1) How can you enable advanced compounding?
Advanced compounding is a new option that allows you to specify that a deposit's interest is to be strictly compounded, w/o access to it for income, for the standard 180 program. To enable it, go to the make deposit screen, and select either Alertpay or Wire Transfer, and type in a number that is at least $1000 into amount. This should enable the **Advanced compounding option in the dropdown for the compounding rate. That should be it. Now you can look forward to an additional 1% a day interest! Which has a multiplicative effect of 6 times, it would seem(!)

2) What are the best payment methods?
I prefer wire transfer, as it is very consistent and easy to do, and always shows up in my account. However, it is more expensive, I think $50 is charged by Swift, Macrotrade's provider for wire transfers. Also, wires require that you do transactions of not less than $1000 at a time. Good news is that MT allows placing wire transfers all week now, rather than just Mondays like they did before. Other then Wires, I would use AlertPay, they appear to have a very polished system. I've tried the others, like STP, and Liberty Reserve, and I think they leave a lot to be desired.

3) Anything worth avoiding? Yes! Don't do this accidentally, I did...
Be careful with deposits, if you want to make your deposit grow in size by making another deposit in the future, make sure not to add a brand new deposit using the 'deposit funds' page. Rather, go to the 'deposits' page, and in the list of deposits, click the right most '+add funds' under manage column, for the deposit you want to enlarge. This will allow adding more money to the existing deposit, so you can be closer to the next interest tier. I've made the mistake of doing it the other way, which there is no way out of other than wait until that smaller deposit, by itself, compounds to next tier, or until 180 days, whichever is first. The confusion starts with the fact that the 'account statistics' page shows the sum total of all deposits, as if they are one, and possibly treated as one. But if the deposits are separate, according to 'deposits' page, then the interest tiering will treat them as individual deposits, rather than one whole. In my case, I kept making deposits until I had a $10K total, and it showed as such. However, for the sake of interest, each of my 3 deposits was considered separate, and only able to achieve 1.7% each, not 2.0% for 10K altogether. Itsa too bad. I hope they can come up with a way to easily merge them, or clue folks into this, upfront. I'm losing out on $600 a month on what I thought would be automatic. Oh well, my loss, your gain ;)

4) Taking income on investment? Consider this important concept...
Prime the investment, if you can afford the time not to require the income. If you have the income bearing account, you might as well milk it. If you can at least let the account mature 2 to 3 months, before you begin to take income, you will be doubling the amount of income, or tripling, respectively. Then you may still have many months left and the principal from which you are earning has grown in 2-3 months, which greatly improves the income. Try and spend some time reviewing the 'compounding rocks' page and you may notice an interesting pattern with each different option and the growth rates of the principal, as well as the daily income. It tiz a beautiful thing ;)

5) MacroTrade Support says 24/7, but is it what you expect?
First off, folks, their office hours are London time, and they are likely the traditional 9-4ish hours for traders and banks. So let's not try to understand the 24/7 they pitch as, in the US sense, because what I think they really must mean, is the Internet sense of 24/7. What can I say. It's Macrotrade and it is owned by Forteco Trading, LLC. When I first joined, I could call these offices and get someone to answer on the first couple of rings. I understand they have been very busy lately, so you may just get voicemail. The actual 24/7 support may be just the chat line they have, and the FAQ and help sections. Technically that does qualify as 24/7 support. Yet I've also noticed that even posting trouble tickets won't necessarily get you a quick response. It can take days, sometimes, even weeks before they respond to an issue. Yes,I've experienced this too. Eventually, they do resolve your issues. I've been vetting this system since I signed up, and in all honesty, the rest of the meat and potatoes of the interest and payment system does work fine, as does the instant referral crediting, most of the time, but if you put in a polite support ticket, they will make the correction, eventually. Just be patient. The most important thing to consider no matter what little glitches, is that they do consistently pay, as I've done wire transfers of $1K+ at a time for 10+ weeks now, and they always arrive. I have made all of my money and then some, which I think is the most important fact to know. If support is a dealbreaker for you, I understand, but fortunately for me, it wasn't ;) SafeDepositary.com is the other company I consider tied with macrotrade.com as best high yield low risk investments. You might try their support out, if it means that much to you. I'll be covering them in more detail soon. Aloha!

6) Don't make this mistake with wire transfers at Macrotrade
If you have two separate deposits setup with Macrotrade because you want to have one that compounds, and one for income, or something like that, and you are using wire transfer option, for either Alertpay or direct to Macrotrade options, be sure to send separate wire transfers to fund them. If you attempt to combine them, the automated processing software doesn't communicate that on both sides of transaction, as you would have to specify 2 or more deposit IDs in the same wire transfer. This isn't a manual process with a person handling each wire. Sorry, just do one for each, it's more than worth it in the long run ;)

7) Be polite and maintain your composure with Macrotrade, if at all possible...
I realize for some folks from the USA that expect full on phone support 24/7 when a company has a banner ad that states such. I feel you on that, but at the same time, 24/7 internet support is what they mean. I'd agree, I prefer the instant or closer to instant support we can get over the phone with many US financial institutions, but this isn't one of them. Please, for your own sake, and an easy ticket to ride, don't blow it for yourself by being rude, if somewhere along the way you presume you are getting ripped off, because you can't get them on the phone immediately. First off, they are London time, probably 9-4ish office hours, their time. That is when you might possibly catch someone on the phone, and not an answering service. Macrotrade has a London call center, yet the company is headquartered in the Seychelles offshore zone, your wire banking is done via a bank in Australia, third party payment processors are in their respective countries, the website is hosted in the USA, etc. It is amazing how far around the globe this goes to make these investments. The online chat and FAQ/knowledgebase are available on their website 24/7. If their response times to your issues lag more than two weeks, it would be due to very high volume, as I know they are doing more business now than ever thanks to their good ranking and consistent payout. Just cool off and be patient, and they will take care of you. If you must talk to someone, email me at mr.macrotrade@gmail.com and we can arrange to chat over phone or person if you insist ;) Matt