increase your stop? no way ! i would much rather have fixed spreads, if your trades are good, that extra 1.5 -2 pips are peanuts, compared to increasing spread by 20 trying to be safe

since nobody else bothered answering your question on the variable spreads maybe i can. i had the same question and realized that YES it can act against you since it CAN and will reach out further against your position and stop you out when it ...