I'm sure you agree that ANY platform is of secondary importance to your choice of broker - the sad fact is, and I take no pleasure in saying it, most MT brokers are scumbags!

You mention Hotspot. Well, they may be decent but they are also undercapitalised, so may have difficulties surviving the recent changes in financial requirements. btw, I opened an account with Aleccohfx precisely because of the promise of an non-dealerdesk, unfiltered ECN feed - not only was the feed filtered, it transpired that there was a dealerdesk on the LP's side, not with Aleccohfx - even though both 'companies' operated out of the same building!!!

This is the type of half-truths and lies that Metatrader has become synonymous with...