I read through the stuff on Oanda and fxcm. I know Oandas spreads get rediculas during low liquity and news but other than that I know they did alot of upgrading to their platform since some of those post,as far as fxcm,I've experienced a lot of the problems mentioned ..thats why I d pick Oanda over fxcm..but help-me on this board also could give you some direction to a meta trader platform..
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