In that case, you may wish to simply move your stop further away so you're not "artificially" taken out of your trade. The wide spreads vary on the pairs as well, whereas the EUR may be 10 and the GBP 20 during the most volatile news events. You ...

Oanda users - Oanda widening spreads

The spreads only widen for a minute or two. I deal with it by waiting for them to return to normal before I enter any trades. Not sure how I understand, if you're a swing trader, the widening of spreads around news time will hurt you? You should be ...

Oanda users - Oanda widening spreads

I guess you haven't actually compared the prices to an ECN cause if you had, you'd see your theory is false and certainly doesn't account for the fact that there are many different styles of trading. Which leads to the point Ado made - how would ...

OANDA Discussion

0.9 is a great spread on the EUR. The thing with Oanda that you will find, is often times your entry or exit, will be 1 pip in your favor. That happens just as much as getting 1 pip worse. I don't believe Oanda is playing any "tricks" on people. ...

OANDA Discussion

I experience disconnects with EFX way more than I do with Oanda.

Is Oanda good for 10-20 lots scalping?

My platform (not beta) must have disconnected 10+ times from the quote server this morning. I closed the platform and restarted it multiple times and experienced the same thing. Also, the quotes were lagging, which I suppose was a result of the ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

My EFX platform (live) as been disconnecting all morning. Very unstable.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Twice today, during fast price action, my EFX platform went offline. It starts with the quotes freezing. This seems to happen quite a bit. Why has this never been fixed?

EFX, Why will you choose them ?

What are you guys defining as scalping? 1 pips moves or just getting in and out of a trade within a certain period of time, say, 2min?

Real Scalping, Impossible?

What are the complaints you are hearing?

Oanda large accounts

2.08 pips PLUS the spread which I see fluctuates between 1-3 pips. And the scenario of always being able to trade between the spread to eliminate it, is good advertising but not a reality for every single trade, especially in a fast moving market. ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

and at 2:42am on a Sunday morning you're expecting to be able to close your positions at MB Trading?

Oanda Server Troubles?

I think this is a great idea if you are trading 60min and up charts, trying to catch major trends that you hold for a long time. It's not a technique that works good with scalping or intraday trading. I think the best bet is to use your full lot ...

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side

Thanks!

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I never keep track of pips. They don't pay the bills. The only thing that matters to me is my P/L at the end of the day. As long as it's black, I'm heading in the right direction. In fact, I've had days where my pip total was a negative number yet I ...

How many pips does a "successful" trader collect weekly?

The problems I think most beginners face is using way too many indicators. I've seen charts that have more lines on them than my 4 year old is capable of drawing. Humans have a funny way of needing/wanting to make things complicated to make ...

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side

I understand your logic however not sure I completely agree. What sort of trading are your traders involved in...scalpers, just a few a day, swing, etc?

Slippage Study

Can you explain why you would be exposed to wide slippage and what your definition of "wide" is? I can understand during times such as news but under normal conditions I've never had a problem using market orders.

Slippage Study

Justin - I would love to know if you guys ever plan on lowering your commission? I like what you guys are doing but it's just too expensive to trade with you guys, especially for an active trader - 20-30 RT trades a day. The irony is that your ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Because within that one swing trade, there are many trades going both ways. You just need to know what to look for. I can catch the beginning, get out and short the retrace, then get back in long as the trend continues, etc. There is no right/wrong ...

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side