it's good when there're no econ releases.. it can be as tight as 2 pips for euro/usd and 3 pips for gbp/usd. but when there're major econ releases the spread will widen.. so fixed spread with fxcm as dealer is still better to some who dun like such a volatility when comes to NFP. It depends on how you trade. If you're scalper, no middleman dealer is better.