Tag Archives: oanda

In a forex brokers and trading platforms jumble

By Paul | Published: February 12, 2010
Once upon a time, I was a happy forex student.  I paper traded on Oanda for a few months and even opened a live account with them.  Then my work place tightened up our internet firewall at work.  I couldn’t access market data anymore during the day.  Fortunately, Dukascopy at the time said that they’ll [...]
Posted in Forex | Also tagged dukascopy, mb trading, metatrader | Leave a comment

No micro-lot trading at Dukascopy Metatrader 4 accounts

By Paul | Published: February 7, 2010
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 basic (JForex only) accounts. Well, why do bad news keep coming to me just when I’m about to go live [...]
Posted in Forex | Also tagged dukascopy, MT4 | Leave a comment

Why I am staying with Oanda a while longer before moving to Dukascopy

By Paul | Published: January 10, 2010
I just sent in my paper work to Oanda to open a live forex account with them last week.  Then I heard from @InEgoVeritas the news about Dukascopy (get 35% discount on commission with that link) reducing their minimum lot size to micro-lots.  After doing more research comparing Oanda and Dukascopy in the last 24 [...]
Posted in Forex | Also tagged broker, dukascopy | 3 Comments