Thread: List of all forex liquidity providers?

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quote Have a peek at the 11 threads he started. He really only wanted to understand which broker to use for trading news events with the smallest disperse and slippage, and accept U.S. clients. But instead of asking a question that was straight so many troll threads were started by him with no purpose. What's the purpose of knowing the listing of ALL Currency Market liquidity providers? Anyone who works in a bank treasury department can send him a spreadsheet from their Oracle database with an inventory of 100s of financial institutions requiring order flow. However, is there a true...

yeah there's. I desired to know so that I could look into it when researching brokers so that I could have access to places and so give myself the many choices for liquidity and getting my orders put.

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quote I found this list on forexmagnates (I see a lot of them to get a very first time): Finest FX Liquidity Provider Boston Prime LMAX Saxo Bank FXCM MBTrading Citi SBI GKGOH FCStone Lucid Markets ADS Securities ABN Amro BNP Nomura GSA CapitalI guess, LMAX can be also liquidity supplier, it doesn't matter, it is not a bank. It is possible to still have STP link to it, and receive your liquidity from it.

Once we talk about LPs as quoted in the list above their are a couple of different forms...

prime of prime (PoP) - a broker using a balance sheet that functions as a credit intermediary for different brokers, i.e. they have a prime brokerage arrangement with a tier one, they possess the give up arrangements with several liquidity providers that are banks, non banks, hedge funds, etc..

These are not actual LPs, they are just middle men. The advantage of a middle man is that a balance sheet guarantees more give ups (more liquidity), usually higher volumes that means better spreads and commissions...

This could be;Boston Prime LMAX FXCM MBTrading FCStone ADS Securities GKGOH (who. . ?) SBI (. . ??) Saxo Bank Then there's non banks, similar to men as they will take they risk, make money off it and move it on. All these are the guys who help to keep spreads tight through news announcements. I see them_0_EXTENSION Capital Lucid Markets
Then we've got actual liquidity suppliers, banks that warehouse risk and accept your trades when EURUSD is falling like a rock and everybody else has run for cover. When you see 10, 5, 550M sitting at the depth it is these guys.Citi ABN Amro BNP Nomura Does one of the above matter? Not a bit. The above list broke down because im a bit. .

Worry about trading not LPs. If you are spending time worrying about LPs you're either amazingly good and no one needs your flow or you do not understand how the market operates and exactly what your searching for doesn't really exist (probably).

May I know liquidity providers make money in Forex trading?

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May I know how liquidity providers make money in Forex trading?

By producing prices and making the disperse.

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quote by making prices and making the spread.

I find, will the liquidity suppliers loss cash?

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quote I see, will the liquidity providers loss money?

Liquidity providers these days internalise the flow and currency game.
Once the vulnerability gets to large they'll supercharge the risk into the wholesale market.

Yes Liquidity providers can eliminate money if they price too tight or get run over by competitive client algo's.

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quote Liquidity providers these days internalise the flow and currency match. When the exposure gets to large they'll supercharge the risk to the wholesale market. Liquidity providers can drop money if they price too tight or have run over by customer algo's.

Thanks for pointing that.
Now I know liquidity providers take risk too, just like us as a trader.
Since traders like us can choose the very best currency pairs to trade during the ideal time but money providers don't have any choice, they just accept what are send to them, I am curious which side having the bigger risk, trader like us or liquidity providers?

Or, in other words, which side loss more income?
I'm wondering, if the liquidity providers loss money why they still in this enterprise.

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quote Thank You for pointing out that. We know liquidity providers take risk like us as a trader. Since traders like us can select the very best currency pairs to trade at the time but money providers have no choice, they just accept what are send to them, I am curious which side with the risk, trader like us liquidity providers? Or, in other words, which unwanted loss more money? If the liquidity providers loss cash they still in this business, I am wondering.

Liquidity providers may lose 1 day but they have deeper pockets and they will be back the next.
Individual punters might not have that luxury and are unable to keep in the game.
Here lies the lesson. . Its critical that you maintain yourself throw one roll of the dice.
Slow and steady wins the race within this fast pace environment.

Good luck

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quote Liquidity providers can shed 1 day but they have deeper pockets and they'll be back the next. Punters that are person cannot stay in the match and might not have that luxury. The lesson is. . Its critical that you keep yourself at the game and not throw one big roll of the dice. Slow and steady wins the race in this fast pace atmosphere. Good luck

Yeah, know, slow and steady.

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quote Integral is a software technology company that aggregates prices from banks and non banks. To join you need a prime broker or any person who offers credit to enable the system as they are not a broker perse. Customers like Axitrader give you access to Integrals aggregated liquidity pool. Lmax is an exchange fashion broker.

Hi, Could you please clarify what's the exchange-style broker?

When I understood your explanation, Integral is the ECN, is that right? What do you believe when you say they need credit because of their sytem to operate, do not they match orders for various banks/organizations?

BTW, have you got any idea where I can find information to really dwell into how the entire FX market infrastructure functions? E.g. who are tier 1, tier two, e.t.c. providers? What are brokers like LMAX? Where the entire sheme eventually ends-up with - who's the last risk-taker?

Thanks!