Yes, I have pointed out to them that the demo account should reflect that of the live account. Simon from CS have said it has to do with that the spread on the live account is kind of unofficial, as the platform is still fairly new, and need to be tested for a longer period of time. According to Simon, they are working on towards getting the spread established on a permanent basis. The spread have been 1 point spread on the FTSE/DAX going 6 month back.
Yes, futuresbetting.com is owned by London Capital Group Ltd. It is an entirely different SB model based on direct market access, trading the real futures with a SB wrapper. Dealingdesk is a white label of London Capital Group Ltd, but uses a new platform model, that CS has not yet adopted. It is said by Simon, that this might be done at the end of this month.
Thanks, yes keep on posting.
Yes they have some work left to do on the platform. Simple things, like adding a minus in the open position window for short positions (by the way, you can see the direction of the position by looking at the trade history). The most important thing for me is the spread , speed of price feed and execution. This without any funny games played by the SB. This is a must have if you are scalping, at this moment Dealingdesk offers them all. To be honest, I am quite impressed how well they have performed so far.
I very seldom use the charts delivered by the SB companies. I don't find them to be any good. There are plenty of good external chart package, not to forget to mention the many free MT4 providers demo, which you can use for charting.
i would definatley give Futuresbetting a look, there spreads are better than most out there. Ftse has a market spread of .5 of a point then Fbc add there commision (spread)
Yes, for most of the spread betters this just too much. You can get hammered if your are not an experienced trader. I trade FTSE at times, and honestly, I wouldn't put this kind of money on the table, trading an index that is more volatile than the Nasdaq.
I haven't tried out Tradefair, so I actually don't know. I wonder, are they using CS platform structure or the new one, which Dealindesk is using? Somebody at another thread told me they have a better layout compared to CS. I will have to get a demo to check them out. What do you mean by, they are more quicker than Dealingdesk?
Thanks, I have had none of these problems you mention. I get a feeling you are too quick in evaluating these platforms and passing on judgement too fast. This is of course up to you. I am not defending Dealingdesk, but when a SB platform comes along that operates in great speed, with execution that is comparable with direct market access, and most important, no games played (so far), it will get my attention.