Forex-брокер FXCM 5 лет играл против своих клиентов

OANDA trades against their own retail traders, they all do, except that OANDA owns a small bank and does their dirty business through them.

I currently use FXCM. 

Personally, I never observeded any shenanigans.  I can't really speak to the sub-penny, nanosecond resolution, but for the most part its been okay.

I can testify the following:

If your account has less the $4000 in it, the following applies:

1) you pay a $10.00 monthly maintenance fee; and you maintain your «no-dealing desk» status; you get access to exotic pairs like USDTRY, USDZAR, and USDCNH.

2) FXCM out-right states, «we will take opposing positions to your entries» (like any other bucket shop (i.e. you do deal with a dealing desk, aka a market-maker).

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Honestly, if you're in Forex, should this be a surprise to you that this stuff happens?  My only surprise is that the CFTC made a complaint about it.

Disclosure:  customer of FXCM for 7 years.

Having worked on the other side of the industry I'd need to write a book to reveal the stunts that spivs and con men like FXCM pull to rinse their clients, it's the same with spread betting firms in the uk such as CMC and IG. They're all not content with clients losing (and 80%+ do through poor decision making) they have to stiff them too. But the key issue is when the Swissie came off the Euro peg FXCM lost circa 200 million, thereby revealing their lies about being non dealing desk and using an ECN model. 

Сейчас FXCM не открывает счета россиянам