Your post contains multiple inaccuracies about FXCM, though this may be from reading other forums where those inaccuracies were posted. A Q&A about what occurred can be found here http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...83#post4867883 .
All FXCM clients have the benefit of receiving positive slippage on NDD forex execution dependent on liquidity, and we provide stats on positive/negative slippage here http://docs.fxcorporate.com/faq/slippage-statistics.pdf . It's something every trader should...
The biggest offenders so far are FXCM, MBTrading and Oanda, so the million dollar question is why?
I do know its not account specific so why freeze all clients at once? (not that its right to do so to even 1).
I can also understand market makers doing this, but why would ECN/STP brokers do it?
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If it is real ECN, it is not in their best interest to do that. If you see such things often and you suspect they are not natural, it just means that they are not real ECN, hence are trading against you. And if they are trading against you, they don't really want you to win.
However, I doubt if the above mentioned brokers do such things. They have already spent some time on the market, have reputation, clients. It is commission that keeps such firms going, not minor scams. On the other hand, brokers are greedy. So, should you make some allegations, please document them somehow. It is always nice to have a list of brokers you can switch to if yours is starting to screw you.
P.S. To the others - I think you are mixing up stophunting in metatrader with frozen platforms.
If it is real ECN, it is not in their best interest to do that. If you see such things often and you suspect they are not natural, it just means that they are not real ECN, hence are trading against you. And if they are trading against you, they don't really want you to win.
However, I doubt if the above mentioned brokers do such things. They have already spent some time on the market, have reputation, clients. It is commission that keeps such firms going, not minor scams. On the other hand, brokers are greedy. So, should you make some allegations,...
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You are always trade again some one, do you care does it broker or other trader?
I have to agree and disagree with some of the above statements. Yes, Forex.com was fined for the quoted reason. But not all MT4 platforms come with the "plugin". Now that the regulators are aware of the issue, most brokers will be keen to avoid any additional fines or getting their licence revoked altogether.
On an additional note, if your laptpo or PC is not post 2000 or 2005, you're going to face a few issues..
than to delete whole trade refering to "wrong price feed" and other bull*****
anyway one can blame traders internet connection what is more easy
if this happans when you are in significant profit
this is clear indication of predator
close your acct not to remain a prey
and pay back to such a bastard posting your findings
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This is all perfectly explained in a series of videos posted by an insider on trade2win. This is all programmed in including price spikes and slippage, they also show how to change charts after the event.
Hi wonder if i can get more knowledge about this matter. I have been reading as many past threads as i could in the past few days. I can see that many traders won't commit themselves to a market maker broker. How do we actually know if the broker is hunting your stop ? Even a STP or ECN one ? I am currently trading with Vt Platform, but not sure if can mention the name of the broker Few weeks ago I became suspicious. I was looking at my charts and looking also at different charts from different platforms and websites, on 7 screens, and realised that when my stop was taken out on Vt platform live account, the other charts showed still 5 pips to go, before the stop would triggered. Eventually what was winning trade of 22 pips, which turned up to be a loss. Stop was just 15 pips below and on other charts it went down only 7/8 pips. Obviously am not absolutely certain if someone did it or not ..However seven different screens cannot lie. How do we know for sure if a broker is hunting stop to make you lose, or a broker is hedging the position against you ? Does it mean that if it happens to me it is also happening to someone else ? And how does it happen, that a broker manage to see when you buy and buy when u sell ? Does it mean the candles on the chart “Before Opening the Position” are right, the stop is also right, but the next candles and price movement is being manipulated ? Sorry really trying to figure this out. Does this happen often with market makers ? Does this not happen with STP/ECN brokers ? Wish you can shed more light on this . Wish to transfer my funds to create a new account with new broker and platform and would like to get some advices about this thanks. Am now recording all my live trades on camera, in case one day would need to show proof to the FSA or FCA.
The biggest offenders so far are FXCM, MBTrading and Oanda, so the million dollar question is why?
I do know its not account specific so why freeze all clients at once? (not that its right to do so to even 1).
I can also understand market makers doing this, but why would ECN/STP brokers do it?
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They all do it. Perhaps one reason for having a low deposit; I say.
It works like this. You bid mostly buy for couple days and the market generally was going sell. By the third day it is on a buy mode then you computer freezes by drowning. How wonderful!
Reducing the the max bar in history in the tool/option menu probabily help.
They all do it. Perhaps one reason for having a low deposit; I say.
It works like this. You bid mostly buy for couple days and the market generally was going sell. By the third day it is on a buy mode then you computer freezes by drowning. How wonderful!
Reducing the the max bar in history in the tool/option menu probabily help.
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But why do ECNs do that? They are aggregators, which means that the more lots their clients trade, the more comission they get. I'd believe if retails clients were f*cked that way cause ECN is a counterparty during such trading. But what about bigger ones?
But why do ECNs do that? They are aggregators, which means that the more lots their clients trade, the more comission they get. I'd believe if retails clients were f*cked that way cause ECN is a counterparty during such trading. But what about bigger ones?
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Well, it seems that retaining loses is better than comissions. ECN/Retailer both have dealilng desk. Do not believe otherwise.
