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nanningbob » Sun Dec 09, 2018 10:23 pm wrote:Any updates on brokers accepting usa clients?
I have been asked to code stuff for OANDA clients - http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 37#p165237

Not sure if it helps. One of the reasons I am glad to be a UK citizen. Anything else you need, just ask.

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Afterprime is the official SHF broker. Read about them at https://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=175790#p175790.

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The coding especially for the US residents has definitely helped me and I appreciate it. Without it we are limited much more...this is not complete freedom, but it makes a significant difference, your work is making trading better.
Thanks again!
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nanningbob » Sun Dec 09, 2018 4:23 pm wrote:Any updates on brokers accepting usa clients?
For this past 9 months I have been using TurnkeyFX (UK) with Finpro Trading, in the UK. They seem okay, though I haven't withdrawn any money yet. My few interactions with them, when I first started, seemed to be positive. Here are the reviews that set me on their path. https://www.forexpeacearmy.com/forex-re ... rading.com
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Well, I seem to have been bitten in the ass. My finpro trading account has doubled in this year and I was feeling pretty good about it. 2 days ago I got a notice saying that finpro has been absorbed by coinexx. That's my first red flag. The second issue I see is that Coinexx only trades in Bitcoin. Jeez, I have no idea how to setup a Bitcoin wallet and turn that at to real money. Also, I really didn't want to withdraw any funds at all but here I am. It's really shaky that they did this all of a sudden without any advance warning to their customers. Oh how I wish I could use Global Prime.
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Ah, bring back the good old days before Dodd-Frank when we were free to open fx accounts where we wished :|

I'm thinking that at some point I will set up an offshore corporate entity just so I can trade Global Prime.
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The criminals are at it again. I had been using Finpro and they seemed okay, however I never withdrew any funds, just letting gains ride to build my account. I received an email a couple of days ago informing me that Finpro has been acquired by Coinexx, effective Christmas Day. https://coinexx.com/ I think this really sucks that no advance notice was given that an acquisition happening. I have no choice in the matter. Apparently they are located in the Carribean.

Looking at Forex Peace Army and Myfxbook , the reviews for Coinexx don't be seem to be to bad.
https://www.myfxbook.com/en/reviews/bro ... /1626413,1
However, they only do their in-and-out transactions in Bitcoin. I have absolutely no experience with cryptocurrency nor am I interested in it. I guess what I'm going to do is to find another broker that I can use that will accept BTC but will disperse funds in USD, cash out my account with Coinexx and get it over to the new broker. I'm looking at the variability in prices for Bitcoin right now and it's really something I don't want to get involved with. This really sucks. Maybe Tradersway?
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I also posted this on FPA.

I just completed a large (for me) transaction with coinexx.com and thought I’d pass along my experience.

About a year ago, I opened an account with Finpro trading. I guess they were based out of the UK. I started with a $3,000 and I never did take any withdrawals from this account. I was fine with them, but since I never made a withdrawal they were still unproven for me. My account steadily increased over time time and by the end of December my account equity was around $6,000. Then, right after Christmas, I got the notification that my account had suddenly been transferred to Coinexx. A real WTF moment, as there was no advance notice that this was going to happen with no options offered.

The other thing that I didn't like, was that all additions and withdrawals would be made in cryptocurrency and I had absolutely no experience with that form of money. Also, they had a continuing problem with their website getting their dashboard working properly, which didn’t seem very professional.

So, even though my account continued to grow there were several things about Coinexx that made me quite nervous. As others have said, the fact there is no address, no country, no phone number, no point of contact other than a chat and an email address, made me quite nervous. I mean, this place could disappear off the face of the Earth and what are you to do? There would be no chance of recourse. So, I decided to get set up to withdraw my funds. As I learned about how to navigate in the Bitcoin world, I first did an initial transaction and pulled $50 out of my Coinexx account, had it delivered to a newly created wallet, then sent it to a currency exchange and finally had a bit of money placed back into my personal checking account to prove I had at least a newbies grasp of the system. So far, so good.

I held on to my account for another week or two then decided it was time to ease my mind, close out, and go somewhere else. So I went to the Coinexx site and made the withdrawal for 7,000 USD to add to my crypto wallet. On the Coinexx site, they say there is a 24 to 48-hour time frame for the transaction to be approved. At the 24-hour mark, I contacted Coinexx via chat just to make sure that everything was in order and there wouldn't be any surprises. They assured me that all was right with the world. So far, so good.

So after about 36 hours passed I was pleased to find the transaction happened and the $7,000 was in my wallet. After the money showed up in my account, it took about seven or eight hours for the pending notice to go away and finally the money is there to do with as I please. So, it all was as it should be, but it was just too much of a risk for me to keep that money in there, with basically an unknown, unknowable, untraceable organization. So, as far as doing what they said they were going to do, I have to give them a thumbs up, they did come through. However, IMHO they need to spend some time establishing themselves as a real organization.

So now, I have SPB set up on TradersWay. :roll:
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Oh Sam, I know this is no use to you but yet again I breathe a huge sigh of relief for the existence of Global Prime.

All I can do is wish you and your US compatriots the best of luck.

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Read the effing manual, ok?

Afterprime is the official SHF broker. Read about them at https://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=175790#p175790.

I still suffer from OCCD. Good thing, really.

Anyone here feeling generous? My paypal account is always in the market for a tiny donation. pianodoodler@hotmail.com is the account.

To see The Weekly Roundup of stuff you guys might have missed Click here

My special thanks to Thomas (tomele) for all the incredible work he does here.
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So TradersWay is the best option for US traders these days?

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I've been using both FXchoice and Tradersway for a few years now with no issues.
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