I'm a beginner and started with the demo account. Now I have a small forex account trading 1000 lots. Experience has been fine so far. I especially like the customer service, and trade statistics and download capabilities.
I believe TastyFX is the top broker for me. The spreads are the best for US traders, and they also rebate (and have done so for me!) on spreads based on volume of trades. I really like the TradingView interface and using TastyFX to analyze my trades for any time frame I choose. I have no issue with stability, trade executions, or reporting at all. The only things that keep me from rating a 5 are trailing stops and no copy trading with TradingView. I REALLY need a trade copier! I use it now on the MT4 platform with TastyFX, but MT4 is clunky and it adds steps to my trading. TastyFX is the best for US based FOREX traders in my opinion.
Great broker but I don't like that you can't submit two pending orders simultaneously like other brokers, due to each order requiring separate margin requirements. I trade breakouts of a range on either side, long or short. For me to efficiently trade my strategy, I prefer to set bracket orders for when price chooses a direction to break out of. Once price breaks out of one direction fills my order, I cancel the other order. Other brokers don't restrict based on margin requirement for orders that have not filled yet. Hopefully they consider lifting this restriction in the future.
Easy to use platform, but may need a little more details, and a couple more features for the graphs. Besides that AWESOME
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Volume data was integrated shortly after my last review. However, I will not be able to update the Stars since the following issue remains: I am constantly having to log back into my account [TFX] throughout the day when using TradingView [TV]. This is very inconvenient, especially when using timeframes shorter than the Daily. Once I set up my positions all I'm doing is checking in, and, I'm busy outside of trading. Having to log back into my TFX account just about every time I sit down to the charts is at least annoying. I really appreciate the integrity of IG/TastyFX, as compared to most all other USA brokers, but IG should already understand how important workflow is to long-term success in this game. This is not the only review pointing out this issue with TFX and TV, so my hope is that this has already been identified as an issue and is being worked on.
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It makes sense why people lean towards sketchy unregulated brokers. I do enjoy TastyFX for its ease of use, simple and quick deposit methods, and easy setup. Especially being able to trade directly on the TV chart. But unfortunately the data is the worst I have ever seen. The price data on the TastyFx app chart versus the trading view data does not match and can range between a 4-12 pip difference (not counting for spread yet), causing the trader to have to hope they execute perfectly each trade. Min. SL settings are inaccurate with orders being rejected stating the min SL is not set, even though it is. I have noticed if the spray is higher than 1.6. you won't be able to trade because it will state your SL is too close, even if it is at the minimum level. Tradingview alerts will trigger and sound WAY before price is near your alert level, I have noticed delays as long as 10 seconds, causing traders to hesitate or get a false signal to enter. When executing a trade, again, even if the spread is 1, your entry might by 1.3 pips away from your execution price, as an example, causing immediate unplanned drawdown. As stated earlier, trading directly on the TV chart is your best shot at getting a good entry. Executing on the TastyFX webpage or the app will never give you accurate trading entries due to missing data and delays. I have not had an issue like this with any other broker I have used in the past. I will continue to educate myself on this broker but may switch to a broker with more transparent and consistent market making data.
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Not a great experience so far, The TastyFX charts are broken, with missing candles in between, and TradingView support isn’t very helpful.
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Easy to use and low spreads
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Not very good charting options.
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Frequently gets disconnected in TradingView, slow execution.
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no trailing stop on trading view integration also would like to have a trailng take profit akin to kraken pro's trailing take profits other than that great platform
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Spreads starting at 0.8 pips
Cashback Rebates up to 15% for trading qualifying amounts of volume in a given month
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