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  • #2,761
  • Edited 3:10pm Dec 28, 2011 2:59pm | Edited 3:10pm
Thanks for the answers buddies.

Could you tell me how to draw a box and a text box?
And how have an automatic scale as on MT4?

Thanks
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  • #2,762
  • Dec 28, 2011 9:37pm Dec 28, 2011 9:37pm
Quoting boubafx
Thanks for the answers buddies.

Could you tell me how to draw a box and a text box?
And how have an automatic scale as on MT4?

Thanks
You can't draw a box or text box. Sorry don't know what you mean by your second question, I don't use mt4. You can adjust the x and y axis (squash up or expand) by using the slide bars at the bottom right hand corner of the chart if that helps.
  • #2,763
  • Dec 29, 2011 3:30am Dec 29, 2011 3:30am
Quoting Agro
You can't draw a box or text box. Sorry don't know what you mean by your second question, I don't use mt4. You can adjust the x and y axis (squash up or expand) by using the slide bars at the bottom right hand corner of the chart if that helps.
It's what i dont like on Fxtrade, we must adjust the axis. On MT4, no need to do that, it's automatic.


However, thanks for the answer Agro
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  • #2,764
  • Dec 29, 2011 4:16pm Dec 29, 2011 4:16pm
Recently I'm using Oanda (Java platform) and was quite happy. No disconnects, no re-quotes, moderate spreads in my trading hours. But today one of my operations have been closed 1 pip before my stop. My stop was 9 pips, and I have lost 9, not 8. is this normal practice in Oanda?
  • #2,765
  • Jan 4, 2012 3:31am Jan 4, 2012 3:31am
I just started using the mt4 subaccount, but i trade through fxtrade. Just wondering if anybody else experience this before. I sent this email to oanda.

I had 3 positions closed for EURUSD on 1/4/12.
There were:

Sell @ 3042, SL 3055 ($166.42) - stopped out
Sell @ 3057, SL 3068 ($148.84) - stopped out
Sell @ 3066, TP 3034 $431.43 - profit target

However, on MT4 account history tab, the 2nd trade not listed but it is treated as a withdraw? Please fix this. I have attached images of the fxtrade transaction history vs the MT4 account history.

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  • #2,766
  • Jan 4, 2012 5:54am Jan 4, 2012 5:54am
Quoting hilmy83
I just started using the mt4 subaccount, but i trade through fxtrade. Just wondering if anybody else experience this before. I sent this email to oanda.

I had 3 positions closed for EURUSD on 1/4/12.
There were:

Sell @ 3042, SL 3055 ($166.42) - stopped out
Sell @ 3057, SL 3068 ($148.84) - stopped out
Sell @ 3066, TP 3034 $431.43 - profit target

However, on MT4 account history tab, the 2nd trade not listed but it is treated as a withdraw? Please fix this. I have attached images of the fxtrade transaction history vs the MT4 account...
i think it could be to do with the non-standard trade volume, your positions was 1.353 lots, and MT4 can't do 0.003 Lots.

... I'm not sure though, that's just an idea
  • #2,767
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:23am Jan 4, 2012 8:23am
Quoting rooicol
i think it could be to do with the non-standard trade volume, your positions was 1.353 lots, and MT4 can't do 0.003 Lots.

... I'm not sure though, that's just an idea
i've had other trades with non standard lot, but it went through. the only thing i can think of is that that trade was stopped out so quickly that mt4 wasn't able to 'follow' it.
  • #2,768
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:31am Jan 4, 2012 8:31am
What represent the line "interest" seen in the summary of your account operation?
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  • #2,769
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:33am Jan 4, 2012 8:33am
Quoting boubafx
What represent the line "interest" seen in the summary of your account operation?
that's position interest oanda credits or deducts based on the side of the trade you take.
  • #2,770
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:34am Jan 4, 2012 8:34am
Quoting hilmy83
that's position interest oanda credits or deducts based on the side of the trade you take.
sorry i don't understand
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  • #2,771
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:38am Jan 4, 2012 8:38am
Quoting boubafx
sorry i don't understand
here:
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/help/polici...te-calculation
  • #2,772
  • Jan 4, 2012 8:44am Jan 4, 2012 8:44am
Quoting hilmy83
here:
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/help/polici...te-calculation
Thanks very much hilmy
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  • #2,773
  • Jan 5, 2012 11:04am Jan 5, 2012 11:04am
Quoting hilmy83
I just started using the mt4 subaccount, but i trade through fxtrade. Just wondering if anybody else experience this before. I sent this email to oanda.

