Recent content by sassysandra

I have an account with IC Markets and I am using their True ECN platform. I am very happy with them and from my analysis their spreads are some of the best in the world. They are regulated by AISC, have a $200 account opening minimum and allow micro lots what more could you want. There are...

Today I installed an EA on my IC Markets True ECN platform. I will share my results shortly, I am really excited.

I have seen EAs working that have been built to do exactly this, I am not sure that they are commercially available though.

I have been trading with them for 3 months now now and I am pretty happy. Their deposit and withdrawal times are fast and their Metatrader 4 platform is Awesome with the pre installed one-clicker module. The spreads are also the best in Australia, you can see this on FX Intelligence | Your...

Pharaoh is right, do your testing on a small real account to avoid any demo tricks. Only deposit an amount that you can afford to loose if things go wrong.

Personally I think that the old virtual dealer plugin stunt is one of the past. The reality is most traders are well aware of its existence and there are tools out there now that allow you to monitor your broker for the existence of such a plugin. Without being discriminatory against brokers...

What you should really do I just give them a call. More often than a quality broker will not push you to open an account over the phone, good brokers dont need to sell as a good broker platform will sell itself. In my opinion call the broker and if the person on the other end seems...

Hi Pharaoh Absolutely correct however the discrepancy between demo and real price feeds is becoming less apparent as retail clients cotton onto this trick. Slippage differences on the other hand are difficult to ascertain as they depend on a number factors including market conditions. The...

The other important thing to consider is latency, the latency of demo servers tends to be less because trades do not hit the dealing / trade terminal or in the case of MT4 the bridge. The reduced latency will give you the illusion of better fills when in practice your may not get such goods fills.

I am not sure about the hamster smuggling business but in all seriousness I think property investing is the second most lucrative occupation to forex trading.

Hi f-man Do you think that a copy trader like zulu trade or etoro is better than an EA for a beginner?