TOday i got a slapp in the A$$ from fxcm with their slow response during news and slippage. I am looking to swith brokers. I want one which is extremely reliable during news time. i was thinking of GFT. Suggestions please. thank you.

i traded live with gft over a years and i can say they are verry bad at news time.sometimes dealbookfx2 frozen, or i place spot order and for 30 minutes i do not know if my order was executed or not.sometimes i could manage to make few pips (few time over 30) due to gft was late with price comparing to saxobank.
try saxo,they widen spread during news or even block trades but at least you can see what is going on after news
all mt4 brokers i tested (demo) was totaly untredable or frozen during news
dont try to find perfect broker for news trading,this is time when market react fast and brokers dont like that,they dont like losing money
also try to set over 10 lots (1 000 000) or more in your trading platform and yuo will see how spread is geting biger...no easy money for us,small investors but those who trades big time are geting even worst spread

hi.
try fxsolutions i recently open a mini account with them for learning forex from yesterday 2 loss 1 large win all during news time no problems though i have see some times they requote alot sometimes they dont but my account is just $1000 i dont know what will happen if your account is larger than 5000$

EACAN.

Hi I have just closed my fxcm account for the same reasons, i have just opened one with interactive brokers.

Please note this is not a recommendation, as i have only just moved

I'm with FXDD and they've been overall very good. My IB pays rebates at the end of every month for my trading volume.

SB

Don't stay away from FX_Solutions..............RUN as fast as you can. I traded live with them and especially news time they will not fill your order "as the price gapped over your order" and many more examples. My advice is for anyone to stay away from these guys.

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ValeoFx thanks for the insight i also have live account with them but very new 3 days in total i noted they do lots of requote in news time and sometimes nothing but thanks for the headsup any serious problems i would be running as anybody else would like to have a stable-secure broker once i feel ready to take forex as sole business..

regards
EACAN

Deepdrunk is right saxobank is ok, u know when spread is unstable another good thing is the IT department available around the clock. They offer a mini as well with spot gold and indexes and they just made new platform saxo2 but i still se few minor bugs. Live news from more than 3 news sources

sailor

simple info maybe not very importatnt to you.

I tried demo with saxo bank, everything ok, but need much more computer performace than metatrader.

sorry double post