Broker Price Spikes hitting stops....

I have two FXCM accounts and one Forex.com account.

Today, I just experienced a price spike.

On all three brokers, I was shorting CHF/JPY and had moved my stops to 83.754 and 83.690 for the two FXCM accounts

At 605pm (EST), the following occured:

One FXCM platform spiked to 83.780, thereby taking out my 83.754 stop.
The other FXCM platform spiked to 83.756, thereby taking out my 843.690 stop.

However, At 605pm (EST), other Forex.com has 83.634 as the high with no abnormal spike.

It would appear that FXCM Micro is intentionally spiking price action to hit stops.

I had only read about this before and did not believe it.

And I am not complaining about losing money because I actually made money.

The issue is confidence in FXCM's trading platform as well as ethical business practices.

Also, the two FXCM accounts reside on two different servers.
One on "MINIREAL8" the other on "MICROREAL02"

So, at 605pm (EST), on a 5min bar, why do two servers at the same broker have two different prices? (ie. 83.780 and 83.756 as highs)

Here are some screenshots:

FXCM server "MINIREAL8" - CHF/JPY price at 605pm (EST)
http://www.screencast.com/t/YjZiNjIwMzMt

FXCM server "MICROREAL02" - CHF/JPY price at 605pm (EST)
http://www.screencast.com/t/MTVjMTEyNj

Price at compared to Forex.com:
http://www.screencast.com/t/ODE4OWVlY2


Thoughts and feedback are appreciated.

Also note that the Open Low and Close are the same on both server.
Only the highs are different.
Hmm...

Go have a look at the EURUSD thread, discussed there, most brokers had the same spike on CHF pairs, about 20 pips in 4 seconds.

Summer trading, anything can happen.

OK, thank you very much for the input.

It would be more clear to me if most brokers have these spikes.

It was just weird since one of the three I use did not have it.

Also, why did two different servers at FXCM have exactly the same Open, Low, and Close, but on the High was different?

That is what is most strange.

Thanks again for your feedback.

Latency, you will see different highs on these quick spikes.

Really?
How so?

I had an email exchange with FXCM support and they informed me that the High should be the same on all their servers.

Clearly it is not.

I provided them evidence of this and they are looking into it further.

Will post results here.

However, I must say that the customer service at FXCM appears to be very good.

They have been very professional and responded to my inquiry in a timely fashion.

Let us know, thanks, i had a similar question, want to see what fxcm says.

Hi,

Just another point. Micro lots are not the best price feed.

Regards
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