Just to take a market at random - EURUSD - all the price action ABOVE the yellow line occurred when OANDA was having "technical difficulties". If you are the type that doesn't mind missing out on being able to enter a move at the top, then OANDA is ...

Someone at OANDA must have made a major mistake during the period you describe. I'm sure he/she is no longer with the company. But let me ask you, did you actually have a trade going in the crash direction at the time? And did OANDA allow you to get ...

OANDA, Any response from you? I didn't think so...

What is advantageous to OANDA's clients is disadvantageous to them. And vice versa. So there's your answer.

That would be too obvious. This way they can pretend that "technical difficulties" are preventing them from providing the only service they, supposedly, offer.

Don't worry, service will be restored as soon as the market has already made it's move, or once OANDA determines that it was a false alarm. Your friendly Forex provider (OANDA), just wants to prevent you from having access to your account at times ...

Evidently OANDA thinks we're at a major turning point. They just logged me out of their web app, and disconnected me from the desktop app. They will tell you that they are having "system issues", and often try to pin the blame on you. "Everything's ...

Agree 100%. And OANDA suspiciously seems to have its technical issues at times when their clients need their broker (a real broker, that is) the most.

Looks like OANDA is down...AGAIN. Honestly, why can't you guys be more reliable?

I don't think it's a coincidence that OANDA's servers "have issues" every time we are at market extremes. Personally, I think OANDA purposefully shuts down access to its servers so its customers won't be able to trade at critical times. Your ...

My OANDA is down too -- again. Seems like every other day these days. You can contact customer service, and (after waiting on hold for an hour), they will restore your ability to log in.

How's you connection now?

And now all phone lines are busy, and they won't answer. And on FOMC day. OANDA is back to their old tricks of shutting out traders just when they need access to the OANDA application the most.

When OANDA does go down, they normally only shut their systems down at market extremes -- you are generally safe at other times.

I don't know what's going on, but I can confirm that the same is happening on my end.

Something important must be about to happen. That's when OANDA usually shuts down their clients' access to their servers.

Here's an exit strategy that works with some systems (haven't delved deeply into yours, so might not be applicable here, or you may have tried it, but for what it's worth): Exit when you get an opposing signal. If your trade is short, exit when you ...

Thanks for your reply. So are you able to connect to OANDA currently? Never mind...OANDA is working for me now. No restart required...OANDA just had to resolve their technical issues I guess.