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Internet connection speed for trading news spikes

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 12, 2014 7:29am Oct 12, 2014 7:29am
How fast the internet connection should be to trade the news spikes?
  • #2
  • Oct 12, 2014 10:05am Oct 12, 2014 10:05am
Faster than you can afford to pay.

But seriuosly, news trading is for the big boys, not small timers like us.
  • #3
  • Oct 12, 2014 10:07am Oct 12, 2014 10:07am
Get apartment closer to main server
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  • #4
  • Oct 12, 2014 1:36pm Oct 12, 2014 1:36pm
Quoting Pupsik
How fast the internet connection should be to trade the news spikes?
I would be more concerned about where your Broker fills the order, you can have the fastest internet connection on the planet and it will not make any difference. Try trading the news on a Demo account then try the same thing on a Live account and see how different it is.
Trade what you see not what you hope
  • #5
  • Oct 12, 2014 1:39pm Oct 12, 2014 1:39pm
Yeah not going to happen with a human. Need a super fast EA on a VPS that is right next door to broker.
All posts are my personal opinion
  • #6
  • Oct 12, 2014 2:18pm Oct 12, 2014 2:18pm
Quoting cja
{quote} I would be more concerned about where your Broker fills the order, you can have the fastest internet connection on the planet and it will not make any difference. Try trading the news on a Demo account then try the same thing on a Live account and see how different it is.
there is the point!
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #7
  • Oct 13, 2014 3:55pm Oct 13, 2014 3:55pm
I think this is more depending on your broker/market access then any other thing. 2nd one is the internet speed.

To trade news you should access via HotspotFX or another major ECN. Not a retail brokerage!
  • #8
  • Oct 14, 2014 10:23pm Oct 14, 2014 10:23pm
No internet faster then the spike, some time you cant even see the price moving look at eurjpy today and see. You can only trade the pullback. During the first minute of the news, i dont know any broker would fill your order
  • #9
  • Last Post: Jul 26, 2025 6:58am Jul 26, 2025 6:58am
Years later I found this tread. I think it will be interesting for you guys to know what happened to me after this post in 2014
Unfortunately, CodeMeister is not using the forum anymore and can't see this.
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