I trade both GFT and CMC live account
. GFT Dealbook 360 charting is far better and more professional than CMC NextGen platform.
. I have noticed GFT chart occasionly might have 0 to 1 second delay than CMC and Oanda.
. GFT Direct Order execution is good but Market Order execution is aweful. Unfortunately after the recent Dealbook 360 update, GFT changed the default order type from Direct Order to Market Order and even more unfortunate there is no easy way to open a Direct Order ticket (you have to type the symbol).
. There's a subtle difference between GFT and CMC's Market Order execution. For CMC, the price filled for a Market Order is a price AFTER the time you click the mouse button and BEFORE you get a confirmation say that the order is accepted. For GFT, you always get the price of the time when you see the confirmation. That means if the price moves in your favor after you have clicked the mouse button, on CMC you can see a profit right at the confirmation, but on GFT you always get a lose equal to the spead right at the confirmation. Anyway, if the market moved against you after you clicked the order you can see a bigger lose on CMC but on GFT it's always -spread.
. On GFT if you executed a Close Position command and didn't see a confirmatin (delay), never execute Close Postion command again otherwise you may get a position in opposite direction.