Recent content by swingerdan

I see what you mean. I clicked the show average price and the candle now follows the price. But the average price at the time is still different (higher in the case of a sell trade) than the other brokers who are using the bid to follow the candles. This 1/2 spred (especially in wide spread...

Thanks for the information. Oanda's system makes no sense. The shadow went 1 pip below my take-profit limit (the green horizontal line on the screen). Why should I have to do a computation about where my stop or take profit is located in relation to the actual price when I have the visual...

I am a bit confused about this also. The chart candles seem to be offset higher or lower based on the spread. One way or another they get the spread from you. I have noticed that Oanda's chart candles do not reflect the same levels and candles on other charts. The buy and sell and...

Kicking said; "LOL what are you talking about this is where the big money is made ? It'sa lot moe important to be able to rely on your dealer's platform during economic announcements for ex. yes you can sometimes profit from moves on sunday night but it's pretty rare , the range is usually...

Ok, no problem.... Still, if Oanda's spreads are that wide , during periods of volitility, and stay wide for long periods, then it won't be practical to trade with Oanda's platform when U really wan't to get in on a trade. :) :cool:

It's 7:45 p.m. EST. sunday night and the spreads are still at 10 +:mad:

I have noticed that many of the platforms do not have volume, on balance volume, or advance/decline. I'm sure the market makers have some record of the volume of buys and sells. I can only conclude that they want to keep us in the dark as to volume because it is a good indicator of possible...

I was shocked to see the pip spreads on Oanda today Sunday Aug 14, 2005 from 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm CST. They were all 10 pips plus. To compare I opened some other platforms to compare. I chose a few quick pairs. They broke down like this: Strategy Builders EUR/USD 2 PIPS...