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  • #1,481
  • Jan 12, 2011 3:07pm Jan 12, 2011 3:07pm
Quoting LasVahGoose
So it want to trade news, go with a a different broker.
I wonder when will people get this.
  • #1,482
  • Jan 12, 2011 4:36pm Jan 12, 2011 4:36pm
Who said here anything about newstrading?

A position just stays open during news, you can't go around that.
I found a penny today. That's +100 pips for me.
  • #1,483
  • Jan 12, 2011 5:07pm Jan 12, 2011 5:07pm
Quoting Marv
I wonder when will people get this.
I got the different broker part.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #1,484
  • Jan 12, 2011 6:03pm Jan 12, 2011 6:03pm
Quoting The Fool
I got the different broker part.
lol
  • #1,485
  • Jan 12, 2011 6:44pm Jan 12, 2011 6:44pm
Quoting ReaM
I've used oanda for a month now and here is what I can say:

- Oanda fxtrade very often draws the wrong candle: an down candle instead of a an up candle.
- It often does not let me modify take profit, stop loss or trailing stopp. Not on the graph and not in the tabs window. I got stopped out on gold three times today, because of that. I then went into preferences and modified the default stoploss there.
- If TS and stopp are triggered at the same time, you get three error pop ups one after another. This is very annoying if you are on a different...

Call them and explain your situation! If they pawn you off to some third rate customer service rep, ask for their manager, if that doesn't help file a complaint with the CFTC & the NFA! Just make damn sure that you're in the right and they're in the wrong. Otherwise bite your tongue and take it on as tuition!

Personally, I've never had a problem with Oanda besides the occasional disconnect, but then again, I probably trade a lot less than most!
  • #1,486
  • Jan 13, 2011 1:14am Jan 13, 2011 1:14am
Quoting LasVahGoose
Oanda strongly discourages news trades. So it want to trade news, go with a a different broker.
So what will u do? Will u close trade before the new? Becoause they will hit your SL on news if they can. U dont need to trade news but if u have open positions u should be concerned. Like today AU(news) 30 pips spread, so everybody with SL at parity or lower is out even though the high on my other platform is jut 0.9971.
  • #1,487
  • Jan 13, 2011 2:13am Jan 13, 2011 2:13am
Quoting alter
So what will u do? Will u close trade before the new? Becoause they will hit your SL on news if they can. U dont need to trade news but if u have open positions u should be concerned. Like today AU(news) 30 pips spread, so everybody with SL at parity or lower is out even though the high on my other platform is jut 0.9971.
I just scratch my head on that issue and don't understand why people still complain about that. If this is a real problem, go on and move to another broker. I tried this as well and came back to Oanda again and again because other brokers do other stuff like requoting, heavy slippage or just just down during news.

I found my way of trading by just ignoring +/-30 pips. It just doesn't matter for me. Yes it's called long term trading and it took me years to accept the fact that intraday noise trading is much more difficult and more stressful than long term.
  • #1,488
  • Jan 13, 2011 2:23am Jan 13, 2011 2:23am
I just want to warn other people about some issues that they will have with Oanda. It is not complain it is the fact, check latest spreads on AU. I use also MBT and they had just 4 pips spread during the news.
Of course it is not bothering u as u dont use SL, but if u do u would be concerned (even if u use 100-200 pips).
  • #1,489
  • Jan 13, 2011 3:02am Jan 13, 2011 3:02am
high was at 0.9990 with Oanda, other brokers 9970-75.


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  • #1,490
  • Jan 13, 2011 5:26am Jan 13, 2011 5:26am
Quote
he kept on mentioning that oanda is a very small company and not reputable.

This is far from truth! Oanda is smaller than FXCM but it is huge! Can link to brokerage statistic if you don't believe me!
  • #1,491
  • Jan 13, 2011 1:06pm Jan 13, 2011 1:06pm
You know you just replied to a question from 2004 right?
  • #1,492
  • Jan 13, 2011 3:31pm Jan 13, 2011 3:31pm
Junior members tend to do just that!

I remember when I was a junior...that was long time ago.


