Thread: Whats Up With Oandas Spreads?

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FXJarhead: They disabled the account-history, therefore no trades show up on the chart in any way. If you had boundaries it's likley that a had a border violation, then gbp/jpy did jump for 10-20 pips at one time. When it was really an error, and you need to have been implemented, I would contact CS, they usually fix this (I had both profitable trades and losses undone previously on spikes and such).

THX Shrike,

I've contacted CS....they are looking into it. I had no boundaries set....thing is, the order even disappeared from my order log...????

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Hey ,

failed any one LOSE any position limit orders now with Oanda???

I'd one set at 112.50 to buy 50k usd/jpy with a TP target of 114.00, it had been set to expire Sept 1st....This is August 16th. This was a ONE Month GTC.

I checked this morning. . .US EDT at 0500am it had been there, it is now 2156pm...I am starting my day to check over my charts, also observed that the low of the usd/jpy....Yet NO fill, and the box where limits are shown on the charts is gone. I should have been filled at the 1230p. . .give or take a couple of minutes.

This is a LIVE Account...

Thx

Check your Entire transaction history for your 16 and 17th

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I have been using Oanda now just over two months, and have had no probs aside from the server being down a couple times (One of those being a couple of hours back ).
I also know how their spreads fluctuate at different times of day and on weekends. Perhaps its just me, but it appears the last 3 or 4 Thursdays, their spreads are close to weekend rates...
The liquidity in the market appears to be normal if not a little bit higher. They state the only real reason their spreads change is due to liquidity or news release.
So why are they so high NOW?
GBP/JPY-15
GBP/USD-10
NZD/USD-20

Simply to name a few....

This has to do w/ the extreme volatility any moment of extreme volatility IE NFP you may see low liquidity = higher spreads that is being seen across muti-bank platforms also and I've even heard of a couple of retail brokers increasing their% margin requirements.

I hate to think what might be occurring with accounts once I still haven't managed to get in my demo platform nonetheless.

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I hate to think what could be happening with live accounts when I still haven't been able to get on my demo platform yet.

Can you guys like a little cheese with your wine?

Even platforms like CNX and Hotspotfxi have gone down and people are placing 1mil lots on those. This is the reason its good to have broker w a working desk and access to muti-bank. Cause then you can do pick your phone up.

Welcome into the world of technology.

Only need some input from anybody using a stay account at Oanda... I havent heard from anyone at Oanda and can't log into my account.

I am able to log in to my Oanda account. But there are some irregularities. There isn't any data in the action list and transactions do not show up on the chart.

Try the forums in Oanda to Learn More.

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Only need some input from anybody with a live account at Oanda... I still havent heard from anybody at Oanda and still can not log into my account.

Contact them via their live chat

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I am ready to log into my live Oanda account. However there are still some irregularities. There's no data in the activity list and trades don't appear on the chart.

Although I will login to FXtrade and that I could see the chart, my activity record was disappeared for several days. But interest on deposits and interest swaps appear to get compensated as much as I could see.

Lately, when buying in the market, abruptly Oanda displayed warning (trade error massage). I believed Oanda's server couldn't execute this market order in this time though, really, the market order was transacted after re-login...

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Though I can login to FXtrade and I will see the chart, my action list has been disappeared for several days. But interest on deposits and interest swaps appear to be compensated as far as I can see.

Lately, when buying in the market, abruptly Oanda displayed warning (transaction error massage). I thought Oanda's server could not do this market order in this time, however, really, the market order was transacted after re-login....

My understanding standing is they have disabled a view features why they fix the Issue but all of your trades should appear under

Account / Full Transaction History