I can recommend them also. I know of another group that alot of them use FB, and a few people on this forum know them personally. I personally dont trade news and usually am not around so I can not advise you on that. I do remember comparing them to FXDD when I was looking, and they widend much less. My take on it is all brokers have hangups, especially the ones that generally fit the new trader criteria. There spreads are the best out of all of them, they use MT4, and their service is excellent.