Today was a significant day in the markets. The Dow Jones is down 100 points along with Oil and the EUR/USD taking a hit. The 3 month long rally in US stocks was accompanied with a sell off in the dollar and consequently an increase in oil prices. Currently Gold and the [...]

October 19th, 1987 The Stock Market dropped a staggering 22% in one day. This occurred on a Monday and is also referred to as the Black Swan. The movements in the market that day were equivalent to how trading would have looked over the course of a whole year. I interviewed a [...]

The US Stock Market Volatility is starting to ramp up. With the recent report of 3.5% increase in GDP the market celebrated with a strong run up of 200 points. This still left the DOW slightly below 10,000 the magical number. The following day weak consumer reports triggered a sell off of [...]

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It has been a crazy past two years and the climax may yet to have arrived. Since the financial crisis started Gold has run up and eclipsed the $1,000 per ounce mark. Detroit housing is failing to sell at even $500 a parcel and one of Bernard Madoff’s closest friend passed away today. [...]

ATC Brokers – Has a high $3,500 minimum balance to open.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: USA
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: YES
 
Minimum Lot Size: $10,000
 
Leverage Offered: 1:100
 
Spreads on the Majors: 2-3
 
Regulated By: NFA and CTFC
 
(Glossary of the following terms are at [...]

Gallant FX – This USA based broker offers free VPS hosting for accounts of all sizes. I am unsure about the quality of the VPS hosting, but this is a very nice perk.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: USA
 
Metatrader [...]

MIG investments – There is a high $5,000 minimum account balance to open.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: Switzerland
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: NO
 
Minimum Lot Size: $10,000
 
Leverage Offered: 1:200
 
Spreads on the Majors: 2-3
 
Regulated By: KPMG and ARIF
 
(Glossary of the [...]

FxPro – This is a new broker just recently established in 2008.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: Cyrprus
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: NO
 
Minimum Lot Size: $10,000
 
Leverage Offered: 1:500
 
Spreads on the Majors: 2-3
 
Regulated By: Cyprus Securities Exchange
 
(Glossary of the following [...]

InvestTechFX – Offers an amazingly low spread of 1 pip on all majors. They are worth checking out.
 
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The Breakdown – Glossary of the following terms are at the bottom of the review.
 
 
Company Headquarters: Canada
 
Metatrader Trading [...]

Activtrades – They are an interbank liquidity provider. One of the top reasons to choose this broker is that they offer segregated accounts. This protects the clients money similar to the FDIC in case the broker going bankrupt.
 
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To be frank we have not really learned anything from the third quarter results. During this time the bailout money has been almost fully dispersed, quantitative easing has allowed stocks to run, and cuts to the labor force have lowered drag on corporate profits. Therefore, it is very hard to judge right now [...]

FXDD – This is one of the more popular brokers, but I don’t understand why. They have a large tendency to re-quote on prices when customers try to place an order. This can become very frustrating. Further, they are not regulated by any governing agency.
 
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ODL Securities
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: UK
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: NO
 
Minimum Lot Size: $10,000
 
Leverage Offered: 1:100
 
Spreads on the Majors: 2-4
 
Regulated By: LIFFE
 
(Glossary of the following terms are at the bottom of the review)
 
 
Glossary
 
Company Headquarters – This is the [...]

Hot Spot FX is a leading player in the ECN market. They were one of the first to pipe in a ECN fed into the metatrader platform. The only drawbacks to their service is that they can only trade standard lot sizes and the opening account minimum is $7,500
 
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MB Trading – New to Forex, but not new to the industry. MB Trading has been a premier stock trading brokerage for years. They have recently added an ECN forex trading service. Their customer support is top notch and they account handing is very professional. They recently added the metatrader platform [...]

FOREX.COM – Another one of the early players in the retail forex market. They have grown and evolved their business and now offer the metatrader platform. They have a solid customer base and have honest dealings.
 
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The [...]

ALPARI – Has been in the forex business longer than many of the other choices out there. They have built a solid reputation and have added a US division. They offer CFD trading and have provided historical 1 minute forex data since 2001 to their customers.
 
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FXCAST – with as many choices as there are now in Forex I can’t see why anyone would open an account with an unregulated company.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: Antigua and Barbuda
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: NO
 
Minimum Lot [...]

LiteForex – with as many choices as there are now in Forex I can’t see why anyone would open an account with an unregulated company.
 
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The Breakdown
 
Company Headquarters: Cyprus
 
Metatrader Trading Platform: YES
 
ECN Broker: NO
 
Minimum Lot Size: $100 [...]

FXOPEN – This company has a minimum of $1,000 to open an account and features small lot sizes, ECN trading, and the metatrader platform. This is one of the most versatile forex brokers out there and they accept customers almost anywhere in the world. They even provide free Level 2 quotes to their [...]

Oanda is a one of a kind broker. They offer many services that are hard to find anywhere else. First, they have some of the tightest spreads of any non ECN commission free brokers. Second, they pay interest on a minute by minute basis. This is the fairest way I have [...]

Instaforex offers large leverage at 1:500 and you can open an account with as little as $1. However, the Russian governing body only loosely regulates them. They do have enticing Bonus programs and are quick to contribute their matching contributions.
 
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FXCM is another large player in the forex market. One big advantage is that their UK division offers segregated accounts. This is the closest thing to FDIC protection we have with Forex brokers. In the case of a Forex company facing bankruptcy the customer funds could be seized by creditors. If [...]

InterbankFx is one of the premier Forex Brokers in the United States. As a customer for over three years, I can report that their customer service is top notch, and I have always had honest dealings with them. Their server quote feeds are generally reliable and the spreads stay tight for the most [...]