I have an ecn mt4 account. the problem is 30-40 pips slippage on buystop/sellstop orders. I have got 3 times stop loss in last month or so due to slippage. It happened during normal market conditions when there is no news. One of my orders was ...

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

Avoid ICM at all cost. The slippage is often as high as 30 pips on eurusd. Once you are profitable the slippage will increase.

IC Markets Slippage Grey Hairs

going to try ATC brokers UK next. looks like they have low spreads and lower slippage than ICmarkets. I have seen 30+ pips slippage twice from ICMarkets.

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

thx, will look into Pepperstone. My strategy requires low slippage. 33:1 is default leverage offered by major brokers, fxcm, forex.com and oanda for canadians. This is enforced by IIROC. url I am surprised Australia brokers does not care about the ...

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

I live in Ontario and my main broker is ICMarkets. Last Friday I was pissed by the slippage and searched for brokers again. It seems that slippage is the worst on Friday. If this is the case, I am going to modify my EA on Friday to combat slippage. ...

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

Top 10 brokers for canadians: url anyone with ava or etoro?

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

hi, phil is your slippage caused by network latency? I am going to trade gold too and read an article saying 0 latency = 0 slippage working from home will definitely suffer highest latency and sslippage. icmarkets recommended commercial network. ...

need better XAUUSD broker for intraday scalper

what is the average slippage on XAU/USD?

IC Markets Slippage Grey Hairs

sadly getting killed slowly is more painful. is that why u like low leverage? lol. it doesnot prevent margin call but it does prevent rapid gain.

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

Interactivebrokers is for trading stocks, options, etc, not for trading forex. It is true that u can see orders stacks on level 2, but the leverage is only like 10:1. At that king of leverage, there is no point to trade forex because u will be lucky ...

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

slippage -1 pip to +1 pip this week. can not complain. last week there was a -15 pips slippage, which made me mad. think it is unusual. guess those who can not handle 10 pips slippage will blow their account sooner or later. Too greedy is a bad ...

IC Markets Slippage Grey Hairs

I have been with them for 2 years and it is not like what you said. Chatting gets slow response but my questions is always answered. The problem with US brokers is margin requirement being too high and market maker model so the spread is high.

Forex.com - same spreads on different computers?

Forex.com is the best for trading CFDs because there is no swap charge. Every broker widen spreads suddenly so it is no big deal.

Forex.com - same spreads on different computers?

It is like Albert is not in Canada, but in afganistan. Very strange.

Best Broker for Canadians from Alberta

IC markets charge huge swap on stock index. There is no way to trade stock index with IC markets. FXCM has 10 pips gap between the price on the chart and the market watch. Buy stop and sell stop orders based on the chart can be screwed up. Other ...

IC Markets Slippage Grey Hairs

I no longer trade usdcad. Trend is NOT your friend for the most part of trading. Your broker or the company you are working for sells a few breakout strategies on its web site, which I believe are not profitable. It is a very rare event to find a ...

USD/CAD

Novice trader talking about novice mistake.

USD/CAD

I never jump from forex to stocks. It is actually the opposite: I have traded stocks long before I try forex. It is also not true that you need 50k to open a margin account. Some brokers only require 2500 for a margin account. the reason that I join ...

FXCM Discussion

Of course some gaps never close. It is actually a good idea to trade in the direction of the gap. But Forex is a bullshit market, where ranging conditions dominate.

USD/CHF

0.9 Today. I am feeling good. There is a gap from 0.97 down. In theory, gap must be closed. USD is strong across board so this gap down should be a uncessary surprise.

USD/CHF