I am trading with MB Trading. Today at around 8:29 am est I put on a buy stop order for 1.8938. The price moved through my stop order and so I tried to cancel my live order, but to my surprise I was actually filled while trying to cancel the order. ...

News Trading Broker

The ecn's spreads widen too, but I have never seen a spread of 30 or more pips from an ecn. The problem with an ecn during news times is that you may never get filled until the market moves drastically with the risk being too high to enter at that ...

News Trading Broker

I am one of them.

What strategy do experience traders use?

If you are looking to trade with MB for news trading, you may be disappointed.

Specific FXDD question

I wouldn't think so. MB Trading is a so called ECN and they only trade in minis.

any live ECN traders out there?

If you can get filled! ECN's aren't that great at filling your orders around big news times.

any live ECN traders out there?

Can you please tell me when you got into trade? 8:30? A little bit later after first pullback? After initial spike? Market order with no stop loss? Spread?

any live ECN traders out there?

Yes, you would have been burned.

Specific FXDD question

Let's start a revolution against the brokers!

Specific FXDD question

I don't know if I would call it an early news release, but stop hunting by our good friends, the brokers.

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Today, when Non Farm Payrolls were released, FXDD's spread for the GBP/USD was around 50 Pips. If you didn't have a stop on greater than 50 pips, you probably got stopped out. FXDD claims that they get their spreads off of the interbank market. I ...

Specific FXDD question

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Millionaires

This is only a demo account, but I am not getting filled at the stop price at all. When I put in a stop limit, I am not filled at the stop either. I have never been filled at the price I put in at the stop during news times. Maybe it is just the ...

any live ECN traders out there?

I have used MB Trading's demo account. I can't get filled during news times. I have used stop orders and stop limit orders and basically NEVER got filled during news times. Does anyone else have this problem?

any live ECN traders out there?

Experience, discipline, and patience

How much is forex costing you?

Please reread what I wrote, MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE than 1 year...................................

How much is forex costing you?

IMHO, this is totally wrong. Ask any professional trader how long it took them to be successful in trading. If they tell you less than a year, they are lying.

How much is forex costing you?

IMHO, you must give yourself more than one year in the trading business to show a profit because this profession takes time and a lot of hard work.

How much is forex costing you?

After saying this several times before, I must say it again, the key to being successful in trading is discipline. I can't say this enough. If you are just starting out, you can't open a live account right away because you will lose it. Your trading ...

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