Alan’s Forex Blog

I just thought I’d let all you traders know that LiteForex, one of the forex brokers that I use, recently launched a rebate program whereby customers will receive a rebate (bonus) on all bank deposits. The main reason why I like and use LiteForex is that they’re one of the few forex brokers that […]

I haven’t opened my Marketiva trading terminal in such a long time so on a spur of the moment sort of thing I decided to run it and to my surprise I was greeted with a shiny new look complete with transparency effects and a slightly different shade of blue.
Now as far as I can […]

If you go to InterbankFX’s homepage you just might notice how proudly proclaim their “no dealing desk” status. Yet how humorous and perhaps sadly tragic in that it speaks of something foul with this forex business that at the bottom of every e-mail they send out you see this statement - and better yet […]

NEW YORK, NY May 8, 2008
– FXDD, a global leader in online foreign exchange trading, today announced its applications for becoming a National Futures Association (NFA) member and for registration as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the CFTC are pending approval. Clients may follow FXDD progress through the registration process by logging on […]

Check out this interesting article by Felix from the Forex Peace Army Forum:
Hi there
This is Felix writing. One of our “well-known” subscribers got banned by Oanda just a couple of months ago, because they felt like he was taking advantage of them.
Indeed, according to the guy, in the last 14 months, he made around […]

Jude from the NOBSInvest Blog justed posted that FXCM finally has completed the launch of their new MetaTrader 4 platform offer. Yep, now all FXCM customers can enjoy the ease of use of this wonderful platform. I certainly will be one of the first to jump on this boat. Here is the official news […]

I just heard that AleccohFX just declared bankruptcy. Many people (including me) had high hopes for this broker. For a while it looked like it was the only non ECN broker that genuinely cares about traders and wasn’t looking to screw them over. Well, the story of its demise is a long one so I […]

Let’s face it, the majority if not all forex brokers that support the MetaTrader 4 platform are pure bucketshops. I have yet to find ONE MT4 broker which offers a true non-dealing desk trading environment. A lot of them claim this, but it is all pure bullshit, if you’ll pardon my french. If they have […]