Oanda spreads during news releases are ridiculous. I've transfered my account to IKON Viking and the difference is huuuuge. The spread widens to 6 -7 pips for EURUSD and 8-9 pips for GBPUSD a few seconds before and after the release. Yesterday ...

Very large oanda news spreads

They are regulated by CFTC and are NAF members ( url ). I'm not sure but temporarily they don't acceot US clients. My account is actually with their London branch IKON Capital which is regulated by FSA. Four digit spreds are higher than the 5 digit ...

Which is the best broker for scalping?

IKON Viking is very good for scalping. The spread for E/U is 0.5-0.8 pips and the commission is 0.1 pips per side. Execution is very fast.

Which is the best broker for scalping?

IKON Viking platform has good spreads, commission is 0.2 pips of the base currency per round turn. Fills are lightning fast.

Advice on Broker

I know that the spread is very important for this strategy. Check IKON Viking platform. The spread for EURUSD is 0.6-0.8 pips most of the time even lower. The commission is 0.2p of the base currency per round turn. Fills are much faster than any ...

Central Banks & Big Players

I've transfered my account from another broker to IKON Capital, because my former broker has server issues for a couple for months. I use the Currenex Viking platform and for my surprise the spreads are very low (0.5-0.7 for E/U and U/J most of the ...

experiences with ikon?

Oanda severs are down again. Obviously they don't need clients anymore.

OANDA Discussion

Anybody having problems with Oanda?

OANDA Discussion

Yesterday they said they are working hard to solve the connection problems. I hope it won't take them forever.

OANDA Discussion

My fills are delayed today and the platform disconnected once. Ideas for new broker?

OANDA Discussion

Probably they want to tell us politely to find another broker. Any suggestions?

OANDA Discussion

Can somebody tell the market to avoid fast move because Oanda servers are unable to handle it.

OANDA Discussion

Anybody having problems with Oanda's platform? I have no access to their servers for the last 8 minutes.

OANDA Discussion

I don't you watch the open of the equity markets also? The correlation with EUR/USD is pretty good and can save you money.

Central Banks & Big Players

Do you really think that trading is so easy? Every day at certain time the EURUSD should have the same behavior. This system is not so bad but you have to add additional filters. Don't trade at exactly the same times every day. Be more flexible. ...

Central Banks & Big Players

All we can do is to send e-mails to our dear broker Oanda and let them know how oanderful they are. The next step after another server problem is to transfer our accounts.

Oanda 3 days bad connection

I think they have problems again

Oanda 3 days bad connection

I also had problems with order fills but Oanda were saying that everything is OK with them. Today probably their servers freezed after the quick [rice move and they finally decided to fix the problem.

Oanda 3 days bad connection

Does anybody have access to your FXTrade platform?

OANDA Discussion

When the market breaks above round number the next levels with orders are usually at '20 and '30. If it breaks below round number bids are at '90 adn '80. Before I open a position after a break above or below round number I check the info for levels ...

Round numbers strategy