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  • #242,601
  • May 16, 2010 5:41pm May 16, 2010 5:41pm
well i am not there yet in term of trading volume. i have had definite
issues with spikes with oanda but then the citi bank has been pretty decent.

no issue ever that i can think of.

Quoting PipLand
Fair point, thought about trying an ECN? I would def recommend it you can sleep easy at night knowing you wont be spiked out and none of that requote nonsense either
Its all in the mind.
  • #242,602
  • May 16, 2010 5:44pm May 16, 2010 5:44pm
not too smart to load up on trades either direction atm imo. the markets been open for about an hour...we have all week and i'm sure we learn more as asia and frankfurt/london come online tonite. it just seems like some of the brokers people are using are doing some funny stuff early hours today..

oanda has been smooth I must say, none of these crazy spikes so far. same for MB
  • #242,603
  • May 16, 2010 5:46pm May 16, 2010 5:46pm
The trend is down and is so strong then i only open sell trades...waiting to get the best oportunity and open sells orders!!

if it reacht 1.2435 i will open a sell order or 1,2340!!

Quoting cagriguler
May not see 1.2435. Be careful.
  • #242,604
  • May 16, 2010 5:47pm May 16, 2010 5:47pm
Quoting Zink
The trend is down and is so strong then i only open sell trades...waiting to get the best oportunity and open sells orders!!

if it reacht 1.2435 i will open a sell order or 1,2340!!
Good idea
  • #242,605
  • May 16, 2010 5:47pm May 16, 2010 5:47pm
Quoting 5abi
LOL no it means cleints are fooling around
with low liquid condition n gettin their dollah being handed
to them on a platter

wth is a retail borker anyway
I think they mean market makers (micro lot and mini lot accounts). But I wouldn't think that would have any effect on actual spot prices.
  • #242,606
  • May 16, 2010 5:48pm May 16, 2010 5:48pm
Quoting 5abi
well i am not there yet in term of trading volume. i have had definite
issues with spikes with oanda but then the citi bank has been pretty decent.

no issue ever that i can think of.

Didn't you post a screen shot earlier with a pre-market rate of 1.44 or something on EU on a citi account?? Isn't that an issue in your opinion? Or did you take a short real quick so you don't want to complain? lol

What spikes have ya seen today on oanda? what pair? 2338-2373 is EU so far today for me range...gold is 1230-1235
  • #242,607
  • May 16, 2010 5:49pm May 16, 2010 5:49pm
Quoting 5abi
well i am not there yet in term of trading volume. i have had definite
issues with spikes with oanda but then the citi bank has been pretty decent.

no issue ever that i can think of.
cool, never used citibank before (maybe they are decent?) i had lots of probs with retail brokers though, got fed up in the end and moved to an ecn, never got spiked out but only through luck lol
  • #242,608
  • May 16, 2010 5:50pm May 16, 2010 5:50pm
Girl: Dollar Boy: Euro ) GAME OVER!!

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  • #242,609
  • May 16, 2010 5:50pm May 16, 2010 5:50pm
EJ shaping up for shorting all day if it can't get past that gap in the open.
  • #242,610
  • May 16, 2010 5:50pm May 16, 2010 5:50pm
of coarse anyone trading tonight is crazy; lol
I am going to wait until the big boys in london Tell me what to do
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think there is little doubt we are going to see more
drops but when ... up then down ... or just down?


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

teb
  • #242,611
  • May 16, 2010 5:50pm May 16, 2010 5:50pm
Nope I dont think that was a spike. That was a tech glitch and I am sure they

would not credit / or debit those trades.

Will find out.

PS # I close all open trades and positions before 8 AM ESTon Friday. Always

Quoting uraceulose
Didn't you post a screen shot earlier with a pre-market rate of 1.44 or something on EU on a citi account?? Isn't that an issue in your opinion? Or did you take a short real quick so you don't want to complain? lol

What spikes have ya seen today on oanda? what pair? 2338-2373 is EU so far today for me range...gold is 1230-1235
Its all in the mind.
  • #242,612
  • May 16, 2010 5:53pm May 16, 2010 5:53pm
My Real Account (50K) Only EURUSD

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  • #242,613
  • May 16, 2010 5:53pm May 16, 2010 5:53pm
Quoting 5abi
Nope I dont think that was a spike. That was a tech glitch and I am sure they

would not credit / or debit those trades.

