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  • #4,721
  • Apr 4, 2016 5:15pm Apr 4, 2016 5:15pm
Hi Traders,

Sorry I've been a little MIA recently, but we've been working on many new features and improvements to our offering, including the advanced charting (mentioned above) and a new platform partner: https://leaprate.com/2016/04/cqg-par...us-fx-trading/

Advanced FxTrade Charting: http://pages.oanda.com/2016-02_Java-...m-Updates.html
- The advanced charting feature is by no means in it's final state. Trading from the chart etc is slated for a little later this year. Advanced order types are on the way as well. Stay tuned. You can get a preview through FXTrade download, or at app.oanda.com.

New Platform: http://www.cqg.com/products/cqg-fx/c...ee-trial/oanda
- The new platform strengthens our platform offerings by introducing CQG FX for US customers, and will allow advanced order types like Buy stop triggers on BID/ Sell Stop triggers on ASK.

Cheers,
Disclaimer: Leveraged trading is high risk. Losses could exceed investment.
  • #4,722
  • Apr 5, 2016 11:51am Apr 5, 2016 11:51am
Anybody knows if it is a way to trade smaller than 1000 units from MT4?

I don't understan why Oanda don't offer this option, only on FXTrade
  • #4,723
  • Apr 6, 2016 3:25pm Apr 6, 2016 3:25pm
Quoting BermeoFX
Anybody knows if it is a way to trade smaller than 1000 units from MT4? I don't understan why Oanda don't offer this option, only on FXTrade
Hi BermeoFX,

Unfortunately MT4 can only support micro lots as the smallest size.

Free platforms using units:

FxTrade: https://www.oanda.com/forex-trading/...trade-platform

CQG FX: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...e/products/cqg

Paid platforms using units:

MultiCharts: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...ts/multicharts

MotiveWave: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...cts/motivewave
Disclaimer: Leveraged trading is high risk. Losses could exceed investment.
  • #4,724
  • Apr 7, 2016 2:50pm Apr 7, 2016 2:50pm
Quoting OANDARep
{quote} Hi BermeoFX, Unfortunately MT4 can only support micro lots as the smallest size. Free platforms using units: FxTrade: https://www.oanda.com/forex-trading/...trade-platform CQG FX: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...e/products/cqg Paid platforms using units: MultiCharts: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...ts/multicharts MotiveWave: http://marketplace.oanda.com/collect...cts/motivewave

Thanks for the info but I think It's not the solution to my problem . I want to run a EA programed in MT4 and I dont want to convert it to other language. I'll continue searching another solution . thanks
  • #4,725
  • May 1, 2016 3:14am May 1, 2016 3:14am
Hi Oanda I am from NZ, I want to open an account. Why is there no NZ option under the country of residence?
  • #4,726
  • Edited 11:22am May 3, 2016 10:58am | Edited 11:22am
Hi, ever wondered about Oandas balance updates? here is a screenshot i took from the new quater. i highlighted important things like time and profit and balance that Oanda took or sometimes gives. And i blurred account information.

i'm not happy about that

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and btw, if you are not from the US and "hedge" on mt4, it might happen that Oanda closes the whole position, even if you only want to close that 1 trade in profit, so you end up in a loss. Regarding to Oanda's "simulated hedging" .. I'm quoting: "OANDA assumes no liability for loss attributable to forex & CFD trading activity using the MT4 hedging compatibility product."

that did cost me few thousand euros. so, always have alot of equity in your account so that might not happen.

I'm not bashing.. thats my experience with Oanda. Support is always friendly, but they couldn't help or refund me.
  • #4,727
  • May 3, 2016 2:16pm May 3, 2016 2:16pm
any one else get the email today about Oanda reducing their Max Spreads by 60%?

"OANDA faces increased market risk in periods of price volatility, such as during economic and political news announcements. When market spreads increase or decrease, our pricing engine widens or shrinks our spreads accordingly. Because market spreads are typically widest during news announcements, our max spread reduction will be most apparent during that time."

I don't trade the news, but I thought it was interesting. See if anyone else is seeing a difference in their spreads during high volatility.
  • #4,728
  • May 3, 2016 2:58pm May 3, 2016 2:58pm
nope, i didn't get that mail
  • #4,729
  • May 11, 2016 12:00pm May 11, 2016 12:00pm
Oanda, any comments on this one:

http://smnweekly.com/2016/05/09/oand...loss-for-2015/

?
  • #4,730
  • May 12, 2016 11:58am May 12, 2016 11:58am
that was a global crash i lost about 20k when that happend .. Alpari had to close because of that crash.. that was during Greek crisis i think. Oanda survived. But looks like Alpari is back again
  • #4,731
  • May 15, 2016 1:18pm May 15, 2016 1:18pm
I did a bit of reading about Oanda's retail fx offerings and demo traded for a while with their fx platform. I like everything about Oanda BUT the only deal breaker if that they aren't offering ACH electronic funds transfers for US clients. Will Oanda ever offer ACH electronic funds transfer for US clients in the future?
  • #4,732
  • May 26, 2016 2:43am May 26, 2016 2:43am
Quoting OANDARep
Hi Traders, Sorry I've been a little MIA recently, but we've been working on many new features and improvements to our offering, including the advanced charting (mentioned above) and a new platform partner: https://leaprate.com/2016/04/cqg-par...us-fx-trading/ Advanced FxTrade Charting: http://pages.oanda.com/2016-02_Java-...m-Updates.html - The advanced charting feature is by no means in it's final state. Trading from the chart etc is slated for a little later this year. Advanced order types are on the...
I woke up this morning at 7.20 and here is my issue..

