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From someone looking for a forex broker, I am wondering what FXCM has done to insurance that things like what has happened in the past will not repeat in the future. What steps have been taking to fix the issues?

Hi Sledmt,

Given what happened with EUR/CHF on January 15th, the industry is now looking very hard at any potentially similar issues, especially with the increased geopolitical risks in Southern and Eastern Europe. The primary change FXCM has made is to remove currency pairs from our platform that carry significant risk due to over-active manipulation by their respective government either by a floor, ceiling, peg or band. We also raised margin requirements for other pairs as well. Some of these changes will be permanent while others may change as geopolitical risks change.

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Hi Sledmt,

Given what happened with EUR/CHF on January 15th, the industry is now looking very hard at any potentially similar issues, especially with the increased geopolitical risks in Southern and Eastern Europe. The primary change FXCM has made is to remove currency pairs from our platform that carry significant risk due to over-active manipulation by their respective government either by a floor, ceiling, peg or band. We also raised margin requirements for other pairs as well. Some of these changes will be permanent while others may change as geopolitical risks change.

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At first I didn't believe in what I've heard from various sources about FXCM scamming their clients.

I asked myself, how come such a big broker, one of the oldest, listed in NYSE and a regulated broker can scam a client with such established reputation?
So I go with FXCM because of the above mentioned criteria plus I find their "education arm" very helpful.

But all these high hopes of making money because you have a trusted broker burst like a bubble when on March 24, 2015, I was scalping the market on a volatile EUR/USD manually opening and closing orders before taking another; when I found out I can no longer execute an order.

Many trade opportunities have passed and since I though that's a bug so I decided to report it.
But I was astonished to see an email from their compliance department stating that they will be terminating my account.

So that's the reason why I can no longer execute an order. With no explanations as to why they terminate my account (and with no warnings even), I am really confused and frustrated.

How come when I was starting out and blowing my account, I did not receive such notice?
How come funding my account back again and again is a breeze.
How come when I am about to become consistently profitable... then they did this to me?

That is a big question!

I emailed them back but no reply. Now I don't even know if my capital/earnings will ever be back again.

With your money in their hands and they shut you down immediately for no reason or warnings at all; and they can no longer be contacted is a typical "modus operandi" of a SCAM group where they can pull the plug anytime and whenever they want just so they can get away with your money in just a blink of an eye.

Note: I am not accusing them. I am demanding justice!

Jason Rogers if you are reading this, please do not reply to me and say please email compliance. Ask them and tell them to reply back and state the reason of the termination.

Until they never reply back stating the reason as to why they terminate my account and until they haven't refunded my money/earnings back then....

Beware dealing with FXCM!
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I'd really like to know what the reason for the termination is myself. I've heard of this happening to someone else as well. I mean, is active scalping customers considered some sort of problem for fxcm? I don't know why they'd have the commission structure the way they have it now and then be against scalpers because I'd assume it attracts scalpers.

I understand that @Jason Rogers can't comment on specific accounts, but maybe he can let us know if certain account activity like active scalping is a problem in the eyes of fxcm. Maybe there's some things we should avoid doing.

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I am actively scalping on FXCM and so far no problems. But the amounts I am trading are too small to be of any concern to them. It would be interesting if someone here who trades size could comment. But I think most people here trade futures. If FXCM is not a market maker, like they say, then it shouldn't matter, but then the micro mechanics of this business is so complicated who knows what the incentives are?

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I understand that @Jason Rogers can't comment on specific accounts, but maybe he can let us know if certain account activity like active scalping is a problem in the eyes of fxcm. Maybe there's some things we should avoid doing.

Hi Itchymoku,

While I cannot comment on any specific case for security reasons, it's important to note that as a regulated firm, FXCM is required to follow Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) guidelines in our client screening process both before and after an account is opened with us. These regulations may prohibit us from providing service to a particular individual, and this impacts most financial institutions.

In regards to active scalping, this would not be a reason for your FXCM account to be closed, since we offer you No Dealing Desk (NDD) forex execution. On the NDD model, FXCM offsets each of your orders one-for-one with the best prices from competing liquidity providers. Since we don't take the market risk on the other side of your trades, we don't profit from your losses or lose from your profits. Instead, we make our money from your trading volume. That means active scalpers are some of our best clients, because of the higher volume they generate.

If you have questions about our services at FXCM please send me a Private Message.
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I am actively scalping on FXCM and so far no problems. But the amounts I am trading are too small to be of any concern to them. It would be interesting if someone here who trades size could comment. But I think most people here trade futures. If FXCM is not a market maker, like they say, then it shouldn't matter, but then the micro mechanics of this business is so complicated who knows what the incentives are?

Hi Jodistrict,

Since we make money from your trading volume on our NDD model, we would love nothing more than for you to be profitable, so you can scalp on even larger trade sizes. In fact, we even offer an Active Trader account type specifically to attract and retain such clients. Active Trader accounts are designed for individuals and institutions that trade 10 million notional per month or deposit $25,000. When you open an Active Trader account, you gain access to a wide range of relationship managers, service specialists, forex instructors and market analysts who can help you get the most out of your account.

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Very good article based on 43 million real trades placed on FXCM’s trading servers:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-many-forex-traders-lose-214500903.html

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@TabbFORUM: NEWS: Leucadia Writes Down FXCM Bailout Loan by More Than $100 Million (Bloomberg) https://tabbforum.com/news/leucadia-writes-down-fxcm-bailout-loan-by-more-than-100-dollars-million



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@TabbFORUM: NEWS: Leucadia Writes Down FXCM Bailout Loan by More Than $100 Million (Bloomberg) https://tabbforum.com/news/leucadia-writes-down-fxcm-bailout-loan-by-more-than-100-dollars-million



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I believe that's a little bit of a misleading headline - to me it implies that FXCM is in trouble. The Bloomberg article says

Leucadia National Corp. said the value of its bailout loan to online currency-trading firm FXCM Inc. declined by more than $100 million even as the firm more than doubled its money on the deal.

The $300 million rescue loan and associated rights are now valued at $759 million, the New York-based parent of Jefferies Group said Wednesday in a regulatory filing. The company had valued the investment at $947 million as of March 31.

Leucadia also said it received $75.9 million in cash payments from FXCM during the second quarter, bringing the total received to $94.5 million.
Which implies to me that FXCM is doing well and that Leucadia made an excellent investment.

Leucadia Writes Down FXCM Bailout Loan by More Than $100 Million - Bloomberg Business

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I am actively scalping on FXCM and so far no problems. But the amounts I am trading are too small to be of any concern to them. It would be interesting if someone here who trades size could comment. But I think most people here trade futures. If FXCM is not a market maker, like they say, then it shouldn't matter, but then the micro mechanics of this business is so complicated who knows what the incentives are?

Is FXCM really good for scalping? Why do you choose it: low spreads or ...?

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