Just received the following news from Dukascopy (attached below) regarding their Metatrader accounts. Basically, they are raising their minimum lot-size on MT4-enabled accounts to a mini-lot (10k). Micro-lot (1000 units) trading remains exclusive to their standard (JForex only) accounts.
Well, why do bad news keep coming to me just when I’m about to go live with a forex broker? First it was Oanda (although the problem was at my end with them), then Dukascopy. There’s no way I’m able to trade with a mini-lot because of my strict risk management rules. So I would be stuck with the JForex platform for a while if I’m going to trade with them.



My name is Paul and I am a full-time engineer, part-time trader. Back in 2000, I deposited my $5000 interest-free student loan with an online broker. Since then, my interest in trading has become an obsession.
Why I am not a big fan of MQL4 or trading platform scripting
I spent most of 2008 trading futures and developing automated systems on Tradestation. The futures trading didn’t turn out so well as I lost 40% of my account and had to call it quit. My quant development work on the other hand, was coming along slow but steadily. However, since I couldn’t bear the monstrous maintenance fee anymore at Tradestation, I had to abandon that work. Then last year when I wanted to pick up where I left off on Matlab, I found that I couldn’t just continue my work. Click here to continue reading... (642 words)