I don't know about freezing ... my question pertains to the accuracy of their data feed. I haven't won a trade in almost 2 months now. The other day I was using a simple 3-bar set-up and took a valid trade based on that set-up. This set-up is claimed by its' originator as being highly accurate with very little draw down. Of course my stop-loss was hit and I lost money on the trade.
I posted my trade on the Trader's Forum along with a pic of the chart to show that I had done it correctly. Another trader posted a chart on the same time frame showing that his chart did not show the set-up that my chart (from Forex.com) showed. Are traders aware of this problem posed by Forex.com? His chart looked completely different from mine. I tried calling Forex.com and spoke to a fellow from (I think) Pakistan. Complete waste of time! No help at all from that guy.
If you can't trust their data ... if their data produces incorrect charts ... how can anyone trade successfully? Why aren't the so-called "regulators" on top of this? I reside in the U.S. so my choices for a forex broker are extremely limited because of the over-regulation by these so-called "regulators" ... yet these "regulators" aren't doing a damn thing to protect the traders who use these "regulated" brokers!!!
No, the data feed isn’t the problem; l assure you. Probably has to do with your system. Contrary to you, I have some wins under my belt. My problem is that suddenly Forex.com is pulling my bandwidth and freezing the computer. So, I double my internet speed, deleted my range bar chart and there is some improvement, but at a minimum market volatility it freezes to the point that I have to reboot the system. It is very tedious to trade that way. I called customer service but it was a waste of time. They really assumed a very defensive attitude to my problem.
Also, l have an EA which I proceed to delete the input of ordering a sell or buy. I have been using it for some time without any problems. It only have some labels to verify that what I see in the chart and the indicator data is the same. So few days ago, I notice that there is good volatility in the CADJPY chart and out curiosity I apply the EA to it. In that moment, someone knocked in the door and I responded to it for about 5 minutes. When I returned the EA ordered 4 times. The same EA that is currently in used in another currency chart without placing an order. I was lucky that the EA has 0.01 amount and no more than 4 losses per day. To this day I cannot believe it. Did I call customer service to reclaim my money? No, I thought that it would have been a waste of time. Is forex.com in some type of financial difficulty? Are the regulators corrupt? As you, I live in the USA and have the same brokers difficulties; very few of them.
Maybe, the used different cheating scheme by region
I'm using standard bar charts ... neither range bars nor Renko. I'm not sure what you mean by my "system" is at fault. I use a laptop and the MT4 program downloaded from Forex.com when I opened the account. I'm thinking about changing to another broker called LQDFX. (I think they'll take U.S. traders; I may be wrong about that, tho). If this ends up with equally abysmal results I'm going to call it quits with forex trading.
As far as your situation goes, I'm afraid I don't have the foggiest idea for a solution. I'm not very technically saavy. With the level of corruption in our government in Washington, DC, it's not a stretch to imagine that the so-called "regulators" could be taking bribes and kickbacks from brokers and vice-versa.
I'm using standard bar charts ... neither range bars nor Renko. I'm not sure what you mean by my "system" is at fault. I use a laptop and the MT4 program downloaded from Forex.com when I opened the account. I'm thinking about changing to another broker called LQDFX. (I think they'll take U.S. traders; I may be wrong about that, tho). If this ends up with equally abysmal results I'm going to call it quits with forex trading. As far as your situation goes, I'm afraid I don't have the foggiest idea for a solution. I'm not very technically saavy.
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On my side at the end, everything will be ok. In reference to “system” I was talking about the logic of your indicators as a trading unit that is faulty no forex.com data feed.
I am also contemplating the idea of moving out of forex.com.
I asked about the range bars chart because it needs to be refresh every time you turn the computer on by going to charts-indicator list and clicking the indicator and input pip range again. Otherwise the output is completely incorrect.
