Five minutes after the June NFP numbers were released, times in the top left quote panel are BST (EDT +5). The market wasn't particularly volatile, Oanda's spreads are more or less back to normal. The 'move' on Eur/Usd which can be seen in the video ...

Oanda Stop Hunting?

lol, it's not a rant, they're just plain facts. Oanda's quotes were 44 pips away from market and any other marketmaker, plain and simple. Oanda stand by those quotes and refuse to explain the disparity. They are, of course, perfectly within their ...

Oanda Stop Hunting?

Well this doesn't really look good on their resume! " C.R.2-36(b)(1) - CHEAT, DEFRAUD, DECEIVE FOREX CUSTOMERS" url

ODL Broker?

You need to have an option for "Successfully traded with Oanda - Hated it. Manipulation out the wazzoo. Closed my account and went to an honest bucketshop"

Any Successful trader here using Oanda?

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Any Successful trader here using Oanda?

Ummm, they're bucketshops? They hedge aggregate not individual, they can show you whatever they want to show you, -1 pip spreads, 100 pip spreads, any price (within reason most of them).....it's a virtual forex world and has very little to do with ...

Would you trade more if broker fees were lower?

IBFX open an hour later on Sunday and close an hour earlier on Friday and their spreads aren't really competitive. Alpari UK's prices freeze every now and then plus I had connection problems across fundamantal data releases. None of that may affect ...

"Couple" of Questions

If/How/When bucketshops hedge exposure is a different subject I think and doesn't affect the spreads they're quoting (like I say, in normal market conditions).

Would you trade more if broker fees were lower?

fxtrader42 and blacksun1 I think you guys are missing one important point here, the majority of MM's at this level are bucketshops. Why would spreads and liquidity in the underlying market (in normal market conditions) bother them?

Would you trade more if broker fees were lower?

I think we're talking about bucketshops here aren't we, they pretty much do what they want and make up quotes and spreads to suit themselves and to pull in the punters. What they do to them once they're inside is another matter!

Would you trade more if broker fees were lower?

If you're just talking about spreads then I guess a serious scalper going after 5 pips or so would trade more wouldn't he, or rather he'd trade more pairs. What's the scalper's favorite, Eur/Usd because the spread is so tight? Imagine 1 or 2 pip ...

Would you trade more if broker fees were lower?

lol, it takes the word 'bucketshop' to a whole other level Someone had a good idea though, I bet they've got gullible newbies flooding in! They're very generous, if you lose dollars they'll give you back a few cents, how kind lol, how ...

Proliferation of One/Zero Pip spread brokers

eye4spot, you'll rarely find two marketmakers/brokers whose quotes match pip for pip or maintain a fixed lag difference. If you're trading with a bucketshop then you'll be streamed quotes that suit their order book, exposure, and which (loosely!) ...

Where brokers connect?

I would do but you've taken all the appointments for the next five years, cobber How about a date with the hot receptionist, would that count as 'couch time'? ~

Where brokers connect?

Thanks for that shrike, I may as well keep using Metatrader as it's free I'm a short-term trader but I don't purposely look for opportunities to exploit latency, a general sync of prices is enough to alert me when something is wrong somewhere.

Where brokers connect?

Good advice, that's why I always use MT4 for charting, prices may not be accurate but at least it shows up when there's a major discrepancy. I've read various reports and opinions about eSignal, apparently their feed is a bit unreliable lately, have ...

Where brokers connect?

Ah right, now I see what the problem is, it seems you don't quite understand what's being said. No worries sport, just slowly read your own posts and then my replies and it should all make sense (I'm not quite sure where 'Oanda's statement' comes ...

Where brokers connect?

No idea, probably one of the major data providers, I think GTIS is one isn't it? They probably add in their own liquidity providers feed somewhere along the line with their own algorithms to adjust the streamed quotes you see, but logistically I've ...

Where brokers connect?

If your trading style has flagged your account as possibly taking advantage of any latency that exists then they'll either boot you out, suspend your account, or put you on manual execution. Not saying that's the reason but it could be. If I were ...

The bad side from Fxsol(suspicious activity)

No you didn't say that, I added it on the end of your hacking servers plan. C'mon Zen, try to keep up! Are you sure we're related, it must have been a defective gene if we are!

Where brokers connect?