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  • #3,241
  • Dec 14, 2012 12:14pm Dec 14, 2012 12:14pm
If you trade long enough you should know how wide the spreads will be during news an how to handle this.
  • #3,242
  • Dec 14, 2012 1:28pm Dec 14, 2012 1:28pm
Hi Tschim- Three days ago, we did begin the release of dynamic spreads on a few currency pairs with plans to roll it out across all currency pairs before year end. OANDA continuously strives to keep traders` costs as low as possible, and the adoption of dynamic spreads is just the latest example of pricing efficiency.

During times of uncertainty, OANDA, like all forex dealers, is forced to widen spreads. A typical example of this is the lead up to a major news announcement or other events with the potential to impact the cost of liquidity. With the introduction of dynamic spreads, our spreads will react to market conditions in real time. It is also expected that OANDA`s spreads will recover more quickly to levels at or near the pre-event spread.

Please feel free to reply with any further questions you have.

Thanks,
The OANDA Team
  • #3,243
  • Dec 14, 2012 2:06pm Dec 14, 2012 2:06pm
Quoting 5.25
Thanks for raising this GH. Oanda's help desk is being very uncooperative.

Note: Charts are at the same scale, 1h TF.

HUH !!!

Been told that OANDA is good for swing traders, however my stops are not that wide !!! Also this can get you margin call in no time.

I am actually in process of signing up with OANDA.

Can someone explain please what can one do... I am not going to watch for news all day and worry whether spreads will blow....

I do not even follow the economic calendar

How can anyone even consider this kind of spreads instead of futures markets !?
  • #3,244
  • Dec 14, 2012 9:04pm Dec 14, 2012 9:04pm
It looks like "dynamic spreads" are the new norm at Oanda. I noticed this this week. The spread will "flicker" up and down during the day for no reason (or no reason on the news release calendar). It appears the days of getting .9 on EUR/USD with Oanda are over. Mostly it's 1.2, sometimes 1.1, but never lower than that for any length of time.

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/why/spreads/recent

It's a shame. I've been with them for 8 years and all I see are other brokers lowering and lowering spreads.
  • #3,245
  • Dec 14, 2012 10:22pm Dec 14, 2012 10:22pm
Quoting OANDA
Hi Everyone,

OANDA is pleased to announce that we have recently added 12 new CFD instruments to the fxTrade platform for European clients.

The following CFDs are now available to trade with OANDA Europe:
[list][*]2Y T-Note – two-year U.S. Treasury Note futures[*]5Y T-Note – five-year U.S. Treasury Note futures[*]10Y T-Note – ten-year U.S. Treasury Note futures[*]T-Bonds – U.S. Treasury Bonds[*]NL25 – contains 25 of Holland’s most actively traded stocks[*]France40 – holds 40 of France’s highest...


Oanda, can you please also have the AUS200 Indice which represents Australia's Blue Chip Index
  • #3,246
  • Dec 14, 2012 10:29pm Dec 14, 2012 10:29pm
Quoting TheGrind
It looks like "dynamic spreads" are the new norm at Oanda. I noticed this this week. The spread will "flicker" up and down during the day for no reason (or no reason on the news release calendar). It appears the days of getting .9 on EUR/USD with Oanda are over. Mostly it's 1.2, sometimes 1.1, but never lower than that for any length of time.

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/why/spreads/recent

It's a shame. I've been with them for 8 years and all I see are other brokers lowering and lowering spreads.
that doesnt look too horrible for last week. I can live with that. OANDA Is there any statistics over longer period available on max spreads and times so I can get better feel as I am now hesitant to proceed with OANDA account opening ?

funny that audjpy is considered exotics but eurgbp, eurchf not. must be these property fricks moving illegal money around
  • #3,247
  • Dec 15, 2012 1:19am Dec 15, 2012 1:19am
As I said: This dynamic spreads make only sence for me if you implement a "first touch" and "trade through" order like MB Trading has.

Otherwise you cannot place an Order exactly on a point in the chart where you want to trade.
  • #3,248
  • Dec 15, 2012 1:25am Dec 15, 2012 1:25am
Quoting OANDA

During times of uncertainty, OANDA, like all forex dealers, is forced to widen spreads.
It's not "all", Like FXCM, Captical CFDs, FXSolutions, GFT... they all don't widen spreads during news!
  • #3,249
  • Dec 17, 2012 4:38am Dec 17, 2012 4:38am
Quoting Tschim
As I said: This dynamic spreads make only sence for me if you implement a "first touch" and "trade through" order like MB Trading has.

