carlvan

If you are not sure about your fx broker reliability, trade futures. Personnally I trade both Fx and futures and, actually, more and more on forex directly rather than futures. Why? 1. Because my broker (saxobank) uses very tight spread often no more than 1-2 pips on major pairs, so no difference with futures 2. Because, and that might be my main reason, with forex I can really have a better entry and exit management: example, I choose to enter with 150,000 EURUSD then will exit at such level with 75,000, then if lucky another 50,000 at a higher level (long position), etc. I can't do this with futures: with those I am obliged to buy/sell a round number of lots. For those willing to "bet" large it is ok but.... Additional note: I tend to definitely avoid news release time for trading both Fx and Fx futures...