By the way:

If you open Oanda's FxTrade with the Desktop Manager, how do you change the size of the first window? Seems to be another bug. Other windows resize without a problem or when opened through a browser.
I found a penny today. That's +100 pips for me.
  • #1,493
  • Jan 14, 2011 2:35pm Jan 14, 2011 2:35pm
There you go, bug from today on fxTrade Practice. It is only like 10 frames per second on that video, but in real time, it was jerking like crazy. Flash and Java are the worst things that happened to computer world.

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  • #1,494
  • Jan 14, 2011 3:14pm Jan 14, 2011 3:14pm
You simply have a shitty PC, that's all.
  • #1,495
  • Jan 14, 2011 3:35pm Jan 14, 2011 3:35pm
Quoting ReaM
There you go, bug from today on fxTrade Practice. It is only like 10 frames per second on that video, but in real time, it was jerking like crazy. Flash and Java are the worst things that happened to computer world.
It's FxGame not FxTrade Practice. I didn't experience any problems today with FxTrade.
  • #1,496
  • Edited 4:44pm Jan 14, 2011 4:32pm | Edited 4:44pm
No, I have windows i5 and imac i5, two computers. The bugs are not computer's fault.

I use both fxtrade and fxtrade practice, the latest one I posted happened on practice.

Edit: I could reproduce the bug from the video on live acc. The bug happens when I hit the mouse button on the side of the mouse over the scrolling bar on the bottom. Try it yourself, hit all mouse buttons while on the scrolling bar and slightly off it.

The first time it happened it was random, I was not hitting all mouse buttons.
But once the bug is there, only reconnect helps.


And the "most stupid reply award" goes to...
Quoting A_3
You simply have a shitty PC, that's all.
Platform based bugs must be present on both practice and live.
Quoting GulfCoastPip
It's FxGame not FxTrade Practice. I didn't experience any problems today with FxTrade.
I found a penny today. That's +100 pips for me.
  • #1,497
  • Jan 14, 2011 4:45pm Jan 14, 2011 4:45pm
Quoting ReaM
Edit: I could reproduce the bug from the video on live acc. The bug happens when I hit the mouse button on the side of the mouse over the scrolling bar on the bottom. Try it yourself, hit all mouse buttons while on the scrolling bar and slightly off it.

The first time it happened it was random, I was not hitting all mouse buttons.
But once the bug is there, only reconnect helps.
Nothing happens here. Well, the award for the most shitty PC configuration goes to ....
  • #1,498
  • Jan 14, 2011 5:30pm Jan 14, 2011 5:30pm
Quoting alter
So what will u do? Will u close trade before the new? Becoause they will hit your SL on news if they can. U dont need to trade news but if u have open positions u should be concerned. Like today AU(news) 30 pips spread, so everybody with SL at parity or lower is out even though the high on my other platform is jut 0.9971.
My stops are way far far away. They are disaster stops really. I put price alerts at areas of concern.

I trade on the higher time frames and have longer term targets, like 1000's of pips. So 30 pip spread or few hundred pips moves during a major news cycle don't really bother me. 30 pips on a daily time frame is just noise to me.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn
  • #1,499
  • Jan 14, 2011 5:47pm Jan 14, 2011 5:47pm
Quoting LasVahGoose
My stops are way far far away. They are disaster stops really. I put price alerts at areas of concern.

I trade on the higher time frames and have longer term targets, like 1000's of pips. So 30 pip spread or few hundred pips moves during a major news cycle don't really bother me. 30 pips on a daily time frame is just noise to me.
Well said
  • #1,500
  • Jan 15, 2011 6:25am Jan 15, 2011 6:25am
Quoting A_3
Nothing happens here. Well, the award for the most shitty PC configuration goes to ....
Tell me, what grade are you in? I told you the bug is reproducible on different computers. If you can't interpret this information, I don't know... go fishing!

Im gonna test it on a laptop, but the bug is still reproducable today.

By clicking with four mouse buttons on that little triangle that moves the time bar is bug is instantly reproduced. If you have 10 buttons on your mouse you can try them all too... I did not use the middle click.

Can someone please also test this bug??? Thank you! Becayse that thing happened to me when I was trading. I thought earth quake. But in exchange we get sunny weather in LA.

I have intelli 1.1se and magic mouse, obviously not possible on magic, does have two buttons.
I found a penny today. That's +100 pips for me.
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