The most important element in any DMA CFD traders arsenal is their trading platform as this is their connection to the market. May DMA CFD day traders and scalpers assume that their broker has the fastest market connectivity and trading engine behind their platform however unfortunately in reality there are some brokers that do not have the correct infrastructure to enable sub-second order execution into global exchanges.

As a CFD day trader or scalper it is critical to ensure that your DMA CFD broker has the fastest market connectivity possible. In many cases DMA CFD providers outsource their execution services to their prime broker, although this allows the DMA CFD provider to achieve cost efficiencies it does not always help you as a day trader. In-fact outsourcing CFD execution to a global investment bank may mean that your trades are routed through one of the main regional hubs being London, New York or Hong Kong before they appear as a filled order on your trading platform. Some global investment banks do however have localised infrastructure meaning that your orders are not sent around the world before they are executed, when choosing a DMA CFD provider it is important that you ask them whether their orders are routed locally or through their prime brokers global infrastructure as this will have a significant effect on the speed of your order execution.

Good market connectivity will ensure you can achieve fast order execution, however of course the other core component is the trading platform that you use. There are many trading platforms available to retail DMA CFD day traders and scalpers, however by far the most popular is the webIRESS platform. Many brokers are able to offer you the webIRESS platform however there are very few DMA CFD providers that are able to offer you the webIRESS plus trading platform which is faster than conventional webIRESS and offers split second order execution.

As a DMA CFD day trader is important to choose a CFD provider that can give you that CFD trading edge, before you start trading you should evaluate the pro’s and con’s of each CFD provider and download a few trading platforms to ensure that your CFD provider does in fact give you the CFD trader’s edge

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