ETX ARE UP THERE WITH THE OTHER RELIABLE PLATFORMS. BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WHICH I FIND ANNOYING AND FRUSTRATING. MOST OF IT COMES DOWN TO TECHNOLOGY (DOESN'T EVERYTHING!) AND I THINK A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE WOULD MAKE FOR AN EVEN BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR THE AVERAGE TRADER. FIRST OFF THE BAT, THAT BLACK BACKGROUND!! NOW, ITS TRUE THAT I'M ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 30, BUT THAT BLACK BACKGROUND CAN BE SO ANNOYING, ESPECIALLY ON MOBILE DEVICES, WHERE THE SCREEN DETAILS CAN BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO READ IN ALL BUT THE PERFECTLY LIT ENVIRONMENT. IF THERE'S A WAY TO CHANGE IT, I HAVEN'T FOUND IT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMEONES BRIGHT(?) IDEA FOR NO APPARENT REASON. GOD KNOWS HOW WE'VE MANAGED ALL THESE YEARS WITH BLACK WRITING ON WHITE PAPER, WHICH, BIZARRELY SEEMS SO EASY TO SEE!! TRADERS DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHECK MARGINS EVERY TIME THEY MAKE A TRADE!! AGAIN, ON A MOBILE DEVICE, THIS CAN BE CHALLENGING ENOUGH IN ITSELF. WHY NOT PUT AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS IN PLACE THAT GIVE AN INSTANT ERROR MESSAGE IF YOUR TRADE WONT BE FILLED DUE TO MARGIN REQUIREMENTS. COME ON, ITS NOT THAT HARD TO DO. ONE NOTABLE PLATFORM (**, PUT YOUR GUESS HERE) HAS ALWAYS HAD THAT FUNCTION. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS WHERE MY TRADES WERN'T PLACED AND ITS VERY FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE 'TRADE' GOING YOUR WAY, ONLY TO FIND AN EMAIL WAITING FOR YOU A FEW MINUTES LATER, SAYING THAT YOUR TRADE GOT PULLED. AGAIN, A VERY SIMPLE TECHY ADJUSTMENT. FINALLY, FOR NOW, I DONT SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING ABOUT WHO I AM OR WHERE MY WITHDRAWALS ARE GOING, IF I DECIDE TO TAKE FUNDS OUT. ETX HAVE A FAIRLY ROBUST METHOD OF OPENING ACCOUNTS WITH INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT SHOULD BE QUITE SUFFICIENT WHEN IT COMES TO WITHDRAWALS. IF ITS NOT, THEN ADD FURTHER SCRUTINY TO THE ACCOUNT-OPENING PROCEDURE. I DO OBJECT TO HAVING TO PROVE THAT THIS IS MY BANK ACCOUNT, WHEN ITS ALREADY BEEN USED TO FUND MY ETX ACCOUNT!! come on people!! sort it out! AND FINALLY, FINALLY, FOR ALL THE ABOVE, I SHALL CONTINUE TO USE ETX AS MY PREFERED SB PLATFORM. THE SPREADS ARE BETTER AND THERE IS CLARITY ABOUT THE WAY THE SITE WORKS (MOSTLY) HOPE YOU FOUND THIS USEFUL ZANTEAN