93403Invictus,Originally Posted by ;
Welcome to the forum. Your article, while intriguing, applies to virtually no one who frequents this forum. People here do not have million dollar accounts, access to Reuters or even Currenex, and do not have standing personal relationships with a particular bank. Apparently you do and I'm very happy for you. I'm sure you are a fantastic trader to, it's just that we are living in trading worlds that are various.
Comparing my days of power market making to Enron is not any more fair than comparing you to Forex. The good folks of Toronto did not seem to mind when I helped keep their power rates down for a couple of years by buying cheap power in the mid-Atlantic and sending it north to provide replacement power while your nuclear generating stations were offline for a protracted outage.
Yes, brokers are screwing us every day. But if you approach your daily trading routine thinking that your broker is your enemy and he's accountable to your trading losses you don't have a chance.
My only point is that you have to find a broker who you expect and can transact with or proceed to a different market or livelihood. The simple fact that you are more priviledged than the rest of us does not actually advance our cause.
Phil