In a move to expand their overall product offering, Synergy FX now offers their Standard Account and an ECN Account.

Importantly, forex traders have the opportunity to practice their trading in either account in the Synergy FX forex demo account.

Suitable for all style of traders, the demo environment is ideal for both currency trading for beginners as well as professional traders to test their forex trading strategies in a practice environment before switching over to the live account.

Manual traders can access Meta Trader 4′s wide range of technical indicators and powerful charting tools to test and confirm their trading decisions.

For automated forex trading strategies such as Expert Advisors and forex robots, traders can import the forex trading system onto the Synergy FX Meta Trader 4 platform to test the programme in the demo environment.

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Unlike prevailing majority of forex brokers eToro was established as a venture capital funded start-up with its proprietary platform in the center. Instead of taking a readily available solution eToro went ahead and developed its own platform upon which it continues development of core features such as the successful OpenBook. For a start-up solely focused on its platform to start offering another platform is far from being obvious and it’s a sign for a major shift in eToro’s way of thinking and positioning.

eToro is here completing a transition from a start-up forex firm into a full blow forex brokerage with the purpose of making its shareholders happy regardless of the technology being used.

eToro in my opinion is doing this for two reasons: first one is the transition from a forex broker which is predominantly marketing to entry level traders using a very simplified platform to a broker catering to all kinds of forex traders – simple or sophisticated. Those long enough in the market will remember the first eToro platform with the simplified gaming interface – for instance graphic animated representation of countries pulling a rope symbolizing a currency pair going in one direction or the other. eToro started transitioning from that gaming interface long time ago realizing that while it is attractive to forex newbies it’s a turn-off for the sophisticated part of the trading public.

The other reason is that eToro has grown quite a lot and now has the market positioning to attract traders who specifically demand MT4. Adding MT4 now will not threaten the very basis on which eToro was founded – its platform. Adding MT4 will add more prestige, larger traders (eToro’s traders are typically not very large in size, albeit OpenBook is changing that) and ultimately volume.

MT4 will eventually help eToro better position itself as a forex broker capable of catering to all types of clients and potentially increase its growth at the expense of smaller MT4 shops which don’t have value adding features Etoro has such as OpenBook and others.

For now eToro’s MT4 is not directly available from its website but needs to be requested from your account’s manager. eToro’s MT4 is rumored to be supplied by Boston Technologies.

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Receiving the award, David Stuart, Chief Operating Officer at Alpari (UK), said: “I’m really pleased to accept this award on behalf of everyone at Alpari (UK). We are committed to offering a very competitive Forex product with excellent customer service. It’s great to see this endorsed by everyone who voted.”

Alpari (UK)’s vision is to be recognised as the world’s premier broker and last week, Alpari (UK) expanded its product range to offer spread betting on MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform.

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Your initial factor will be to obtain the professional advisor application or your personal industry approach loaded in the MetaTrader 4 process. You are able to consult your skilled advisor’s directions and tutorial on the way to do this. When you may have loaded the specialist advisor, you then go to your “View” pull down menu on the high from the MetaTrader four console. Then click on “Approach Tester” or hit “Ctrl R” to the keyboard.

Soon after clicking Technique Tester, a window will seem on the bottom of your MetaTrader 4 console. This can be wherever you’ll arrange your specialist advisor. Be aware that you just will must input your investing parameters to the MetaTrader 4 system ahead of you can spine-take a look at your own personalized trade prepare or strategy. Only expert advisors and buying and selling programs that have been compiled and placed within the /EXPERTS subfolder within your MT4 listing can be examined.

If you may have properly installed your professional advisor, and/or correctly input your personal parameters on your individual industry approach, you need to then decide on the professional inside the “Tester-Professional Advisor” discipline. At this stage, carry on by taking the following actions inside the “Settings” tab of your “Tester” window where you can: 1. Pick the specialist advisor and arrange its inputs. 2. Decide on a image and time period. 3. Choose from among the 3 modeling strategies. 4. Set the time variety you are going to need to test, if diverse from the default.

After you might have input your selections, it is possible to then decide to arranged further testing parameters and inputs by pressing the “Skilled properties” button. Once you do that, a brand new window appears with three tabs as follows: o Testing – this really is wherever you can set common testing parameters for example the quantity and foreign money to generally be at first deposited for the professional advisor to operate with during the testing. Deciding on “Only Quick” will only open small positions, whilst “Extended and Small” will open the two very long and brief positions. o Inputs – it is possible to edit a table of variables that may influence the operation of your expert advisor which can be modified directly from the consumer terminal devoid of interfering while using skilled advisor’s code. The amount of variables that can be modified depends within the expert advisor.  Optimization – this tab allows you to restrict testing passes when optimizing. Modifying these parameters will not influence single passes while testing the specialist.

