If you are in the positive with a trade and you put in a s/l is it possible that half of your profit eventually shows up on your account history, i.e. you lost half in that split second you closed?
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
If you are in the positive with a trade and you put in a s/l is it possible that half of your profit eventually shows up on your account history, i.e. you lost half in that split second you closed?
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Do not understand your question?
You mean if you let it close by your S/L in profit?
or..
If you have a S/L in place and close at market at a different price then your S/L?
For both cases it depends how far is the price from entry...
Say your S/L is 3 pips from entry... sure, you can lose half of your profit due to slippage... but if your S/L is 30 pips from entry... no way.
Well this is really the reason why I put the question in here. I had a trade that was stopped out (s/l) but when I looked back in the account history it was half the amount of what it was when it his the s/l. And it was over 100 pips.
The same thing happens the other way around as well, I put in a pending order but what happened today is that I got a busy signal four times and by the time it went through the price had gone up so much that I had to adjust my order.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
Well this is really the reason why I put the question in here. I had a trade that was stopped out (s/l) but when I looked back in the account history it was half the amount of what it was when it his the s/l. And it was over 100 pips.
The same thing happens the other way around as well, I put in a pending order but what happened today is that I got a busy signal four times and by the time it went through the price had gone up so much that I had to adjust my order.
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I say no way that can happens...(if did you can complain to your Brokers)
but Sorry Pipsel... still confused.
Ok... your trade stopped out by your S/L... but was in in profit or loss?
At what price you set the S/L?
At what price actually closed?
You find all the stuff you do in your "journal" tab in your mt4... that will tell you at what price "you" set your S/L.
Well this is really the reason why I put the question in here. I had a trade that was stopped out (s/l) but when I looked back in the account history it was half the amount of what it was when it his the s/l. And it was over 100 pips.
The same thing happens the other way around as well, I put in a pending order but what happened today is that I got a busy signal four times and by the time it went through the price had gone up so much that I had to adjust my order.
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This doesn't sound right who is your broker? Sounds like your broker is playing games if you ask me.
If you can post some pictures to better describe / show what you're trying to say. As I can make it out right now it sounds like you are being played by your broker.
Going to second most of the responses listed above, yeah it sounds like something is wrong..way wrong. Who is your broker? Can you provide more info..the info you have stated should not happen..just weird
Well this is really the reason why I put the question in here. I had a trade that was stopped out (s/l) but when I looked back in the account history it was half the amount of what it was when it his the s/l. And it was over 100 pips.
The same thing happens the other way around as well, I put in a pending order but what happened today is that I got a busy signal four times and by the time it went through the price had gone up so much that I had to adjust my order.
Well I have been trading on a practice account with my current broker and in doing so I have come across situations where I found out that I was the one making mistakes and I try to understand what went wrong in my way of thinking.
So at this point I'm not blaming anyone. But I sure appreciate everyone's input! Thanks!
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
Well I have been trading on a practice account with my current broker and in doing so I have come across situations where I found out that I was the one making mistakes and I try to understand what went wrong in my way of thinking.
So at this point I'm not blaming anyone. But I sure appreciate everyone's input! Thanks!
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A practice account has normally no slippage. Slippage is not caused by the delay between order and execution, it's mainly caused when there are no quotes that match your close price. The broker then takes the next best quote, which can be quite different to the current price or to your stop loss. But not by 50 pips.
Extreme slippage can only happen when you trade with a special program - such as MT4 or MT5 - that has a function to add artificial slippage to your trade. This has nothing to do with the 'natural' slippage by lack of quotes. But this will also only happen when you trade with real money, not with a practice account.
Well, pls see attachment. I have been waiting for over 6 minutes now to enter orders. I have decided to hold of going to FXCM for now and keep trading with Oanda.
I couldn't provide any proof for loosing money when closing a trade but this message is what I had before and I don't feel comfortable trading anymore. All trades on Oanda just went through.
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Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
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