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Fortunately moved my trading to Global Trader. Use this site for SENS and charts. No prices in portfolio after 46 min. ALSI chart's volume a mess. So can't even use for basics anymore. If I see problems other formulites have with trading etc can't believe any clients left...
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my bags are packed me friend
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I use both, and have been using GT for about a year and a half (mainly only for trading the S&P and FTSE). What gets me about it is the costs - their spreads on their local equity SSFs are wider than those of SOT, and it can end up costing you a lot more ito costs (all depends though on how many contracts you trade) - I have also found that their charts aren't as great as they first appear, but they're free. Overall, I have found SOT far more reliable ...
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B_man
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Hi. I prefer the idealcfds.co.za platform to Global and Standard. Cost to me is not a problem. Reliability of data is what I want. Really worth your while to open a demo account and test it! Else phone Derick @ Ideal and he will sort you out. Regards Bartho.
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