Yes
But of recent months the spread on the Euro has deteriorated again which is disappointing.
Anyone using GoMarkets as I signed up with demo/live account and find everything great so far.
No delays, fast execution
Reasonable spreads with option to have really small spreads
Free annual licence for Autochart & myfx
$300 trading money for $3k live account
GMT+2 server close
STP no dealing desk not market maker
I see these some less favourable comments, but notice they were some time back
so hope things are changed.
SevenFX
I just started trading again with GO Markets. They have just moved to 5 day charts. Spreads are good and execution times are now a lot better and no more crazy slippage like last year. I'm a happy client again.
An age old question and a very contentious topic. One thing I can say for sure is 'things' will change with a live account whether that be with you and your emotions or live trading itself with different data feeds, spreads, slippage, liquidity fluctuations and so on. In theory they shouldn't.Do things change dramatically as soon as you trade with real money?
I've used them before for MT4 trading... they were one of the better ones around. Very helpful and they are Aus based.
I was genuinely surprised when I read your post regarding the claim to being "Aus based". I even had a quick look on their website and was further astounded to see them making a similar claim.
Prior to this day, I could have almost sworn that Go Markets Pty Ltd was owned by a UK parent.
Was I mistaken?
Hey everyone,
Does anyone here use Go Markets as an fx broker and if so, could you shed some light on the pro's/con's of their service?
Currently with Oanda however I'm not a fan of their withdrawal fees and would much prefer an MT4 platform. Also the ability to trade other instruments with GM is appealing.
I dug up an older thread about them here but that went off-topic pretty quickly and was a few months old, so just interested in hearing fresh new opinions.
In particular, I'm interested in hearing about things like execution time/slippage, reliability, average deposit/withdrawal times, customer support etc.
Cheers,
dhruv
I have been with Go for just over a week now and have had no (major) problems. At about 14:00 each day I get a very short interruption to my connection through MT4, the cause remains unresolved but it has not affected my trading, yet. I have been trading using an EA which places many trades, sometimes in very rapid succession, without requote. I have only been trading microlots but each trade is executed within expectations, I have even had some slippage go my way!
I have sent a couple or emails to their support and had prompt replies; I have spoken on the telephone with their staff in sales, accounts and support (they might all be one group) and they were all knowledgeable and helpful.
Funding your account can be a little slow if you choose bank transfer, BPay etc. The fastest way is to use a credit card through PayPal (or just use your PayPal account) but their accounts people only work during "office" hours so it is not always possible to have newly-deposited funds immediately available for trading. The same can be said for the withdrawals: fastest if made at a reasonable time during office hours (you still need to fax them the withdrawal authorisation - - allegedly if regulatory rules change (in the near future?) this requirement will be abandoned in favour of electronic authorisation?) The delays were similar to the delays with my previous U.S. broker.
Spreads on the major fx pairs are pretty competitive; the spreads on some of the other pairs are not so. As with any broker, choose your universe carefully.
My high risk system took a battering (twice) in its first week of existence with this new broker, but I can say that the zero-balance protection kicked in when the EA went "berserk" without supervision (two 200+ point swings in a week will do that to this system, it's a fact of life) but as I said the broker's protection system worked like it should.
So far, after a very short evaluation period, I have only good things to say about Go Markets and their MT4 provided platform. If there is more to say in the future, I will let you know.
Hope this helps.
wabbit
Hi,
I don't trade with GO anymore but I know they are Oz based as I know someone who works for their sales team in Melbourne. They have offices on the top floor of one of the highest buildings in Melbourne. They must be making money somehow
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