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Looks like Etrade could end up toast. ETrade is getting killed in the market today while TDAmeritrade is up 5%. It's always amazed me how millions of idiots (ie. the market) seems to know more that the smartest of us all. The market knows all. Maybe the market thinks TDAmeritrade will end...

Thanks GaryN, TradingWise and TL Trader! I very much appreciated your responses. Sorry to ask a question so basic as to be answered with a citation of IB's trading hours. Also, thanks for the trading advice. Best

Thanks TradingWise. Would you or anyone else tell me if spreads increase on weekends at the ECN's like IB or MBTrading or is this just a market maker (Oanda) thing.

I guess it is more the weekends than nights when Oanda's spreads really go off the deep end. According to them they uniformly go up to 10 pips except GBP/JPY was 20. Ouch. I'd hate to have a stop triggered on that. Is there some way to avoid that problem? Thanks

Well let me rephrase that for you. Where I have already seen spreads published such as Oanda, it looks as if you might get burned by the large spread during off hours if you had a stop that was triggered at that time. I do know Oanda's site. I hope you can see the issue to which I am...

Please help an experienced stock trader looking to change to Forex. Where I can see spreads published (Oanda), they appear to increase a lot when financial centers are closed (nights). If you carry a stop overnight, it looks like you could get hurt by the spread if it was triggered? How is...