My experience with Synergy,i lost 5 times my initial balance ,when the swiss dropped - they are now actively seeking payment of this amount and threatening legal action. They are also portraying themselves as the good guys by saying they have a new Hybrid product , as the famous saying from "F" Troop says " Beware of Man with forked tongue". These guys want it both ways, screw the clients, eg: no forgiving of negative balances, don't send out margin call notices, take over 55 minutes to close out trades when stop loss orders are being instigated every millisecond ( when another Aussie broker , got me out in less than 5 minutes???) and then tell the market they have a new product that is the solution to every retail traders dream. Listening to Christians explanation of "Why: this is , is poetry in motion. he should be selling used cars. I cant comment on IC brokers , but i can say that i also had other accounts with Pepperstone and Axi and they got me out with no negative balance, i lost substantially but didn't end up with a negative balance like i did at Synergy. Please now watch for the long long explanation from Synergy about why this is , why they are the good guys , and why every other broker isn't functioning on the real market, like they are - if this happens again having an account with Synergy will not save you , Hybrid or no Hybrid.