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The problem for me is that my trades are all short term. In fact lately I have a stopwatch running on my PC, so that if I was still in a trade after a 1 minute and it wasn't doing what it was supposed to do I would exit. The instant execution is instant - but I think this features is only...

10 Minute 2-mail... Apologies, I was away for a few days & didn't realise the 10 minute remark caused such a debate. Anyway, here is a copy of the email: Dear Paul, We have taken your account off bet referral for the time being. You will enjoy instant execution from now. We flag all accounts...

Update An update to say I am back on instant execution with the other spread better, however it is with the proviso that I hold my position for an average of 10 minutes or more. Anyone had this restriction on IG?

Back on instant execution, however... After I sent a nice email I am now on instant execution again, however it is with the proviso that I hold my position for an average of 10 minutes or more. So that rules out scalping I guess. They are concerned about scalpers that take advantage of a...

Thanks for that. I tend not to trade on the news until after it has settled down a bit (too risky for me). The feeling I get is that it will probably be OK with IG & since they have a 3 point spread it gives them enough margin so I suspect it won't be a problem.

Refer to dealer ? Hi, I have been spread betting with a competitor recently and they have put me on "refer to dealer" (I scalped profitably and I don't think they liked it). I have made trades at the same time with IG (with a smaller amount, because the spread is bigger and I want to be sure...

Yes, I was impressed until the last couple of days. Instant fill and 1 point spread was great and certainly was what attracted me to WS. I assume the refer to dealer is to stop quick trading. It certainly is not to "check the price" which is what I was told as I have a number of price feeds...

Pattern recognition... Last week on instant fills, made money (kind of scalping, small number of well timed trades). This week after being put on "refer to dealer", losing money. I think I see a pattern here. When Marvin said "bring it on" to comments about this kind of trading, I assume this...

Refer to dealer is hard work... Tried to place a trade, took ages and then a re-quote appeared which I suppose is a good thing as it gave me the chance not to trade since the price had moved (well it would do if you wait that long!) IG Took the trade OK, no waiting, they made 3 points on the...

Refer to dealer... I placed a couple of trades yesterday and it was on refer to dealer and I thought it may be a problem. Same this morning so I rang and was told my account was now on refer to dealer to ensure I get the correct price (I think they mean they get the correct price - as I was...

Simon, Any chance of a 1 point spread during trading hours on the most popular currencies like WS?

Many thanks for your detailed reply. I thought the short answer maybe no. WS charge 1 point between 8-4 (and it is mostly instant fills unless they have a problem and it switches to referral- - but then they do re-quote before they fill you), outside of that it is 3 (more standard for spread...

Hi, I am fairly new to trading and am currently trading the GBP/USD (scalping, in and out within a minute) making on average 5-10 points a day from a few trades (obviously betting a reasonable amount per point). I use Worldspreads which offers a 1 point spread and instant execution on the...

Hi, IG does also get stuck from time to time. I use both IG & Capital graphs at the same time and check they are both saying the same time. I do feel happier with IG's candlestick display (for some reason). I find you can open multiple graphs with Capital (e.g for different timeframes) where as...