Just Graduated the School of Pipsology, I’m from the UK and would appreciate if anyone else would be able to enlighten me to what the best UK Forex Brokers/Trading Platforms are?
I try to google this question however it shows me pages of Broker ads which are overwhelming.
A regulated broker is the first must.
IG would be my personal choice of UK broker and they have their own very user friendly platform and tick all the boxes.
TD365 are Australian with London offices - they have fixed spreads, also worth a look but their own platform is not as user friendly as IG.
P.S Congratulations on your graduation - you have started in the right place
absolutely essential, if UK-resident, to use a broker regulated by the FCA (many are)
i like Oanda, and one of their trading platforms (which they call “advanced charting”) is actually a white label version of the top subscription-level of TradingView, but free when used with an Oanda account - that’s actually a big plus!
but anything that avoids MetaTrader is some kind of “plus”, anyway
it’s very widely recommended by people who are not making a living from their trading
there are reasons for that
the Metatrader Corporation has also announced that MT4 is being phased out, and specifically that no more updates or maintenance etc. will be available for it
i’d say it’s popular with a high proportion of good retail traders (this is a really small group of people, though); more professional traders aren’t trading spot forex anyway
the same is doubtless also true of “CTrader” (also very good, and free)
but as mentioned above, anything that avoids MetaTrader is some kind of “plus”, anyway
I made a mistake. I’ve always thought the joined date meant the day we signed up for babypips. It’s only now that I realized that it means the day we joined the forums. Sorry about that.
Congrats on graduating the School of Pipsology in a month.
Alright, thanks for your warning, will should keep that in mind. I think we have to carefully choose brokers taking into consideration such subtle info too.