so the trade SL appears to have been placed at 1.11679, the only time it could have been placed is somewhere between that peak at 5.50am UK time and the time of the close at 6.50am , otherwise it would have been hit earlier... somewhere in the red circle... however I wasn't awake at this time... so how is that possible?
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  • #4,733
  • Jun 1, 2016 3:17am Jun 1, 2016 3:17am
Quoting zackyat
last night i chatted with a representative from fxcm when i mentioned oanda, he kept on mentioning that oanda is a very small company and not reputable. haha i understand that he's always going to back fxcm. however, to all oanda live customers out there, have you faced any notable problems like difficulties in withdrawing fund etc... appreciate if anyone can share their opinions here
Yeah, surely they won't tell you to go to their competitor. But as far as I know they are quite good. haven't traded with them myself, but heard a lot.
  • #4,734
  • Jun 3, 2016 9:30am Jun 3, 2016 9:30am
I never had problems depositing or withrawing money so far. But the Balance updates are really bad imo. I closed 1 trade with about 2 EUR profit today.. and Oanda took 52 EUR from me.. after few more minutes they took 11 EUR .. then again 22 EUR .. all within 1 hour. After a while I closed another trade with 2 EUR profit and they took 18 EUR. ..so I exchanged 4 EUR profit with 100 EUR minus in a timeframe of about 2 hours only thrue balance updates. I don't know what the problem is with them atm. I have screenshots to proof it if you want to see them. That kind of stuff doesn't happen everday, .. maybe beacuse I withdrew some money yesterday? I dont know.
  • #4,735
  • Jun 3, 2016 10:07am Jun 3, 2016 10:07am
Did somebody else have an answer from OANDA concerning about the weird spike in USDCNH on May 18th? There was approximately 350 pips spike up, which was completely absorbed next day by a huge gap down. This phenomenon doesn't seem to be present in any other brokers charts. So far the only answer I had from them was that there was no errors in their quotes (it was not a bad tick). If this is the case, I'd assume that OANDA's own traders had interests to drive the price that high and then let it fall back to normal level to cash out their trades.
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  • #4,736
  • Jun 3, 2016 12:02pm Jun 3, 2016 12:02pm
i didnt trade that.. dontknow .. but they always say there's no problem with their system or they couldnt find any
  • #4,737
  • Jun 3, 2016 1:02pm Jun 3, 2016 1:02pm
Quoting daddyR
Did somebody else have an answer from OANDA concerning about the weird spike in USDCNH on May 18th? There was approximately 350 pips spike up, which was completely absorbed next day by a huge gap down. This phenomenon doesn't seem to be present in any other brokers charts. So far the only answer I had from them was that there was no errors in their quotes (it was not a bad tick). If this is the case, I'd assume that OANDA's own traders had interests to drive the price that high and then let it fall back to normal level to cash out their trades....
This is the typical behavior of all US brokers. All types of intervention techniques to make you lose. I've traded offshore for 3 years now and still can't, for the life of me, understand why anyone uses these brokers. The "tough" regulation does absolutely nothing to benefit the trader. Matter of fact, it's quite the opposite, as traders are required to put up excess margin compared to the rest of the world in a broker account with no protection or insurance whatsoever.
  • #4,738
  • Jun 3, 2016 1:26pm Jun 3, 2016 1:26pm
Here my balance update screenshot as proof. I blurred my account and order numbers. Sometimes there are "good" balance updates.. those are marked green. The red ones is where I took profit and they balanced the rest out of my account.

I got an email back from support telling me I should open a V20 account and use that instead. They created it because there were some malfunctions in the past with those legacy accounts. On that V20 account there wont be visible balance updates for the customer ... well if I could move all my trades (65 open trades,.. even my hedged ones ) over there I would! And i bet if i tell them to move them for me I will lose some trades or money in that process. So I'm stuck till I gamble all my money away. Total loss over 3k in few months, but i got a good will deposit from 30 euros back from oanda .. nice

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  • #4,739
  • Jun 20, 2016 5:24am Jun 20, 2016 5:24am
Quoting numbrcrunchr
I did a bit of reading about Oanda's retail fx offerings and demo traded for a while with their fx platform. I like everything about Oanda BUT the only deal breaker if that they aren't offering ACH electronic funds transfers for US clients. Will Oanda ever offer ACH electronic funds transfer for US clients in the future?
Call Oanda up or email them might be better. I believe they give you accurate answer rather waiting someone here.
  • #4,740
  • Jun 21, 2016 6:42am Jun 21, 2016 6:42am
I have the same problem also (problem start from 23 may 2016, before i don't have problem)

i show 2 trades (all tradres from 23 may 2016 is same)

first +0,56 - 0,11 + 0,10 - 0,16= final is only + 0,39
second +0,67 - 0,09 + 0,06 - 0,19 - 0,05 = final is only 0.40

each trade i make, i loose about 20% to 50% of the trade.

I already write to oanda forum, but i usual they don't respond correctly, they say, this came from many think.
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