I had 3 positions closed for EURUSD on 1/4/12.
There were:

Sell @ 3042, SL 3055 ($166.42) - stopped out
Sell @ 3057, SL 3068 ($148.84) - stopped out
Sell @ 3066, TP 3034 $431.43 - profit target

However, on MT4 account history tab, the 2nd trade not listed but it is treated as a withdraw? Please fix this. I have attached images of the fxtrade transaction history vs the MT4 account history....
got this email from oanda:


Thanks for pointing it out again. I wasn't quite sure.
Although, the Metatrader is a third party platform with some limited technical features. In this case your the trade under the history tab is not displayed as it should be, however the balance is correct. Because of this we advise our clients to have a look on our fxTrade platform to monitor their trades. And you can see under the Activity tab, that this trade was treated as a 'Stop Loss Trade' and not a withdraw.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.

So apparently mt4 can screw trades up but the balance reported should be ok.

Hopefully this doesn't happen to often.
  • #2,774
  • Jan 12, 2012 3:39am Jan 12, 2012 3:39am
Quoting Dark1
Does anyone trade with Oanda? Are they any good?

Thanks
OANDA is quite good bad it becomes bad broker when news came out as they starts SL hunting during news release. Their spread expands like ghost during news time. Except widening spreads OANDA is a good broker. A recent show of their spread widening can be seen from the below screenshot. First part shows the spreads of EXNESS and second one shows the spreads of OANDA. The screenshot is taken few minutes back after the release of GBP news....

http://i39.tinypic.com/j0z1y1.png
  • #2,775
  • Jan 12, 2012 7:22am Jan 12, 2012 7:22am
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Their spread expands like ghost during news time.

LOL, nothing new, were you born yesterday ?
  • #2,776
  • Jan 12, 2012 9:45am Jan 12, 2012 9:45am
i fucking hate it when my order doesn't get filled.
it happens far to often.
this one was 8 pips over price and didn't get filled.

with my losing trades i loose and my many profitable trades just don't get triggered
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  • #2,777
  • Jan 12, 2012 9:51am Jan 12, 2012 9:51am
Quoting longshot_nl
i fucking hate it when my order doesn't get filled.
it happens far to often.
this one was 8 pips over price and didn't get filled.

with my losing trades i loose and my many profitable trades just don't get triggered
10 pips over my limit order for a full minute.
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  • #2,778
  • Jan 12, 2012 10:00am Jan 12, 2012 10:00am
logshot: open the java fxtrade platform, and on the gbp/aud chart add study -> priceoverlay -> low ask and low bid.

You will see the ask price didnt touch your order. Its still strange.
  • #2,779
  • Jan 12, 2012 10:02am Jan 12, 2012 10:02am
Quoting longshot_nl
10 pips over my limit order for a full minute.
Very strange. Been with them for 5 years I think and never had this prob. Are you accounting for spread. If not spread then may be something to do with the MT4 platform (MT4 is absolute crap in my opinion, much better of using fxtrade platform). Have you contacted them about this problem?
  • #2,780
  • Jan 12, 2012 10:07am Jan 12, 2012 10:07am
It was 8:30 EST - news time, so there was a big spread on that pair (as usual with Oanda). Its up to 30 pips in this pair. And since MT4 displays the bid price, the ask price was far away.

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/lang/de/why...recent#GBP-AUD
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