Recent content by mamba315

You're probably right. What I was trying to say is that if your stop gets hit in the futures market due to the trading of other market participants, then you should have been more careful. But in the cash forex market, it's not always clear if the market did it or if your broker started taking...

From what I understand, Cramer deals mostly with US stock market. I think his point is more valid in that context. Due to the 24-hour nature of currencies I don't think thats as easy to do. Many of my best trades have been set right before I go to bed, and in the morning I'll see how accurate...

I would never say that you can't be profitable using shady forex dealers. The only problem is that it makes a hard game (trading) even harder. For the average forex customer who is on the steep part of the learning curve, this presents a disadvantage that should not be underestimated. I...

I'm not sure what you mean when you say the price spike took an hour to drop 30 pips. According to FXCM's own audit of this price spike, the price went from 1.5638 to 1.5612 nearly instantaneously, but only lasted a couple ticks. Then it went back up to 1.5638 just as fast. The entire spike...

I took the advice in the first paragraph and started a thread asking for help in the Trading section. It is a longshot, but I'm not emotionally invested in the outcome either way. If they screwed me over, won't admit it, and won't refund the money, then I'll take my business elsewhere. I just...

I trade the EUR/USD on the forex spot market, and recently I had a stop on one of my trades triggered under very suspicious circumstances. I was stopped out with a very unusual price spike that only appears on the charts supplied by my broker (FXCM) but does NOT appear on anybody elses chart...

In my original post I may have gotten the time wrong, since the FXCM charts, the CMS charts, and the "official" log of my trade are all using different time zones. But I bought on the bounce after the two previous lows at 1.5612, and it was the spike that I highlighted that stopped me out of my...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. The spike I am referring to does not show up on your chart. I have attached a pic of the one that stopped me out of my trade. The fact that it does not show up on the MT4 chart just deepens my suspicions. Thanks, I am going to look into these.

What independent price feeds are available for the currency spot market? I've never looked into them but now that I smell a rat I'm very interested. Also, how much do they cost on a monthly basis?

I've already done that.

My broker is FXCM and for the most part my experience with them has been okay. When trading from home I use their charts, but when I'm away I use the iphoneforex.com website run by CMS for price data. Last night (March 18) I was trading on my phone. I called FXCM and I entered a long...