They write:
Your account was accessed from remoteip '89.253.29.211' and a pin was sent to the email address on the account. The person logged into your email account and retrieved the pin, accessed your e-gold account and made an unauthorized spend from the account.

It is Anatoliy Belostropov's IP. And that is the problem. It means, that somebody used his IP, logged into his e-mail and password to log in.

If somebody can help with that problem, i will appreciate that.

We will not use e-gold account until we will not solve this problem.

Sakharov, he may still be connected to that computer. A lot of hackers (script kiddies) don't remove their software after they do a hack, because they are dumb and sloppy. You can probably find what his IP address by closing all applications and then doing a netstat -an and looking for the IP addresses that are still connected. He probably only connects one in a while.

This is also why people need firewalls on their home computers. I recommend using Linux, or on windows doing Avast, Spybot, AdAware all for free. Avast is the main one, but it doesn't cover some spyware companies install to look at what you do or display ads. I also recommend turning off services in windows. I have about 25 services out of about 100 services running. Without USB devices or file sharing I could cut down another 10 services. 4 of my running services are Avast. Each service is a potential way for someone to break in. A network firewall is also recommended, hiding many computer by 1 IP address with no open ports.

The high and low data are very close to Reuters data which is good. The bar data looks very strange at some times. I can't recommend this broker for trades under 50 pips at this time. :/

WHC1.gif seems to be somewhat typical.
WHC3.gif seems to be extreme issues.

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Appreciate your opinion daraknor.

I opened an Ib with these guys and sent some of my own company money to them , the next day they come out with this account freeze crap... I know they got screwed on that stupid egold scam I just hope that doesn't translate into me getting screwed as well.... Anyways if anyone wants to try them out let me know, I will split the rebates with you that I will get for you signing up through me. That is of course if the money becomes available next month.... they are a bunch of young Russian guys who trade themselves, they seem really nice and honest and they have been and are still IB's themselves. They Ib for companies that are quite particular about who the y let IB by the way. That post about the manual dealing during news kind of sucks though I was hoping for a free lunch on fixed spreads during the news (something that is impossible really) but I think I will get over it as long as I can withdraw funds sometime soon. Email me to keep informed and or pursue an account with them scott@forextradersinc.com

Sakharov,
Which ECN does your signal come from? The futures contract is a good idea to keep your position neutral even if there is an excess of trades on buy or sell. I don't see how this means you only win if we win, you only loose if we loose. I do see how it means that the *extra* position we collectively have implies win or loss, and you buy futures to prevent excessive loss. If I were you, I would watch the 10% who win consistently to decide where to put my money.

Since you do have an aggregate position, you aren't really an ECN. The same game theory math of Dealing Desks apply. Your upstream signal may be an ECN (which is a good thing and I commend it) but we are still buffered from it. I'm undecided about your broker in general until I can look at the ECN data and compare it to your data. Large spikes are death to scalpers. Scalpers are death to your aggregate position even with the futures contracts. A true ECN has no position at all.

I look forward to helping you get your EGold money back. I am very interested in using your broker if I can resolve my questions. I need a real ECN signal, and I'm working on implementing FIX 4.2 with my strategy to actually get it.

I've gone through dozens of charts over weeks of data, comparing it to other MT4 brokers, the yahoo signal, Dukascopy, etc. The data looks remarkably similar to everyone else, except it has spikes every so often that the others don't. With the spreads the way they look, I don't see how this an ECN. It certainly isn't an ECN according to any parts of this definition:
No STP, No visible client-client operations, No purity of signal, Yes to Dealing Desk (MT4), Yes to strange spikes in data, Yes to News hour restrictions.
Straight through processing means executing at the market to me. I don't see how you can have a pip spread of 5 pips when multiple ECN I'm staring at have a spread of 1 pips. If the ECN were connected, the market would eat that in less than a second. Some groups who claim to be "ECN" do pad the spreads, but by a fixed amount (This is even allowed in the FIX Protocol).

2 Major disclaimers: I've never started a brokerage so I'm sure they know a lot more than I do. I haven't traded with WHC.

We are not ECN broker. I didn't tell it. Because, we are not.
90% loose, 10% win. It is our bread, it is the profit of the company.
There is an initial clearing of course.
If there is a big difference between positions (for example: buy 300 lots, sell 700 lots = difference sell 400 lots), we place the difference on primary market. So if you win, we will win too. But, i want to say, that it is very rare case. Because we have a lot of customers.
You can't see the DOM in the terminal. By the way, you will never be able to see it in MT. Questions to developers of the software.

I don't know any ECN broker, who uses MT.

From 03-07-2007:
The more I study this, the more you sound like a standard MT4 broker with more instruments than normal. Some nice services, but nothing new in relationship or position.

I don't know of any ECN that uses MT4 either, especially since the ECN would require anonymous matching and Level 2 support. MT4 is purely retail broker, it doesn't even work with prime broker the way that FXAll does. One place I see you say STP, another STP on difference, another place I see you say futures contract on position difference. Obviously it can't be all of them.

What I need is an ECN, I spent about 12-15 hours investigating your broker to see if it was what I needed. It isn't, and I'm fine with that. I hope your business goes well. What I don't like is not getting a straight answer and wasting my time.

Something smelled a little funny about the ECN STP anyway. Alpari... err... MetaQuotes doesn't list what protocols they use for incoming signal. I'm looking for FIX protocol, Trading Technologies platform, or if I'm really desperate Zen-Fire. The platforms offered by CME and Reuters are a little too far up for my comfort. I doubt MT4 Server supports these, but I'm going to look into it anyway - it would save me a lot of programming.