this is my first time forex trading. i guessed that the us retail sales would have went above market expections so this morning when the retail data would be released i went to gamble on this. the first thing i found strange was the the market spiked in the correct direction like 5-6 seconds before the retail sales data was released. what happened there? the second thing was that, according the briefing.com, the actual retail sales went like 5x what the market expections were but the actual number of pips i gained was only like 50. is this normal?
also, if i had 100 dollars and put 70 dollars into euro/usd at 50:1 on oanda, when would a margin call be executed? thanks for the help.
also, if i had 100 dollars and put 70 dollars into euro/usd at 50:1 on oanda, when would a margin call be executed? thanks for the help.