That's exactly the point, it's such a cause for celebration when the thing doesn't fall over in volatile markets that people ecstatically post about it! Read some of the other posts in that forum about connectivity issues, charting issues, stop loss ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

You're lucky, there seem to be a lot of people experiencing 'issues' with the platform, in fact it's cause for celebration when the thing doesn't fall over in volatile markets I'd never come across a broker with so many connection and platform ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

When reviewing brokers I think it's important to mention what type of trader you are, scalping, intraday, positional etc etc.

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

Dukascopy, Alpari.....there's a few of them, each with their own rules about whether the manager needs to be regulated, authorized, registered, or whatever. They all offer different deals as well so it's worth doing some research.

LAMM Brokers

LOL, oh boy I love these forums -

Some thoughts about Money Management

Haha, that's right, wasn't it box options? And I think another time they were getting shafted on latency big time! You're right, we retail traders are the bottom of the barrel, banks wouldn't give us the time of day......mind you aren't RBS using ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

Thanks for the info, hopefully that's the end of their Bloomberg ad with the dragon-like cartoon creature, that thing drove me nuts!

ODL to be aquired by FXCM

I've had market orders for 3m filled to close a series of open trades and not experienced any problems, and I think I remember Domino saying he's had bigger orders filled. Don't get me wrong, Oanda has it's benefits, but they ain't squeaky clean by ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

Sure they do, there's no rule governing integrity. Brokers like Oanda can quote what they like, fill what they like, and reverse trades they don't like (mind you that's not as easy as it was pre Jun '09). I suppose what gets me is their constant ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

Oanda have always had 'problems', forums are littered with screenshots and videos of blatant quote manipulation, disconnection 'issues' around volatile news (in fact a disconnection was almost guaranteed during NFP!), 'accidental' fat-finger 200 pip ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

I think you have to weigh up the pros and cons. Sure, it's highly unlikely you're paying 0.9 pip spread on Eur/Usd, it's probably more in the region of 2 by the time you take into account slippage, tenths of pips off in/out, interest calculated by ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

Well no-one's got a gun to my head so I guess that just makes me insane ergo, insanity is profitable! You heard it here first! Anyway it's time for my medication so I'm outta here....have a great day all .....nurse!

Why 61.8%?

Those too probably, they're not just trying to get one lot filled with a bucketshop, they're working orders in the actual market. Yep, I think we'd gathered that much

Why 61.8%?

Sure, that might not be their motive for the trade but they have to enter/exit somewhere, why not at universally recognised levels? Seriously, you think they may have a hidden agenda behind talking about levels being broken and downside risk? ...

Why 61.8%?

Well they can't be certainties, there's no guarantee price will move in a particular direction, that would just seem to leave what, total randomness? under-trading? The likes of JPMorgan Chase not big enough for ya?

Why 61.8%?

I think we need to do some practical research in the field....where's the nearest beach!

Why 61.8%?

In markets made up of people with countless motives and emotions I'm not sure you can fit everything neatly into little boxes just for your own convenience, don't forget we're trading on probabilities not certainties. Looking at it logically, and ...

Why 61.8%?

Déjà vu, haven't we already done this bit a few pages back? Ultimately isn't any (technical) analysis tool just trying to identify prices/areas where there's a probability of more sellers than buyers or vice versa? If it's right then it's identified ...

Why 61.8%?

As FQ said I imagine, or have multi-currency bank accounts and physically move money between them. But why wouldn't you want to take advantage of leverage?

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