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  • #2,681
  • Nov 17, 2011 1:46pm Nov 17, 2011 1:46pm
Quoting LasVahGoose
Did anyone actually get this email?
nope
  • #2,682
  • Nov 17, 2011 4:19pm Nov 17, 2011 4:19pm
nope.
this pig cannot be slaughtered for ever... or can it?
  • #2,683
  • Nov 17, 2011 4:23pm Nov 17, 2011 4:23pm
me neither

who the hell got the this email?
  • #2,684
  • Nov 17, 2011 4:30pm Nov 17, 2011 4:30pm
oanda has all our money at jpmorgan.

maybe oanda is expecting jpmorgan to change some rules...

Thats why they dont want us retail traders to place too many and too big leveraged trades. They want low volume to be able to move fast and flexible in the coming weeks.

I have no idea if what I just said makes any sense. All I know is that the MFGlobal contagion is big. We might see other big financial institutes making very bad moves.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/entire...lobal-casualty
this pig cannot be slaughtered for ever... or can it?
  • #2,685
  • Nov 17, 2011 6:09pm Nov 17, 2011 6:09pm
Funds held by Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore is preferable to JPM


Quoting AEsparza
OANDA Asia Pacific holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) License (number CMS100122-3) issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) of Singapore.

As required by the SFA, OANDA Asia Pacific has set up a trust account at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore. All funds you send to OANDA Asia Pacific must be deposited in this trust account, and held there in trust for you.

This means that your funds are segregated and maintained separately from OANDA Asia Pacific own funds, and can only...
  • #2,686
  • Nov 17, 2011 6:41pm Nov 17, 2011 6:41pm
Oanda live and demo on mt4 has different price movement, more specifically there are obvious stop hunting.

Will post pictures tonight.
  • #2,687
  • Nov 17, 2011 8:54pm Nov 17, 2011 8:54pm
Quoting LasVahGoose
Did anyone actually get this email?
I recieved it on Friday, 11/11/2011. This is how it read...



Quote
Dear ***** *******,

Prior to the 2008 recession there was a sharp increase in exchange rate volatility. Three years later we are witnessing another dramatic uptick in currency price instability—this time triggered by the eurozone debt crisis.

Storm pattern repeating?
We analyzed the cumulative 7-day volatility of the EUR/CHF and
found that market movements last month seem to mimic the
2008 pattern.


Also had the following illustrations...
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  • #2,688
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:04pm Nov 17, 2011 9:04pm
Quoting jayjb
Oanda live and demo on mt4 has different price movement, more specifically there are obvious stop hunting.

Will post pictures tonight.
Oanda's demo MT4 lost connection right before the recent spike in EUR/USD. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. In any case, this should serve as "Exhibit A" on why you should never rely on one br0ker's demo for alerts or charting.
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  • #2,689
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:22pm Nov 17, 2011 9:22pm
You shouldn't rely on MT4 for anything.... No matter what account or broker.
  • #2,690
  • Nov 17, 2011 10:05pm Nov 17, 2011 10:05pm
Quoting tradestar1
You shouldn't rely on MT4 for anything.... No matter what account or broker.
Could not the same be said about any platform? I mean, even if a platform had no possible option to adjust spreads/execution/slippage, couldn't the broker simply manipulate the price feed that goes into the platform?
  • #2,691
  • Nov 18, 2011 12:17pm Nov 18, 2011 12:17pm
Quoting tradestar1
You shouldn't rely on MT4 for anything.... No matter what account or broker.
For anything? That's being a little too cynical, in my opinion. However I do agree with you that MT4 should not be relied on for much. It shouldn't be relied upon to send an alert. It definitely should not be relied upon to execute trades. However, for chart study on large timeframes (daily and higher), I think it's okay. That's about it though.
  • #2,692
  • Nov 18, 2011 12:26pm Nov 18, 2011 12:26pm
Quoting 2+2=4ex
For anything? That's being a little too cynical, in my opinion. However I do agree with you that MT4 should not be relied on for much. It shouldn't be relied upon to send an alert. It definitely should not be relied upon to execute trades. However, for chart study on large timeframes (daily and higher), I think it's okay. That's about it though.
I never had problems executing orders other than broker issues...

MT4 is excellent if you know how to use it. Backtesting is a different story though
  • #2,693
  • Nov 18, 2011 12:31pm Nov 18, 2011 12:31pm
Quoting 2+2=4ex
I recieved it on Friday, 11/11/2011. This is how it read...






Also had the following illustrations...
Thank You. It appears I received it today.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn
  • #2,694
  • Nov 18, 2011 5:15pm Nov 18, 2011 5:15pm
Quoting 2+2=4ex
It definitely should not be relied upon to execute trades. However, for chart study on large timeframes (daily and higher), I think it's okay. That's about it though.
Agreed. For serious traders, the ONLY usable aspect of Metatrader is charting. Although it's lacking in that area too. - A true chartist is probably better off getting a dedicated charting software without the limitations of Metatrader (e.g. it doesn't even support tick data).

The only reason MT is the "standard" platform for entry-level brökers probably has to do with how affordable it is for brökers, not because it's the best.
  • #2,695
  • Nov 18, 2011 8:44pm Nov 18, 2011 8:44pm
Quoting LasVahGoose

Did anyone actually get this email?
I did.
  • #2,696
  • Nov 20, 2011 11:40pm Nov 20, 2011 11:40pm
does any one know if this can be done?

Oanda generates some MT4 Sunday bars that i dont want.

I delete them, which works, but when i shut-down and restart MT4, the deleted bars are reloaded.

Is there a way to stop the deleted bars from being reloaded at restart?

thanks
  • #2,697
  • Nov 24, 2011 12:17am Nov 24, 2011 12:17am
Wow, I just noticed that Oanda has added a TON of XAU/??? pairs! They even made an XAU/XAG pair to trade the gold/silver ratio. pretty cool.

Anyone know where Oanda updates these types of changes? They always make changes you have to discover on your own. I don't see how hard it is to have RSS feed or send out an occasional email saying we made some changes there they are.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn
  • #2,698
  • Nov 28, 2011 11:40am Nov 28, 2011 11:40am
Hello - I am a Junior member so therefore cannot start my own thread yet. So I hope you don't mind if I post a question here...

I am able to run MT4 on my MAC with Crossover and it works great with a demo account.

I also loaded Oanda MT4 but it won't go live until I login - but it won't let me login (Invalid Account) and I can't figure out why. My account is active and I am using the correct password.

I was able to install Oanda MT4 on an old MAC laptop with VirtualPC and it works real well. But it is old and unreliable and I do not have a current copy of VirtualPC for my other MAC and Parrallels is a problem for me.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.
  • #2,699
  • Nov 30, 2011 9:53am Nov 30, 2011 9:53am
Can seem to get to the sign in regardless of browsers, just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same problems.
  • #2,700
  • Nov 30, 2011 9:55am Nov 30, 2011 9:55am
I just logged into Fxtrade with Chrome. Seems to be working over here.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn
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