Spreads, Execution and Swap rates

Spreads

Variable Spread: A variable spread is a spread that is not constant in value. A variable spread will expand and contract based on the market conditions and changes in liquidity. Normally as the market becomes volatile, a variable spread will become wider due to the fact that liquidity is becoming less and banks are less willing to grant executions at certain prices. Since FXSALT is a 100% Straight Thru Processing broker, traders enjoy the opportunity to execute directly on bank feeds, so if a price is available they will receive an execution at said price with no middleman or intervention whatsoever.

Order Execution

We do not operate with a “dealing desk” so all your trades are "straight through" processed to our liquidity providers who are all major global financial institutions. Below is a list of companies that we get liquidity pooled in from.

Swap Rates

Our swap rates (otherwise known as overnight debit / credit interest rates) can be viewed by right clicking on any category in the market watch column on the trading platform – then select “symbols” and once you have selected which category you are interested in then left click on “properties” to view the swap long or swap short rates