DislikedYes, it is due to the volume data coming from a different broker/server. Volume data from the network of forex servers is not shared, and therefore is not a market wide representation of the number of trades each time frame. What you and I get is only the number of trades per TF as processed thru our own broker/server. And remember too, that it is the number of trades. The size of the trades is not disclosed.....sad, but true! It is just another way the Central Banks and brokers place retail traders at a disadvantage. In this day and age of computers,...Ignored
None of them want us to fail, we fail on our own and blame them.
No doubt there are malpractices, but then in which business there aren't?
Forex trading is the most liquid and once mastered there is no business like it.
We may have disadvantages as retail traders, but aren't we in similar situation if we own a small store compared to any big store or dept store?
Naturally, bigger the buyer, better the prices and services. Being bigger has its advantages.
There is no central clearing for forex, so its ok the volume and trade sizes are not disclosed as it becomes corporations/brokers/banks internal information, which I guess is business secret, unlike stocks where it goes through central clearing and it's regulated so there is more transparency than forex.
One thing I have learned is never to trade without a SL, no matter how big, without one the whole account works as SL.