Otherwise you cannot place an Order exactly on a point in the chart where you want to trade.
That's what came to my mind too...
  • #3,250
  • Dec 17, 2012 6:21am Dec 17, 2012 6:21am
Quoting eurotrash
Oanda: your Nat Gas cfd allows me (or at least indicates that I can in "units available" in the order/ticket window) to trade sizes far above 50:1 leverage. Put it like this - with the max units allowed, every "pip" is 15% of my account!
I don't have any problem on this.
  • #3,251
  • Dec 17, 2012 2:24pm Dec 17, 2012 2:24pm
Quoting AthrunZala
Oanda, can you please also have the AUS200 Indice which represents Australia's Blue Chip Index
AthrunZala - we will pass this request along for consideration in future CFD releases. Thanks for the feedback.

Quoting eurotrash
Oanda: your Nat Gas cfd allows me (or at least indicates that I can in "units available" in the order/ticket window) to trade sizes (which seem) far above 50:1 leverage. Put it like this - with the max units allowed, every "pip" is 15% of my account!
eurotrash - The leverage available on Natural Gas should be no more than 50:1. If you would like us to investigate this further, you may send an e-mail to [email protected]. A member of our support team will be able to look into your account specifically and help you out.
  • #3,252
  • Dec 18, 2012 7:13am Dec 18, 2012 7:13am
Quoting OANDA
AthrunZala - we will pass this request along for consideration in future CFD releases. Thanks for the feedback.



eurotrash - The leverage available on Natural Gas should be no more than 50:1. If you would like us to investigate this further, you may send an e-mail to [email protected]. A member of our support team will be able to look into your account specifically and help you out.
I just tried that on demo with NAt Gas - 7 pips ant 100% profit Some guys will like it
  • #3,253
  • Dec 18, 2012 9:18am Dec 18, 2012 9:18am
What's wrong with oanda today...
Can't reach any of their websites...

http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk/
http://www.oanda.com

Can someone confirm?
this pig cannot be slaughtered for ever... or can it?
  • #3,254
  • Dec 18, 2012 9:24am Dec 18, 2012 9:24am
Quoting georgem
What's wrong with oanda today...
Can't reach any of their websites...

http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk/
http://www.oanda.com

Can someone confirm?
no problems at all reaching these sites on my end
FXGears.com
  • #3,255
  • Dec 18, 2012 9:29am Dec 18, 2012 9:29am
I'm logged into my account / trading platform just fine?
  • #3,256
  • Dec 18, 2012 9:29am Dec 18, 2012 9:29am
Quoting georgem
What's wrong with oanda today...
Can't reach any of their websites...

http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk/
http://www.oanda.com

Can someone confirm?
Hi georgem - some clients have been reporting similar issues accessing OANDA today. We are aware of the problem and have our technical support team investigating further. Please stay tuned for more updates.
  • #3,257
  • Dec 18, 2012 11:25am Dec 18, 2012 11:25am
Quoting OANDA
Hi georgem - some clients have been reporting similar issues accessing OANDA today. We are aware of the problem and have our technical support team investigating further. Please stay tuned for more updates.
ok, thanks. Right now it still doesn't work. I will keep you posted
this pig cannot be slaughtered for ever... or can it?
  • #3,258
  • Dec 18, 2012 2:38pm Dec 18, 2012 2:38pm
Ok, now it works again. Thanks.
this pig cannot be slaughtered for ever... or can it?
  • #3,259
  • Dec 19, 2012 9:58pm Dec 19, 2012 9:58pm
I have had three major problems with Oanda. First their customer service is of no help when you have a problem. Second I have never been able to transfer funds with a credit card. Yet the bank tells me the deposit has been approved but Oanda declines the deposit. Of course customer service has no answers. Third I cannot always connect with my live MT4 account and of course customer service has no answers when I cannot connect. I have given up on Oanda and am now look for a new broker.
  • #3,260
  • Dec 20, 2012 1:04am Dec 20, 2012 1:04am
hi guys,

how do i link my fxtrade account to mt4 so that i can trade from either platform on same account.When I try to open mt4 account it happens to be a subaccount with 0 balance.

regards.
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