Plus it has no sense because if you want to get the direct access to coins and tokens you just go to any crypto marketplace and buy it from the crypto holders. With the blockchain system every crypto transaction is direct and it’s written in the transaction chain. You can't be more direct than that.
If you think about it, one of the advantages of the DMA is the most competitive pricing on the equities for example. Various forex brokers give access to stock markets, but they usually go with high commissions. Trade.com direct access to global markets allows to reduce pricing to its minimum. Although crypto doesn’t work this way. You have to pay an established mining commission anyway, if I’m not mistaken.
So you’re trading mostly stocks on your DMA? I’m asking because I try to figure out some significant differences from standard Trade.com CFD account. And honestly can’t see one.
It’s not so obvious until you start working with it. Although nowadays brokers offer robust executions is a common thing, you can feel the difference especially in the long run. Such things as slippages simply don’t exist on DMA account. Plus, Trade.com DMA has so many trading assets. And yes, it’s mostly stocks I utilize for trading. Rarely options, when I need to have CFD functionality.
What do you think of Fixed incomes? Have you ever tried it as the source of non-trading income? Coz Trade.com has a massive amount of those.
In my opinion, DMA broker is mostly for professional traders who need good stock borrow, fast order-entry systems and reliable market data. The fact that you can do self-directed routing is of significant importance. A good broker will offer superior market data speed, hot keys, order sending, charting and market scanning.
I don’t know about that really. Especially in today’s economic environment when almost every developed country raises interest rates to suppress inflation. And fixed income assets prices are inversely proportional to the interest rates. Maybe it makes sense to wait until the US interest rates hiking rally is over and then start to invest in the US bonds, I don’t know.
Or you can invest in non US or EU fixed income. As far as I understand not every country is concerned about raising interest rates. I know that the Bank of Japan has a completely different view on monetary policy than the western economies.
True. The Bank of Japan is not bothered by the national currency devaluation. But the flip side of this is that Japan government bonds’ yield is not very appealing. For example Japan 10Y government bonds yield is 0.242% compared to 3.974% of the U.S.