Alot of those big corporates have serious amounts to move, which in turn can move the spot market, but that is only one portion of what they are...
Im not talking about a retail operation when I said it wasn't a license to print money. Retail operations are indeed a money machine. I mean the...
There is something called risk people. Interbank dealers get paid to take risk. If you think it is a money making machine, you are sorely wrong....
By taking positions. Do you really think they are going to square every little position given to them considering the crap amounts retail traders...
1-2 pips is normal interbank spread
What kind of executions does IB give when the market blows through a level for any number of reasons? Even if it gaps 30-40 pips or so in reality...
Thanks Steve. I was under the impression from other posters that it the target price only had to be quoted. Your method is by far the most...
Just curious why you would want a buy stop for instance to be triggered when ask price=stop price. Personally I prefer my stops to be done when,...
I think IB's commission is more than competitive and in all reality if I were the one asking for a volume discount, I would expect to be turning...
Both IB Ideal pro and Hotspot (and I am sure some other ECN models) show 1 pip and even choice from time to time. Even with the commission added...
I regularly see 1 pip in 15 mio EUR on Hotspot retail platform and 1 pip in 25 or more on their Institutional platform.
Who are you paying for this data?
Hotspot charges $3 per 100k of whatever the base currency is, so its cheaper to deal eur and gbp than usd/jpy for instance. InterbankFX...
Because they are probably getting an Introducing Broker fee kickback from FXCM for every account they sign up. Thats why you have to open an...
I don't think the Hotspot demo reflects their live rates. When I opened an account there they offered me a view of the live platform and the rates...
Neither IB or Hotspot makes money on their spread since they don't make the market. They make money on the commission you pay. The more you deal,...
I know RBS is pretty much one of the most lenient as far as credit terms go, but I don't think even they would extend a prime brokerage line...
For all intents and purposes you are correct since I cannot imagine that anyone posting on this forum would remotely qualify personally for a...
I believe it is purely an institutional shop and you have to arrange prime brokerage relationship for entry. They don't have nearly as many prime...
I don't understand why everyone is so hung up on paying spreads when dealing in FX. I never hear anyone complain about spreads or in the equity...
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