Best broker for Scalping

IC Markets trading conditions are good, but the support can be a bit slow every now and then - sometimes they reply within a few minutes and then again it takes a whole day. However, all in all they are a good broker.

I don't know about good but I've seen worse.
I don't know if ICM have a dealing desk.
They claim that they don't but who knows....
I don't get paranoid about brokers anymore.
Brokers provide a service, if I like them I stay, if I don't like them I move on.

It's important not to lose our focus, we should concentrate on becoming better traders and we should not be trying to find someone to blame for our bad trading decisions.
 
I use IC Markets (ICM). They are pretty good value when you consider the HFT group discount. I looked at Armada but their servers always crash and they are based in Estonia so they are a no go for me. I need a good regulated broker.
 
Agreed, Axi or IC Markets are definitely the go. IC has slightly better spreads.
 
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I recommended you HotForex, it offers low spreads. this is the best forex broker for scalping in my opinion.
 
Thanks guys, I feel like to try IC. I don't agree about Axi, I have traded with them, not the best experience...

Regards,
Joseph.
 
Guys, if you trade high frequency scalping, you have to stay away from traditionally DD brokers. Make sure your broker is true STP,ECN or DMA whatever they class themselves as.

I've suffered many wastes of money and time with DDs
 
Guys, if you trade high frequency scalping, you have to stay away from traditionally DD brokers. Make sure your broker is true STP,ECN or DMA whatever they class themselves as.

I've suffered many wastes of money and time with DDs

Which broker was that?

Regards,
Joseph.
 
Maybe he meant every Dealing Desk broker. My broker is a true, STP/ECN and NDD broker so I think I am safe right now.
 
quote ironic the title of the thread 'best broker for scalping', for scalping the last thing you want is someone taking the other side of your trade i.e. a broker = dealer. much better to trade an actual market. oh well each to their own.
 
Maybe he meant every Dealing Desk broker. My broker is a true, STP/ECN and NDD broker so I think I am safe right now.

nope you are not safe until you can actually see you order in the order book. i.e. you click your order in away from the inside bid/ask and you can see it added at that price level. until then you are just shark food. :whistling
 
In your opinion which brokers are best for scalping?

Currently I use FinFx.fi and FxOpen. I am completely satisfied with both, especially with FinFx, but maybe there are some brokers that You are using and are also great.

Suggestions?

Regards,
Joseph.

We can all claim that our own broker is the best broker for scalping. Like for example my case. Of course since I trade with GDMFX, it is apparent that this broker is indeed the best for me. We can label such broker the best if we are really gaining profit from our trading.
 
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A good forex broker for scalping always offer the low spread and high leverage. Concentrate on the market and trade in the most favorable moments are the important characteristics of a good broker for scalping.It also must provides fast server execution and deep liquidity.
 
fast execution is a must, low spread, but we need also an honest market price, and we need get to well know about the broker spread. many ecn brokers offer low spread but never said it's fixed low spread, when volatility happen it's widen. here's an ea to record max/min/average spread at specific period of time (check at attachment file).
as for scalping strategies armada markets cames at low spread and fast execution too
here's the spread record result using the ea.
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