Hurricane
Registered: Jan 2003
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03-17-12 08:02 PM
My guess is IB's customer profile is radically different than your typical forex retail customer profile. Average account size at IB is ~ $120k (per their annual report) and their whole approach to handling forex transactions is different than the bucket shops many use. Spreads, as well, are lower than many bank platforms that allow forex trading. So whether or not their figures have been impacted by their calculation methodology, I'm not surprised that they look better than 95% lose.
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