Hi ! Spread of 35 ! You should never trade this strategy with that level of spread (USD/CAD should be around 0.5 after LO) Best advice : Run out of your current broker.

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MMmmmm do you know your spread at this moment ? My order was executed 38 sec after LO and "all was green" at 138.997 (I guess with a little slippage), and TP at 139.050 9:51 after LO This is my 1 min chart : image You don´t see the execution arrow ...

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bad setup indeed The first entry was 139.00 at London Open (LO in my chart) and it was TP 5 image

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Thanks Alec for your feedback. I am still learning .. and I am wondering what you mean by " 1H Demand level just under the target" This is what I saw at when I dropped my pending order ADR 93 Rmddow 82 All trend down image

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Hello all ! This is my first post here, but I am a bit surprised to be the only one with a GU GU TP image

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Hi Doc, Same issue for me with a PA=55 but I have preserved my capital thanks to the OCO=False image

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Thanks MM, In my case, it is the spread who killed my trade... around 150 at news times For NFP, I usually trade U/J. Take care

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Oooops ! AUD CPI QoQ ... and trimmed. looks like the trimmed had a lot of influence. Horrible result : Spread up to 150 , slippage 4 to 15 image My settings : AUDUSD PointsAway=50; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=450; SL=50; NYear=2014; NMonth=7; ...

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I had 11 pips with ThinkForex with the same pair (UJ). I am a bit pissed off

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Hi Price, check your journal tab. Explanation should be there : Ctr+T to show the terminal then click on "Journal" tab

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Same thought for me . Thanks for sharing DrBBMM , I greatly appreciated. In between, what "THX" stand for ? it is a broker ?

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You set the maxspread to 60 which is too low (Spread goes up to 134 according your log.. "2014.05.30 15:30:01 MaxSpread Exceeded, MaxSpread: 60 Spread : 134".). So the EA is stopping. I ll recommend you to put 110 (default) or 0 if you do not want ...

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Hi SaliLyfee. I like your news system It is a windows applet ?

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Live of course. I also straddle the news with Amazing EA, so I am very sensitive to spread/slippage.

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Thanks for the advice. Wanna consider Oanda then. I also record everything now . I had no slippage | low spread with both Thinkforex & Axitrader today during "CPI Flash Estimate" .. Happy

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Hi Electry, Thanks for sharing. Are you happy with Pepperstone for straddling ?? I am currently testing Thinkforex and Axitrader with same settings. For the moment, Axitrader is providing lower spread, but I am considering checking another broker ...

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Hi Alan, Hi all, I know that Alan is not recommended to trade employement news. I tried to catch few pips in a UK Claimant Count this morning with 0.1 lots and short trailing stop. It was not a great success as the broker I used (Thinkforex Pro Live ...

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Hi Doc, Thanks for sharing It is always usefull. Nevertheless, I am wondering why you keep OCO = true ? In case of a Spike reverse, you should get benefit of the second order (and limit your lost)

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I currently use GFT UK. I believe I also have the worst slippage rate : 39 PIPS slippage with AUDUSD pair I am also looking for a new brooker

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