Right after inputting the initial parameters, you will probably be ready to opt for a currency exchange symbol and also a timeframe for testing. It is possible to either choose 1 with the available symbols in the MT4 terminal or import an external data record to make use of alternatively. Pick the symbol in the “Symbol” area and also the timeframe inside “Time period” field. If the info document would not exist for that image, it is going to be made and can automatically download the final 512 bars for that symbol. Bars are how MetaTrader four merchants records within a so-known as TOHLCV format that incorporates Time, Open, Higher, Lower, Near and Volume data.

When the information is ready for that image you selected, you might have 3 types of modeling in the historical records. The very first is “Open price ranges only” which could be the fastest modeling approach and was designed for experts which industry on accomplished bars. The 2nd is “Regulate points” which will consider a crude estimate with the skilled advisor’s efficiency. Lastly, you’ve “Just about every tick” modeling that, like the previous procedure, generates manage tips on an OHLC basis and is essentially the most precise technique of modeling.

Modeling quality is often examined within the “Report” window. Colored bands are used to show the “Modeling Top quality” and therefore are displayed in 3 distinct colors. Grey indicates the readily available information that didn’t participate in the take a look at. Red indicates which the modeling omitted lacking records. Grn indicates wherever the modeling was performed.

Modeling dates along with other parameters can be altered, but the data document then has for being re-designed by hitting the “Recalculate” button.

As soon as you’ve got completed all of the over, you may press the “Start” button to begin testing. This system will advise you as to how extended it will bring with the outcomes.

You can flag “Visualization” whereupon a chart will seem automatically as well as the modeled tick sequence is displayed as it’s calculated. Visualization might be skipped with a particular day by hitting the “Skip to” button. Also, the software package will graph most of your results, plus, you can adjust variables to see the final results of any buying and selling technique by manually inputting the buying and selling parameters.

In financial trading, Expert Advisors are software robots designed to automate part or all of the trading process, including Forex strategy and money management.

Unique to Vantage FX account holders, the Expert Advisor Test Lab allows traders to assess two EA Forex Robots every month through demo account testing, detailed monthly performance stats and trade-by-trade descriptions. The online lab also provides users with discounts on EA programming software.

Vantage FX UK provides traders with a comprehensive education service, including a 30-day MetaTrader 4 demo account and daily currency market insights.

Find out more about Vantage FX’s Expert Advisor Lab here.

Trading derivatives and Forex carries a high level of risk to your capital and you should only trade with money you can afford to lose. Forex trading may not be suitable for all investors, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved and seek independent advice if necessary.

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Eligible Mobile Devices Include:

iPhone 4

HTC Sensation – Android

BlackBerry Torch 9860

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The Forex market moves by the second and staying informed of market action is crucial to successful trading. Don’t let a single opportunity pass you by. Mobilize your Forex trading with flexibility and security with a ThinkForex mobile trading device. Available in 10 languages, ThinkForex MT4 mobile devices deliver the power to trade at your convenience with the familiar features of the MetaTrader 4 client terminal.

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As many of you have heard, IBFX has partnered with VPS Land to offer you our latest technology solution. A virtual private server, or VPS, will ensure that your trades are made accurately without tying up your personal computer.

We’re received a variety of questions regarding our VPS service, and have done our best to answer them below.

Q: How do I sign up?

A: InterbankFX customers can purchase their vps from www.vpsland.com/ibfx. IBFX Australia customers can purchase their vps from www.vpsland.com/ibfx-australia.

Q: What is the monthly cost and are there any contract requirements?

A: The customized IBFX plan is sold specifically to IBFX customers at a prediscounted rate of $26 per month. VPSLAND does offer higher priced plans with additional resources should you decide to upgrade at any time. There are no long-term contracts and all billing is done on a monthly basis. You are free to cancel at any time.

Q: How does IBFX reimburse me?

A: By the 15th day of each month, IBFX will credit the previous month’s VPS fee up to $35.00 USD directly into the associated IBFX live trading account. All qualifying trading accounts must have a minimum balance of $5,000.

Q: What resources come with my VPS?

A:  The default IBFX customized vps comes with 1GB of dedicated RAM, 20GB of dedicated cloud RAID10 disk space and equal-share of an 8-Core Xeon server configuration.

Q: How do I know my trading platform is secure and protected?

