hi ,can you be an introducing broker to other good firms as well ?

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I don't have any experience with other FX brokers, but I've been using Citigroup's new CitiFXpro platform, and they recently launched FDIC insurance coverage for cash balances. My understanding is that they're currently the only FX broker that has this. Citi itself has one of if not the biggest footprint in the FX markets so I feel comfortable with their platform. In this environment FDIC coverage is key.

Cheers Ben

Ben your a dude, now that sounds good! I really do think insurance is a must for any money nowadays, I've read up on Refco they had a healthy balance sheet at the time they got busted which could also mean any supposedely 'healthy' forex broker could do the same any day.

Just looked on their site and it says:

"Citibank is participating in the FDIC’s Transaction Account Guarantee Program. Under that program, through Dec 31, 2009, all Citibank U.S. non-interest bearing transaction accounts are fully guaranteed by the FDIC for the entire amount in the account. Accordingly, US dollar margin deposits maintained with Citibank NA in connection with CitiFX Pro transactions are fully insured; Non-US Dollar amounts (EUR, GBP, JPY and HKD) are held outside the US and are not FDIC insured."

So can you choose your base currency when opening the account(i.e if I pay them in pounds will they give me a base account in dollars)? And would you know if this insurance applies to UK residents?

Do they allow scalping and whats their spreads like?

I don't want to know much I know