FXCM Differences When IBFX sold their MT4 platform users to FXCM, it created a few changes to be aware of. These changes are not related to the MT4 platform, but the brokers themselves. There are 2 main differences between the currency brokers of FXCM and IBFX. The first difference is that you are dealing with a standard account with FXCM. With IBFX, you had a choice of using a standard account or a mini account. Remember that in a standard account, 1 lot size is equal to $100,000 worth of […]

The strengthening of the US Dollar (USD) has really flattened out and now seems to be stuck in a range. After hitting its high point at the first of the month, the USD has not come close to that high. We are not at a point where we could say the USD is weakening enough to look at a reversal in trend. There are many considerations when looking at a change in trend. A simple method we have mentioned before is a crossover in the moving averages. Some pairs have […]