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  • #239,661
  • May 10, 2010 8:08am May 10, 2010 8:08am
Quoting Protogenos
I've been both long and short about ten times in past twenty minutes
lol
  • #239,662
  • May 10, 2010 8:10am May 10, 2010 8:10am
FXCM is screwing me bigtime.. If I ever get enough money to matter I will be taking it out if that account.. Getting screwed about 5 pips with every trade .. watching spreads like a hawk during exectution.. those guys suck.. showing a spread they aren't coming close to honoring..
  • #239,663
  • May 10, 2010 8:10am May 10, 2010 8:10am
SL - hunting....... it's over - let's fall again
  • #239,664
  • May 10, 2010 8:11am May 10, 2010 8:11am
Quoting gatorinla
sky.. its not over.. where there is smoke there is fire. this is just a band aid. chf is still doing its thing..
I took at long USDCHF at 1.0942 (fibo line, just as my short EU at 1.3091 was a fibo). I got the same feeling as you.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
  • #239,665
  • May 10, 2010 8:13am May 10, 2010 8:13am
Quoting Kramerica
FXCM is screwing me bigtime.. If I ever get enough money to matter I will be taking it out if that account.. Getting screwed about 5 pips with every trade .. watching spreads like a hawk during exectution.. those guys suck.. showing a spread they aren't coming close to honoring..
Out of all the brokers I've tried Oanda is the best for scalping if you don't care about the spread increase a minute or so prior to news release. Usually a 0.9 pip spread.

If you're a swing trader then I would suggest IB. Their spreads on E/U are 0.5 - 1.0 pips, though they do charge a 2.50 commission per leg and only use 0.5 pip increments.
  • #239,666
  • May 10, 2010 8:14am May 10, 2010 8:14am
Quoting Kramerica
FXCM is screwing me bigtime.. If I ever get enough money to matter I will be taking it out if that account.. Getting screwed about 5 pips with every trade .. watching spreads like a hawk during exectution.. those guys suck.. showing a spread they aren't coming close to honoring..

Same thing here...
I was very satisfied with them till last about 10 days.

This is frustrating.

PS.
What trading platform do you use? MT4 or their FXCM Trading Platform?
big numbers are our friends...
  • #239,667
  • May 10, 2010 8:15am May 10, 2010 8:15am
I'm continue to stalk shorts, just until the trendline has been reached
  • #239,668
  • May 10, 2010 8:16am May 10, 2010 8:16am
Moody's making substantial negative comments on Greece. Who' paying these people to publish their findings and why today? regulators should look into the timing.
ECB says won't increase money supply. That for me is significant.
Not long now, still waiting for my golden oppportunity.
  • #239,669
  • May 10, 2010 8:16am May 10, 2010 8:16am
Quoting Protogenos
Out of all the brokers I've tried Oanda is the best for scalping if you don't care about the spread increase a minute or so prior to news release. Usually a 0.9 pip spread.

If you're a swing trader then I would suggest IB. Their spreads on E/U are 0.5 - 1.0 pips, though they do charge a 2.50 commission per leg and only use 0.5 pip increments.
Thanks... I appreciate the advice.. It hasn't been a problem in the past.. but when you start a trade off with -8 to -12 pips when you usually have a -25 to -35 pip stop.. it makes a huge differerence.. I blamed it on myself thinking I wasn't watching the spreads.. but.. that's not true.. I was watching the spreads on the last 2 trades.. they are show ~3 pips.. not even close..
  • #239,670
  • May 10, 2010 8:17am May 10, 2010 8:17am
Quoting deeZG
Same thing here...
I was very satisfied with them till last about 10 days.

This is frustrating.

