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FXCM Metatrader 4 introduces major slippage, go for TS

Not for MT4 that is certain

These guys really know their stuff, they are professional courteous and go out of their way to help which is why I give them three stars since that side of things is fantastic.

Now, on to the trading platform, if you are using MT4 this broker is not for you! They have their own FXCM platform for performing manual trading but the MT4 is through a third party called Boston Technologies and it is horrible.

During the demo everything looks fine and my trades were substantially profitable. However, once you go live the actual hops involved go back and forth between Boston Technology and FXCM servers which introduces major slippage, delays, odd errors ( what is an off quote?) and just overall horrible performance.

Several pending order trades along with sls and tps were executed in areas now where near the price level they should have or so it appeared on MT4. The whole experience is just totally chaotic once you go from demo to live.

Their FXCM platform might be great but I mix ea and manual trades and most eas will be killed by slippage and overall bizarreness on their MT4 platform.