A:  We deploy enterprise firewalls in a multi-layer configuration to ensure you are safe from floods, attack and any other security threat. We also deploy all of our VPS hosting plans on a fully-meshed cloud virtualization platform. Unlike traditional vps hosting providers, our vps plans are fully redundant, selfhealing, elastic and feature automated failover. You can truly set-it and forget-it with a VPSLAND vps hosting plan.

Q: What are my payment options?

A: We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express

Q: Is the trading platform pre-installed?

A: Yes, the custom IBFX vps hosting plan is pre-installed with the IBFX-specific version of MetaTrader, ready to launch and trade immediately upon purchase.

Q: Can I install other software?

A: Yes, you will have full local Administrator access to your VPS and are free to install any additional software that you may need.

Q: Is this a Window VPS?

A: Yes, you will receive a fully licensed Window 7 Professional VPS.

Q: How are Windows updates handled?

A: As all of our vps plans are just like dedicated servers/desktops, Windows updates are downloaded directly into your vps. They are not installed automatically and you have the choice of when to install them. When any updates are available you will see a small notification icon on the bottom-right of your VPS desktop screen. Click this and you will then be prompted to install the available updates. You will also be able to choose the most convenient time for any required reboots, so as to not interrupt your online trading.

Q. Where are your servers located?

A: All servers are located in a secure datacenter in Atlanta, GA. All servers are connected via multiple 10GBPS uplinks and feature low-latency connections to IBFX trading systems.

Q: How do I login to my VPSLAND control panel?

A: You can access our customer portal at https://portal.vpsland.com.

Q: Do you offer customer support?

A: Yes, all VPS plans come with complimentary 24×7 customer support. Just login to your account in the customer portal to submit a support ticket. All tickets are responded to quickly by our in-house support staff. All staff are fully trained and experienced with MetaTrader and general Forex inquiries. Rest assured that you will be well taken care of by our technicians.

With a strong reputation for its focus on offering premier customer support, European licensed online Forex and CFDs broker Tadawul FX, continues to prove that adapting to customers’ needs is of utmost importance to the company.

A few short months after the launch of its upgraded mobile trading platforms, including apps for Blackberry, Android, iPad and iPhone, Windows Mobile and Smartphone, Tadawul FX has experienced an impressive 175% increase in mobile forex trading volume. A web-based Forex trading platform which was simultaneously launched, and which allows access via mobile phone and PC, was also very well received and has been used extensively by Tadawul FX traders.

In line with the overall increase in trading volumes seen across the industry in 2011, Tadawul FX has also experienced a large uplift, both due to the growth of the company and its client base, and also due to the volatility of the markets, which translates directly into large market movements and therefore further opportunities for trades. Global factors such as the unrest in the Middle East, the UK riots, incidents of natural disasters and so on, cause great shifts in the markets, allowing traders to take advantage and capitalize on these upward and downward market movements.

Stavros Yiannakou, Chief Executive Officer of Tadawul FX, explains that the increase in trading volume has been significant this year. “The benefit of Forex trading, which makes it superior to other investment asset classes, is that it requires market movement to make a profit, which can be on either site of the market’s directional movements. So even in a downturn there is potential to make money. And the larger the movement, the more potential there is for profit. With clients from 142 countries, Tadawul FX has seen a marked increase in trading volume, especially from European and Middle East regions directly linked to these large movements.”

Thomas Papantoniou, Chief Operations Officer of Tadawul FX, explains the impact of mobile trading applications on this increase. “With mobile trading, Tadawul FX clients have more opportunity to take advantage of these sudden and large market movements and to better tap into the volatility to their benefit, wherever they are. So far, the most popular mobile apps for our traders have been the iPhone and iPad, followed by Android, Blackberry and Windows. The wide variety of platforms covered, coupled with the option of a web-based interface, and a large choice of language options, is giving our customers direct access to the MetaTrader 4 platform and eliminating the need to download the platform altogether.”

Papantoniou adds, “Platform non-dependency and the simultaneous launch in 10 languages were specifically intended to take advantage of this market volatility. Our mobile applications have all been designed with practicality, speed and user-friendliness in mind. Traders can monitor prices on Forex and CFDs in real time, create ‘favourites’ and ‘watchlists’ for specific interests key to their portfolio. Traders also have the ability to open and close instant market orders, amend and place existing orders including SellStop, StopLoss, BuyStop and TakeProfit. There are user guides available if needed, in conjunction of course with our 24 hour support. The intention of these applications is ultimately to better inform our clients, which will inevitably lead to better trading. Backed by the trading results of 2011 and the popularity of these mobile trading apps so far, it seems our clients are after precisely the same thing, which is simply another way to effectively stay on top of a fast moving market, and another way to make greater profits.”

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