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Contrarian
01 Feb 11 16:18
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If you open an platinum account (requires a £5k balance) with the above, apparently you can trade at zero spread on FTSE, USD/Euro, etc.

I don't really understand what is in it for them. Or am I missing something?

Cheers.
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Report Mr Magoo February 2, 2011 1:41 PM GMT
That does seem a bit too good to be true. Perhaps they are very 'selective' about the prices they return when you execute a buy/sell order?
Or maybe they make some money on the rollover of positions?
Report jonster111 February 2, 2011 4:17 PM GMT
They do this to attract more people and they do not hedge these bets. If you start trading larger amounts you start to get refer to dealer and this also happens if you win.  They realise that most people lose and so they do this like a traditional bookmaker and actually make more profit the hedging obviously. No good if you are a serious trader as you cant get anything matched - way to slow.
Report Contrarian February 2, 2011 4:23 PM GMT
Thanks jonster.

I suspected that that might be the case.
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