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  • #1
  • First Post: May 17, 2006 11:17pm May 17, 2006 11:17pm
I'm demo trading using MetaTrader with StrategyBuilderFX. Things were going great - ran my account up 16% in two days (beginner's luck). But then the live data feed seemed to stop. I've poked around in the software and can't find anything that appears to be wrong. It just stopped feeding me up to date quotes for some reason tonight and hasn't refreshed it in about an hour. I log in and it grabs my account information - so I know I'm connecting to their server. I've stopped and restarted the software several times. Any idea what is going on??

Very disconcerting.

Squid
  • #2
  • May 17, 2006 11:19pm May 17, 2006 11:19pm
Same here - I have no idea whats wrong.

lonespruce.
  • #3
  • May 17, 2006 11:24pm May 17, 2006 11:24pm
Thanks for answering.

Hmmmmm. I guess if others are having trouble it must be their server. I'd hate to see this happen when I'm trading for real.

Squid
  • #4
  • May 17, 2006 11:28pm May 17, 2006 11:28pm
yeah - they may be updating?
  • #5
  • May 17, 2006 11:32pm May 17, 2006 11:32pm
I've had this happen once before. It fixed itself in a few hours. Try a different server in the meantime.
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  • #6
  • May 17, 2006 11:52pm May 17, 2006 11:52pm
same here...no data fees. its stuck. diallist can you guide us ..as to how connect to a different server. thanks.

Regards
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  • #7
  • May 17, 2006 11:53pm May 17, 2006 11:53pm
It looks to me like if you're on a demo account there is only one server you can connect to.
  • #8
  • May 17, 2006 11:58pm May 17, 2006 11:58pm
then that doesn't help. Actually i think we might be able to connect to different demo servers...using different logons. but mayb i am thinkin wrong. somone with some experience in this regards..can guide us better.

Regards
and i grow...pip by pip.......pip by pip!!!!
  • #9
  • May 18, 2006 12:05am May 18, 2006 12:05am
Well, this makes me feel better. My prices froze tonight as well. I have IBFX downloaded as well so I have 2 feeds. I uninstalled SBFX and downloaded it again and it was still the same. It is smart to have 2 platforms for this reason.
JOHN 3:16
  • #10
  • May 18, 2006 3:01am May 18, 2006 3:01am
Strange enough, I have used original Metatrader demo feed for months and it kept making problems; everytime it would not connect with my default user I would create another user and it would work again in an instant! Until a couple of months ago when it didn't work with new users either .
Then I moved to Alpari's demo feed, similar problems.
Now I am with SBFX demo, and everything's good until now (3 weeks).

-soso
-soso
  • #11
  • May 20, 2006 5:35pm May 20, 2006 5:35pm
This happened again and now for 2 days I can't get any live data. I've searched for answers but not finding anything. Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?

I'm glad this is a demo account because I'd be chewing up my keyboard if it were a real account. But I don't think I'll have the confidence to ever get there if metatrader keeps crapping out on me. It worked great for a week, and now no live data for 2 days

Squid
  • #12
  • May 20, 2006 5:43pm May 20, 2006 5:43pm
Quoting Squid
This happened again and now for 2 days I can't get any live data. I've searched for answers but not finding anything. Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?

I'm glad this is a demo account because I'd be chewing up my keyboard if it were a real account. But I don't think I'll have the confidence to ever get there if metatrader keeps crapping out on me. It worked great for a week, and now no live data for 2 days

Squid
buddy it is weekend, the brokerage is closed, so there are no live data to show. they should open again in less then 23 hours.
I'm not insane; my mother had me tested.
  • #13
  • May 20, 2006 5:50pm May 20, 2006 5:50pm
Quoting RoBiK
buddy it is weekend, the brokerage is closed, so there are no live data to show. they should open again in less then 23 hours.
OK thanks for letting me know. But it did stop Thursday night which would have been Friday morning - market still open then.

And, am I wrong? I thought this was a 24X7 market but with additional costs for trading on the weekend. Maybe I dreamed that.
  • #14
  • Last Post: May 20, 2006 5:55pm May 20, 2006 5:55pm
Quoting Squid
OK thanks for letting me know. But it did stop Thursday night which would have been Friday morning - market still open then.

And, am I wrong? I thought this was a 24X7 market but with additional costs for trading on the weekend. Maybe I dreamed that.
if it stopped on thursday, than there could be a problem.
forex is indeed a 24x7 market, but most brokers are closed on weekends. i know that you can trade with oanda also on weekends, but the spread is really big.
I'm not insane; my mother had me tested.
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