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CMC have the best spreads for US equities, I've gone short on quite a few of the US equities over time. They have about 4-5k different US equities.

I don't think FXCM offer ECN on anything except currencies, though I may be wrong on this. They are however offered on an NDD basis. Alpari were pretty decent for me to spreadbet with using MT4. All trades are NDD but as ever, only currency is ECN. The wording is very precise and careful when...

You basically want it all then? You're not going to get it. The best you might get on direct market dow is prospreads. CMC markets is no dealer desk, but they aren't ECN. Why do you want MT4? I couldn't stand the platform personally.

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They don't offer CFD's on direct market access. You need a futures broker to trade oil on the exchange or to use a company like prospreads who basically match your order in the futures exchange anyway. IG only offer oil on an OTC basis, or offer DMA on oil ETF's, which again are basically futures.

EUR/USD is certainly not a trend I'm trading against. I'm square, looking for a re-sell, I am not a buyer.

If you want direct market access to oil, you need a futures broker. Are you capitalised enough for this? Personally, I have absolutely no problem dealing with a market maker, who are brokers that take the other side of your trades. I don't care what they do with my trades, as long as the price...

Sorry for resurrecting a dead thread, but are there any shops offering a no deposit deal for accounts opened right now? Think it's time for a genuinely risk free trade.

I think that they're just trying to stop you using algo's, but who knows! I have been tempted by things such as LMAX, even though the majority of my trades are taken overnight. FX is a fragmented market, and it's harder to get the best price.

They're probably not the best broker for scalpers, since it doesn't offer level II, but CMC markets do allow scalping as a trading strategy. I found this out after speaking to them after I executed a few FX and DAX trades that were very short. The client services guy I spoke to said scalping...

I trade with CMC now, but have used IG and City Index. I also keep an Alpari account purely for executing FX via an ECN. Firstly, 12k is actually a substantial account for a new retail trader. Apart from the usual of IG, CMC and City Index, you could try Saxo Capital Markets, who are an...

Thanks for the input so far guys. I've found the trick with leverage is to make sure your stop loss is either 1% or 2% of your account size. I use 1% for intraday moves or 2% for overnight positions. You say trend trading is boring, but calling bottoms feels depressing because you often have...

So, I'm just going to share a few things I've thought about my move into FX, and I'd like to see what people think. You can still call me a newbie when it comes to trading. I started in January this year. After quite a bit of drawdown I recovered my losses using trend trading, with Alexander...

Don't want to go into a lengthy review, but if you like a platform with all the bells and whistles, this is probably the one. Can even get Morningstar quant analysis on companies. Sentiment data is okay I suppose, don't really use it much because there's no knowledge of time frame that the...

I'm with mag, you use the screener to find your opportunities, then trade the ones with highest risk/reward ratio from stop loss/take profit orders