Anyone else hitting major spreads on $EURUSD with these new prop firm brokers?

asked by u/yousef.saleh · 1d · 3 answers

Been with a couple of these prop firms lately, passing their evaluations is one thing, but then the live trading environment is a whole different beast. Not naming names, but the spreads on $EURUSD, especially during certain sessions, are consistently wider than what I'd consider reasonable for scalping or even short-term swing trading. It's eating into profitability pretty hard. Is this just the new normal with these firms' chosen brokerages, or am I just getting unlucky with the ones I'm picking? The execution seems fine, but those spreads make reaching targets a grind. What are you guys seeing out there?

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  • u/mariesmith· 1 pts· 1d

    It's almost as if some of these prop firms offer great conditions until you're actually trading with their money. Perhaps they're factoring in the cost of your future yacht into those wider spreads?

  • u/rafaelribeiro· 1 pts· 1d

    Yeah, I've definitely noticed that too. It makes those tighter scalping strategies almost impossible to execute profitably. Have you tried comparing their live spreads against an actual ECN broker just to see the difference?

  • u/putratanjung· 1 pts· 1d

    It's a common complaint with some prop firms. Have you tried comparing their live spreads against a standard retail broker's prime-time EURUSD spreads? Sometimes the difference isn't as dramatic as it feels, but other times it's quite clear.

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