Gap in EURUSD on NOV11

Hello folks,

Can somebody please tell me if this Gap in the market today was for real or is this one of the dirty bucket shop tricks I did hear so much about all around?

If it was for real: Can anybody tell me what had happened?

M1 chart
15:52 15:53 AlpariMicro UK time
14:52 14:53 GMT time

Greetings.
MikeFT

My data isn't perfect, as my 1 min bar charts on Oanda do not go that far back this late in the day.

I used FX Compare from Oanda, converted the GMT to EST.

I believe you are asking about 9:52am-9:53am EST.
It looks like price traded between 1.3682 and 1.3664 (about 18 pips).
In the last 10 secs of that particular minute (on Oanda)
it seems price went from 1.3678 down to 1.3664 (about 14 pips).
edit : ( actually looks like a 5 second 14 pip price move, as it only
used half the interval between 9:52:50 and 9:53:00)
See chart below (disregard Your Price "line")

I hope it helps.

i'm not going to go back and check for you. quite simply, i did see some gapping yesterday. fact is the world was half-asleep with no news out, and i hear there was a bank holiday in the US as well. if ever there was going to be less liquidity and volume then yesterday was the day, and gaps are what happens as a result.

edit : in fact, there is a gap in my chart just over an hour ago. so yeah. good times.

Here is the following minute...
and the link if you'd like to experiment with your own times...

http://fxlabs.oanda.com/cgi/fxlabs.pl?n=fxcompare

ibfx looks ok......h

Thank you guys.

So it seems my bucket shop was not trying too hard to get some of the money back I've earned before...

I hate that I have to worry about the market AND the bucket shop. But I guess that's just what it is if we (me) trade with a small account where trades never see the real market.
I guess the conclusion is: Keep the eyes open!

Again: Thank you for your responses!

Greetings.
MikeFT