PS.
What trading platform do you use? MT4 or their FXCM Trading Platform?
I'm on their platform.. was never a problem until recent..
  • #239,671
  • May 10, 2010 8:17am May 10, 2010 8:17am
Quoting Kramerica
FXCM is screwing me bigtime.. If I ever get enough money to matter I will be taking it out if that account.. Getting screwed about 5 pips with every trade .. watching spreads like a hawk during exectution.. those guys suck.. showing a spread they aren't coming close to honoring..
yea it does suck....im getting some slippage today as well. I really havent had problems till now.....I figured it out, today slippage and higher spreads cost me about $120 that should been in my pocket.

as soon as i get my balance over 20k im moving to dukascopy, a real broker. Ill most likely be trading more than 1 lot, so slippage and shitty spreads will really matter, and im not gonna leave that to FXCM to screw me outta money.
  • #239,672
  • May 10, 2010 8:19am May 10, 2010 8:19am
slippage or wide spreads today means volatility is expected.....Banks are saying "i think they bought this pig but just in case lets have a little sheep sex till we know for sure"
those who can, do. those who cant, talk about those who can
  • #239,673
  • May 10, 2010 8:21am May 10, 2010 8:21am
Quoting Kramerica
FXCM is screwing me bigtime.. If I ever get enough money to matter I will be taking it out if that account.. Getting screwed about 5 pips with every trade .. watching spreads like a hawk during exectution.. those guys suck.. showing a spread they aren't coming close to honoring..
Ask them for the VPS (virtual private server) the execution is faster plus the advantage to trade anywhere you want without installing the platform.
  • #239,674
  • May 10, 2010 8:22am May 10, 2010 8:22am
Quoting Kramerica
I'm on their platform.. was never a problem until recent..
Yes, exactly the same on my side. Although I'm on MT4 with them, but same shit: showing 2.6 pips spread and once a position opened - 12 pips in minus immediately.

Never happened before until last few days.
big numbers are our friends...
  • #239,675
  • May 10, 2010 8:25am May 10, 2010 8:25am
im with plus500, they have a constant spread of 2 on eur/usd. and a fxpro demo account for the better charts and indicators
  • #239,676
  • May 10, 2010 8:25am May 10, 2010 8:25am
Quoting gatorinla
slippage or wide spreads today means volatility is expected.....Banks are saying "i think they bought this pig but just in case lets have a little sheep sex till we know for sure"
Yeah.. I was taking that into consideration.. the last trade I purposely waited until PA slowed down.. watch the spreads.. and boom.. trade 10 pips in the hole on click at a level that hadn't been reached.. watching the 5 min.. watching levels.. If the spread is 10 then they should post 10.. not 2.. that's all i'm saying..
  • #239,677
  • May 10, 2010 8:27am May 10, 2010 8:27am
Quoting Kramerica
Yeah.. I was taking that into consideration.. the last trade I purposely waited until PA slowed down.. watch the spreads.. and boom.. trade 10 pips in the hole on click at a level that hadn't been reached.. watching the 5 min.. watching levels.. If the spread is 10 then they should post 10.. not 2.. that's all i'm saying..
Exactly.

That has nothing to do with spread - that's robbery.
big numbers are our friends...
  • #239,678
  • May 10, 2010 8:28am May 10, 2010 8:28am
.9 spread here on oanda..2.2 GU, 1.0 u/j, 1.2 swissy and about 2 pips or less on EJ

MUST if you're day trading
  • #239,679
  • May 10, 2010 8:29am May 10, 2010 8:29am
Quoting deeZG
Exactly.

That has nothing to do with spread - that's robbery.
So why do you trade with them?
  • #239,680
  • May 10, 2010 8:30am May 10, 2010 8:30am
Quoting mfoste1
yea it does suck....im getting some slippage today as well. I really havent had problems till now.....I figured it out, today slippage and higher spreads cost me about $120 that should been in my pocket.

as soon as i get my balance over 20k im moving to dukascopy, a real broker. Ill most likely be trading more than 1 lot, so slippage and shitty spreads will really matter, and im not gonna leave that to FXCM to screw me outta money.
Still on the plus for the day.. but it makes a difference when you lose and extra 10 pips on the click.. with this PA i'm moving s/l to be asap... when I start 10-12 in the whole, brings the probability of the trade being a winner down..
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