I was thinking about opening an account with OEC (decent reviews), however, they are apparently owned by Gain Capitol LLC (bad reviews) and you have to send your funding check to Forex.com (worse reviews). Clearification would be greatly appreciated.
OEC is owned by Options Xpress. They do options and futures very well. They are just an introducing broker for Gain for forex. So yes you would be trading forex with Gain through OEC. I wish they would have gone a different direction because they are a decent firm for futures. Personal opinion, I would find someone else for forex.
Forex.com really isn't THAT bad for MT4 trading... Especially considering their new spreads which are almost fixed on the majors with 4 digit pricing.. good for EA traders at least, JMO