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  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 17, 2008 9:00am Mar 17, 2008 9:00am
Is anyone having a problem with the Oanda site today?


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  • #2
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:01am Mar 17, 2008 9:01am
I haven't been able to log on for the past 20 minutes. The game works fine, but live account is a no go.
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  • #3
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:09am Mar 17, 2008 9:09am
Quoting Rosscub
I haven't been able to log on for the past 20 minutes. The game works fine, but live account is a no go.
I can't get either site. Thank you for replying. I was in the middle
of trading and the site went down. They were working on maintenance
on the weekend. Possibly there is still problems.
  • #4
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:09am Mar 17, 2008 9:09am
Mine appears to be working now. It was screwed up alittle while ago.
  • #5
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:09am Mar 17, 2008 9:09am
Back online after 30 minutes. I'm closing my pending orders and quiting for the day while I'm ahead. I'm getting a little sick of losing money because of Oanda's $h!ty platform. Who wants to bet they blame this on our internet connection or the Java cache needing to be cleared out.
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  • #6
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:10am Mar 17, 2008 9:10am
Oanda totally stinks.Time to change broker.
  • #7
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:18am Mar 17, 2008 9:18am
Yeah...many disconnections today, and looking at their website seems like all spreads are higher than usual. EURUSD is 1.6 right now.
"I say high, You say low, You say why, and I say I don't know..."
  • #8
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:20am Mar 17, 2008 9:20am
Could someone place the Oanda link here please.

I still cannot get in through google or my old links

Thanks



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  • #9
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:23am Mar 17, 2008 9:23am
I don't blame them on wider spreads giving the liquidity.
But I do get pissed when I don't have access to my broker!
They need to consider having a phone broker otherwise the low spread does not justify the connection problem.
Take a report.
  • #10
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:24am Mar 17, 2008 9:24am
It wouldn't be Oanda if it didn't shut down and make you lose all your charts once a week now would it? Since no other free broker comes close to the accuracy of Oanda's charts though, I've no choice but to tolerate it.
  • #11
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:24am Mar 17, 2008 9:24am
i'm new with oanda, so this is the first time i experienced this. any idea how frequent this happens?
  • #12
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:29am Mar 17, 2008 9:29am
Quoting rael
i'm new with oanda, so this is the first time i experienced this. any idea how frequent this happens?
A lot! oanda is a good broker, but their charts package is utterly disgusting!
  • #13
  • Edited 10:11am Mar 17, 2008 9:31am | Edited 10:11am
I just managed to get in but will not be trading for the
remainder of the day. The instability carries too much
risk.

Thank you all for replying.



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  • #14
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:35am Mar 17, 2008 9:35am
Quoting Miguel
A lot! oanda is a good broker, but their charts package is utterly disgusting!

Miquel:

What is the source of your charts? I, and numerous others,
for a long time have been asking Oanda for weekly/monthly
charts. Not a big deal if a broker wants to be fair and
transparent for its traders. However, I have not yet
seen an explanation for why these charts are not included.




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  • #15
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:48am Mar 17, 2008 9:48am
They also should give us a fib tool that has the 138.2% extension level. Leaving that level out is absolutely absurd.
  • #16
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:52am Mar 17, 2008 9:52am
Quoting winterwhite
Miquel:

What is the source of your charts? I, and numerous others,
for a long time have been asking Oanda for weekly/monthly
charts. Not a big deal if a broker wants to be fair and
transparent for its traders. However, I have not yet
seen an explanation for why these charts are not included.




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I use daily and weekly charts in my trading, and they don't provide it (weekly). I make my analisys on metatrader. Other thing that gives me headache is the fact that they don't have trailing stops. This is the main reason i am looking for other solid broker. Oanda would be heaven if they had a good chart service...
  • #17
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:57am Mar 17, 2008 9:57am
I like Oanda's tight spreads and fast execution, but the charts/dealing platform are utter crap. It has constant reconnects, lockouts, freezes, and delayed quotes. I run Oanda along side 3 other charting packages and Oanda is the only one that gives me trouble. I have seen my other charts run up 10 pips in price before Oanda's ever started moving. If I don't know what Oanda's true price is based on the charts, how am I suppose to make trading decisions. I have brought this up with Oanda more than once, and I always get the same answers, "Clear your cache and check your internet connection." I have run Oanda's platform on two differnent computers on two different high speed networks and neither platform had the same quotes and they severly lagged other charts/broker prices. I'm not accusing Oanda of being dishonest, but I am accusing them of having a crap frontend. I also agree with others that they need long term charts, historical data, and trailing stops. Others have been begging for these features for years, but Oanda doesn't seem to care.
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  • #18
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:57am Mar 17, 2008 9:57am
the spreads have been higher than usual all day...

EURUSD 1.6
EURCHF 3 pips!!!

all day
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  • #19
  • Mar 17, 2008 9:58am Mar 17, 2008 9:58am
Quoting pippero
the spreads have been higher than usual all day...

EURUSD 1.6
EURCHF 3 pips!!!

all day
Yes, but that's normal. Even with an ECN it's hard to get good fills today. Don't blame Oanda for that.

Regards - Xaron
  • #20
  • Mar 17, 2008 10:04am Mar 17, 2008 10:04am
Quoting Rosscub
I like Oanda's tight spreads and fast execution, but the charts/dealing platform are utter crap. It has constant reconnects, lockouts, freezes, and delayed quotes. I run Oanda along side 3 other charting packages and Oanda is the only one that gives me trouble. I have seen my other charts run up 10 pips in price before Oanda's ever started moving. If I don't know what Oanda's true price is based on the charts, how am I suppose to make trading decisions. I have brought this up with Oanda more than once, and I always get the same answers, "Clear your cache and check your internet connection." I have run Oanda's platform on two differnent computers on two different high speed networks and neither platform had the same quotes and they severly lagged other charts/broker prices. I'm not accusing Oanda of being dishonest, but I am accusing them of having a crap frontend. I also agree with others that they need long term charts, historical data, and trailing stops. Others have been begging for these features for years, but Oanda doesn't seem to care.
I've found oanda's prices to be accurate and basically perfectly in line with my ECN, so my experience is different from the one given above about a slow feed. I hope you are using the desktop version and are on a live account?
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