Starting from March 26, 2012 the new NFA rules about Price Slippage and Requotes come into effect.

The rules are aimed to set a level playing field for brokers and traders, so that when slippages or requotes occur, they will no longer be "one-sided, mainly favoring brokers" (e.g. executed at the best price when the slippage (requote) favors brokers, and at the worst price when it favors traders). Instead brokers will be required to set up their trading systems in such way that they offer equal opportunities for both sides in the market.

Straightening up this order handling process will provide additional clarity & honesty into the Broker-Client relationship.

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May 16, 2012

TFG Ltd. - Trade with Powerful Simplicity!

TFG Ltd. adopted the award winning Vertex technology from Hybrid Solutions as the new company trading platform. Powerful yet easy to use. TFG Ltd. is an offshore broker dealer with both fixed and variable spread options in spot forex and cfd indices. FX spreads from 0.3pips!

Try our professional money manager eBroker Module for multi account management. Broker Office and IB programs available. Free Demo for 30 days. TFG Ltd. is in a Tax exempt jurisdiction with NO deal desk and STP order execution. [...]

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May 9, 2012

IronFX - Unlimited Micro Lot Trading up to $50,000 with 500:1 Leverage

IronFX a multi-award winning and fully regulated broker announces further enhancements to our trading conditions in which clients will be able to trade:

UNLIMITED MICRO LOTS UP TO $50,000 WITH 1:500 LEVERAGE

The new STP/ECN promotion enhancements go hand in hand with our strategy to reward our clients with the best and unmatched promotions such as Free VPS Hosting and 40% welcome trading bonus you can keep! [...]

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May 9, 2012

`Tuning’ Social Networks Improves Financial Performance on eToro Social Investment Network

Research by MIT researchers on eToro trading network reveals increased ROI for guided copy trading

Tel Aviv, May 9, 2012– Researchers at the MIT today revealed the results of research on social trading behaviour within the eToro investment network, that demonstrated higher gains for financial traders that responded to copy trading recommendations. According to MIT researcher Dr.Yaniv Altshuler's research,providing the name of a specific `guru’ to copy enabled online traders to uplift earnings by 6-10% compared with trades used without social networks and 4% when compared with unguided copying where copied gurus were selected without the benefit of a specific recommendation. This research suggests that "tuning" social trading networks by providing carefully selected copy recommendations can increase gains and boosts average returns per user, while preventing"bubbles" in the market. [...]

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Starting July 15th, 2011, enforced by CFTC, in accordance with Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all US based Forex brokers, who are registered with CFTC, are required to stop offering leveraged commodities and precious metal trading (including Gold & Silver) to retail clients.

As the result, US traders will no longer be able to trade popular precious metal pairs, such as XAU/USD, XAG/USD and other with Forex brokers in the United States.

The regulation will not affect Gold & Silver trading in other countries.
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What is DMA?

DMA - Direct Market Access - is a type of FX execution where traders are offered direct access to the physical market, enabling them to place trading orders with liquidity providers (leading foreign exchange banks, other brokers, market makers etc).

Sounds similar to STP and ECN dealing? It's close, but there is a difference.

DMA (Direct Market Access) is offered by ECN brokers and by some STP brokers.
In fact, ECN brokers always offer DMA, but not all STP brokers offer DMA. Let's take a look at the differences.

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January 18, 2011

An exclusive interview with Renat Fatkhullin, Founder and CEO of MetaQuotes Software Corp. for 100Forexbrokers.com

The goal of this interview is to address the most frequently asked questions that concern MetaTrader users nowadays.

Question 1: There are 3 distinguished groups among MetaTrader platform users: Forex brokers, traders with programming skills and ordinary traders. With the announcement and later the release of MT5 platform, the reaction from the ordinary traders group was the most vivid [mixed expectations, criticism etc]. What in your opinion has provoked such reaction among traders?

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What is an IB?

An Introducing broker (IB) is a simplest form of partnership between an individual (or a business company) and a Primary broker. The role of the Introducing broker is to solicit clients for the Primary Broker. By doing so an IB earns commission.

- NFA Glossary:
"Introducing Broker (IB) A firm or individual that solicits and accepts futures orders from customers but does not accept money, securities or property from the customer. An IB must be registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and must carry all of its accounts through a futures commission merchant on a fully disclosed basis."

The process of referring clients to the Primary Broker can be done in a variety of ways, but the key component of a successful IB
business is to have the means, contacts and influence on the trading audience. Who can become a successful IB:

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Like any financial market, Forex currency trading requires proper regulation. Every country has own governmental financial institutions & independent regulators that supervise and control the Forex industry and work to protect its investors.

Not all Forex brokers nowadays are regulated by appropriate financial regulators in their countries. It's important to pay attention to your broker's regulatory status, as it'll determine the level of security and protection of your investment.

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