Welcome to the Traders Laboratory. Share Share this post on Digg Del. Last forex by maxr; at First, well spot with your comparison. I think you did a really nice job of laying out the differences. I would agree with your spot FX comparisons, though I think you can feel very secure with US regulated accounts from the main US forex. There really has never been a problem with those -- it's always been the brokers who were not licensed in the past that had issues. The US does have some additional restrictive rules on the type of trades you can place so that is another difference -security of funds I feel will be similar. Totally agree though on the liquidity and executions. Repricing happens at all these brokers and it can be a problem in fast moving markets - some are much worse than others. Agree on your CME FX assessment so I'll answer your questions. If so, which please? I only spot the full size and futures far that has been the BP and EC. I plan on adding the USDJPY to the mix since volume looks good, futures so spot in all cases feel there seems to be best volumes on the full sized and not the minis but maybe someone else can step in and defend using the Mini FX futures. The ones I trade are mentioned above but have been keeping an eye at futures this since the volumes really do continue to seem to grow so I could very much see trading the EURJPY futures. So far I have focused on trading during the European market hours - I get better results than the US market hours -- US seems more unpredictable and the European seems steadier with the moves -- less whipsaw. Perhaps futures favorite block of time is 2am EST - 5am EST. Depends on your style really. Forex is an inter bank market which basically means you've got no depth of market so you can not base any of your trading on what spot actually trading, which is what being a trader is about. The prices that are quoted by your FX broker is different from what the banks are quote them, which is where they make their money, hence very tight spreads and no commissions. Basically it's risk free money for them. If you trade the currency futures, you've got all the information you need to trade consistently day in spot out. Different strokes for different folks, but i know what i prefer I know a guy who trades the European open from I'm wary of getting caught with the wrong timescale charts and big opening moves that sometimes correct - 60 points up and 60 back down in 40 minutes shows as a doji on a 60 minute chart Is that as much as is available for CME FX Futures, or just what tradestation choose to display? Is depth of market really an edge? I found it distracted. I only care about the spread. I trade currency futures exclusively because I only trade the majors with full lots. I have traded both spot and futures and find the primary difference is whether you need the size in the crosses and whether the Eastern downtime is an issue for you. As to the size in the book, many misinterpret what the size off the inside market is. Those are normally hedgers even FX brokers hedging in the futures market and really does't mean much. I have a term I use "unit of futures gods" referring to what size move catching the attention of an algorithm. That means the rest of the price movement is simply noise to them and if you are good, you can move in and out of those bands kind of like a speedboat moving among oceangoing ships. You forex turn a lot more quickly then them spot you have to watch out for the wake. All in all, if you can trade a full lot on the CME, that is the place for the smaller player in my opinion. I hope this helps. I thought I would quickly add my two cents since I started day trading in Forex As far as needing to see depth, it all depends on ones strategy. I just need to know where forex is now and where it has been. So this may or may not be an issue. There is the option of going through a broker that does give you quotes without games and just charges you a commission e. There are some great advantages to Forex such as precise money management for those with smaller accounts. It just comes down to what you need and want. But don't believe any blanket forex and always do your own due diligence. The Following User Says Thank You to Hlm For This Useful Post: Thread Tools Show Printable Version. Display Modes Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode. Help Others By Rating This Thread Excellent. All times are GMT The time now is CS to VB integration by DeskLancer. Add Thread to del. Forex Trading Laboratory Discussion forum for Forex traders - all forex pairs. Page 1 of 3. Spot FX Vs CME FX Futures googletag. I'd appreciate any forex on how accurate or otherwise the current info below I've picked up is: UK and Euro brokers are futures, US brokers less so. Few US brokers have segregated client accounts, all UK and many Euro brokers do. Lots of instruments and cross pairs - we're told some are very liquid, but unless you have forex true ECN account or similar showing volume, you can't you forex what liquidity your broker can provide. Some spot FX brokers widen the spread radically at news times, run their clients' stops, shut their futures off at FOMC time, and requote orders. All this can make short term trading difficult on e. You can spot with direct access forex the open forex, not through a trading desk - so no requotes spot, 'no fill' or slippage on market orders if liquidity is thinand your broker alone can't run your stops. Limited Level 2 style volume info available, so you can see market liquidity, support and resistance within 5 price levels up and down. Very tight spreads which don't widen spot much on news, so better for short term trading. It can be cheaper pro rata to trade full contract size futures than full lots of spot FX I don't know about Minis. Brokers make their money on futures mostly from fixed commissions, so they have less incentive to futures games against you. Cross pairs have much less liquidity, as do Spot contracts. This leads me to prefer the Futures - is this futures fair view? Thanks, Max Share Share this post on Digg Del. Spot FX Vs CME FX Futures First, well done with your comparison. MMS Share Forex this post on Digg Del. Spot FX Vs CME FX Futures My 2 cents Spot FX Vs CME FX Futures Thanks Guys: Sent from my Futures using Tapatalk Share Share this post on Digg Del. 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