Recent content by ChuckNZ

You might want to consider Pepperstone or Tickmill. I've used both for scalping with good success. I say "Tickmill", but it was actually Armada until the 1st of this year. Since the switchover, their servers seem even more reliable, generating excellent trading opportunities. I have an...

You said, "typically no spread improvement during news release". I hope that you meant "typically no increase in spread during news release"? I don't think any broker will improve on their spreads during high volatility period. I found, with Armada, that spreads did increase slightly during...

I spent hundreds of hours playing with Hedge4 (platform and EA). I wrote my own EA, after figuring out the messages that are passed between it and the platform. My experience is similar to that of another person replying to this thread. The system made a lot of money on demo accounts. But...

I have accounts with four of the brokers you mention above and I'm very happy with all of them. The combined spreads and commissions are low enough to facilitate scalping. One thing I keep meaning to watch is swap charges. If the end of day processing catches me in the middle of a quick...