Hi. I have been using the demo ECN for a few weeks now. Having traded with other ECNs, so far the demo I’ve used looks legit. To test if an ECN is legit and real, you can try a few things. 1) Try to place an order inside the spread. If spread changes, it is an ECN. It works in the fxopen demo platform. 2) Ask the ECN broker who the counterparty was in a given deal. Most ECN brokers will give you this info. However, I won’t be able to test that until I can open a live account.… Read more »

Hi. I have been using the demo ECN for a few weeks now. Having traded with other ECNs, so far the demo I’ve used looks legit. To test if an ECN is legit and real, you can try a few things. 1) Try to place an order inside the spread. If spread changes, it is an ECN. It works in the fxopen demo platform. 2) Ask the ECN broker who the counterparty was in a given deal. Most ECN brokers will give you this info. However, I won’t be able to test that until I can open a live account.… Read more »

Hi oakmonster,

Thanks for the detailed reply. I was waiting for someone from FXOpen to shed more light on this new feature. If you noticed, I wasn’t really critical of FXOpen rather I was arguing that MT4 wasn’t designed to be a platform for ECN brokers, hence the limited functinoality.

Best,
Michael

Yeah, I was a little sceptical. But they have the level II there and you can have an effect on it so it looks ok so far like that. One of their guys at expo in Malaysia told me they bridged multiple liquidity providers. Hotspot, RBS and Currenex were mentioned (well as far as I remember) that’s why when I compared their prices, I used hotspot to see how close they were.

If I remember, I’ll report back after I get a live ECN from them. I want to hide some money from the taxman offshore 😀

Yeah, I was a little sceptical. But they have the level II there and you can have an effect on it so it looks ok so far like that. One of their guys at expo in Malaysia told me they bridged multiple liquidity providers. Hotspot, RBS and Currenex were mentioned (well as far as I remember) that’s why when I compared their prices, I used hotspot to see how close they were.

If I remember, I’ll report back after I get a live ECN from them. I want to hide some money from the taxman offshore 😀

I’ve been testing the MT4 ECN function as well with FX Open. I agree, it seems to be valid. Granted, the guys at MetaTrader themselves still say that their MT4 platform isn’t capable of being used with an ECN broker, but my understanding with FX Open is that they created the necessary bridges required in order to use MT4 with their ECN capabilities. However, they do have their own platform that can be used with ECN as well. And until you write up your post on the differences, I’ve posted an article on what an ECN broker is and how… Read more »

I’ve been testing the MT4 ECN function as well with FX Open. I agree, it seems to be valid. Granted, the guys at MetaTrader themselves still say that their MT4 platform isn’t capable of being used with an ECN broker, but my understanding with FX Open is that they created the necessary bridges required in order to use MT4 with their ECN capabilities. However, they do have their own platform that can be used with ECN as well. And until you write up your post on the differences, I’ve posted an article on what an ECN broker is and how… Read more »

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http://forexrobotbusters.com/forex-education/ecn-broker