Oanda....

Looking for others that went form MT4 to Oanda for the java based trading.

Currently and always have used a MAC.

Would love to not have to run Parallels and Windows.

But, I'm so used to my MT4 charts.

One question I do have is the Daily Pivots come up different on the Oanda.
And what's with the 3 hour bars and not 4 hr ????? bizarre.....

Others that have switched, can you share your thoughts with me.

I've used IBFX (using) and FXCM mt4 prior.

thanks,
kj

I do my charting with MT4 and put in my trades with Oanda, has been fine. If you can't run MT4 then you can take a look at NetDania Charts. Java based and free.

If you have ca. $50 per month to invest, you could try ProRealTime charts.
They are java based, very good feed, and a really nice, fast charting software, with advanced features.
Otherwise, Oanda charts are quite usable if you get used to them.
Netdania is OK, but much slower than ProRealTime.

I've been with Oanda for years, since 2005. I've used MT4 for charting, but realized that even the best MT4 methods can be duplicated on Oanda using standard indicators.

I wouldn't trade anywhere else. They're finanacially the strongest broker, and during the "flash crash" their platform was rock solid while most brokers had bad slippage and outages. They even disabled the gaming platform to conserve bandwidth for the real money accounts!

Hi,
I also use mac, i run parallel for MT4 occasional use, but don't really like MT4 too much, although is quite good. For the kind of trading i do i find oanda charts really awkward, although i understand that they are fine for some people. I trade with Oanda and Dukascopy live, For me the Dukascopy platform is by far the best (Java), but that is just my opinion. I think there is a big gap in the charting software for mac. If you are a mac user, i would recommend a dukas demo for charting and just use your brokers online platform for placing trades, (or just use dukas for both). I don't rally use my oanda account very much, and do almost everything through Jforex (dukascopy platform).

thanks alot for your help and thoughts guys !
I appreciate it alot.

Don't use with company. The biggest scam in the world. I was with Oanda for one year, and after one year they dumped my account in trash. They won't talk to you. Their chat is useless, they just give you email to contact them. IF you want to lose your time and money this is the right broker

Seems a little unusual for Oanda.

Perhaps you can elaborate?

He is an idiotic noob that's all. "They dumped my account" What a junk. lol