Dukascopy
The most highly rated forex broker I've found from weeks of searching forums and rating sites is Dukascopy (Geneva, Switzerland).
You really need to watch out where you research different brokers. There are more "fake" forums out there than real ones. They are each very biased to one broker over the other with tons of posts from people typing 5 messages in a row acting like different people.
I used a 2 month free trial of Tradestation to backtest my strategy and really liked the results. I wanted to use Tradestation as my analysis platform and brokerage until I read that they use GAIN Capital to clear their trades. Reviews for GAIN Capital were terrible so I was looking for someone else to do my trading with. Turns out most brokers have the same criticisms as GAIN in that they run your stops and deviate their pricing accordingly since they are all market makers themselves. Dukascopy links buyers and sellers in the interbank market and does not create the market, making them impartial to whether or not you make money or where the market goes. They make money on the fees only.
The only downside to Dukascopy is the minimum initial deposit of $10k. The minimum used to be $50k but they are temporarily letting you create an account with $10k.
If you have the money to deposit, Dukascopy is the place to be. (I am currently in the process of opening an account, I will let you know how it goes if you like)
Good luck with your search!
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