Will find out.

PS # I close all open trades and positions before 8 AM ESTon Friday. Always
Right on. But you didn't have any type of issue like that on oanda today did you?
  • #242,614
  • May 16, 2010 5:54pm May 16, 2010 5:54pm
Quoting PipLand
Fair point, thought about trying an ECN? I would def recommend it you can sleep easy at night knowing you wont be spiked out and none of that requote nonsense either
Can you give me an idea of the number of lots on the inside bid and ask during heavy trading in ECN accounts on the EUR/USD?
  • #242,615
  • May 16, 2010 5:55pm May 16, 2010 5:55pm
sorry i was not clear. i am lazy and dont like to type a lot.

what i mean by spikes is that suppose there is big ass news and market
moves. with oanda, i have had recent events that my s/l (even t/p ) would
be hit more often than not.

simple reason could be on citibank even on event like NFP EU spread is
around 9-10, while oanda I have seen a spread as wide as 80 pips on EU

Now I am not a news trader but if I have trades open from previous night

and they get taken out cuz of that wide spread that is what i call spike

naturally both citi and oanda are market maker. but citi has been better

in terms of consistency in spreads. may be i am just new to them lol and have not made much trading with them lol

Quoting uraceulose
Didn't you post a screen shot earlier with a pre-market rate of 1.44 or something on EU on a citi account?? Isn't that an issue in your opinion? Or did you take a short real quick so you don't want to complain? lol

What spikes have ya seen today on oanda? what pair? 2338-2373 is EU so far today for me range...gold is 1230-1235
Its all in the mind.
  • #242,616
  • May 16, 2010 5:55pm May 16, 2010 5:55pm
Quoting 5abi
well i am not there yet in term of trading volume. i have had definite
issues with spikes with oanda but then the citi bank has been pretty decent.

no issue ever that i can think of.
I haven't seen huge spikes in my micro lot account at FXOpen. I've seen just a few requotes when prices were moving faster.
  • #242,617
  • May 16, 2010 5:57pm May 16, 2010 5:57pm
just replied to u, but no no issues today.

there are never issues in a non volatile non news environment with oanda.



Quoting uraceulose
Right on. But you didn't have any type of issue like that on oanda today did you?
Its all in the mind.
  • #242,618
  • May 16, 2010 5:59pm May 16, 2010 5:59pm
i dont know fxopen. but part of reason i needed/chose a us based borker like

citibank was that they are fdic insurance.


Quoting clambill
I haven't seen huge spikes in my micro lot account at FXOpen. I've seen just a few requotes when prices were moving faster.
Its all in the mind.
  • #242,619
  • May 16, 2010 6:00pm May 16, 2010 6:00pm
Quoting clambill
Can you give me an idea of the number of lots on the inside bid and ask during heavy trading in ECN accounts on the EUR/USD?
In all honestly I would never know and this is esp true for forex markets as most of them are traded spot cash.

I can only tell you what I see on the screen, but the big boys use hidden and iceberg orders so it doesnt mean much. Sometimes I can see some big orders lined up but it isnt often. number of orders directly on the bid in busy periods usually show between 50 - 150, but each one of those could in turn be an iceberg.

I can tell you how many contracts in total that have been traded though so far 3085
  • #242,620
  • May 16, 2010 6:01pm May 16, 2010 6:01pm
Quoting PipLand
In all honestly I would never know and this is esp true for forex markets as most of them are traded spot cash.

I can only tell you what I see on the screen, but the big boys use hidden and iceberg orders so it doesnt mean much. Sometimes I can see some big orders lined up but it isnt often. number of orders directly on the bid in busy periods usually show between 50 - 150, but each one of those could in turn be an iceberg.
And how do you see these orders?
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