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  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 29, 2007 2:58pm Nov 29, 2007 2:58pm
hahaha, what you call this........
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  • #2
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:07pm Nov 29, 2007 3:07pm
I call that a spike of data 300 pips off.
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  • #3
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:08pm Nov 29, 2007 3:08pm
Quoting Syafi
hahaha, what you call this........
I dont see anything like that at trading Platforms like Currenex and EBS.

Must be a bucket shop or a FXCM.
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  • #4
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:15pm Nov 29, 2007 3:15pm
Quoting th_ngue21
I dont see anything like that at trading Platforms like Currenex and EBS.

Must be a bucket shop or a FXCM.
Nope, Its an ECN broker feed...........
  • #5
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:27pm Nov 29, 2007 3:27pm
actually I think all those forex trading "Japanese housewives" repatriated their yen at the same time...
In trading, there is no bullshit. You either make money or you don't.
  • #6
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:28pm Nov 29, 2007 3:28pm
That's normal, fake spike, same thing by oanda on monday, they returned the € after few hours, don't worry
  • #7
  • Nov 29, 2007 3:40pm Nov 29, 2007 3:40pm
That's not a fake spike and it has nothing to do with stop hunting either. It's just a bad tick in your data...
Stubbornly persistent
  • #8
  • Nov 29, 2007 4:56pm Nov 29, 2007 4:56pm
Quoting Syafi
Nope, Its an ECN broker feed...........
If you didn't get caught by it then don't worry otherwise complain until you get your pips back.....
  • #9
  • Nov 29, 2007 7:20pm Nov 29, 2007 7:20pm
I would be the happiest man in my neighborhood today if my Buy limit got triggered
  • #10
  • Nov 30, 2007 12:41am Nov 30, 2007 12:41am
false spike. Usually it occurs when a data feeder mistype something somewhere and boom, you can have a 5000 pips drop in a sec...
  • #11
  • Last Post: Dec 5, 2007 2:38pm Dec 5, 2007 2:38pm
So if you lose money off of a fake spike, you can complain..
If you make money, will they reverse the trade?
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