Thread: Has anybody experienced stops being hit more frequently?

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The smaller the timeframe, the larger the unnatural oscillations become....

Thank you for the information. It is interesting that you mention that about the take profits because I have noticed my take profits consistently take a few seconds to do where as my stops are often taken out that the millisecond price comes close to them, often times that the platform will seem to round to my stop even though price does not actually hit it (example: stoploss in .3830 and has executed when high reaches .38298). I do notice that I feel something fishy is up it's always subtle. Price never appears to vary more than a pip or 2 tops compared to other brokers, but it still has annoying. I guess I can remedy this with wider stops. Seems as though my broker didn't begin playing these games on me until I was always profitable and started trading larger lots though. I am beginning to worry that perhaps your broker will do more and more to take out you the money you earn with them. As I mentioned when I was profitable with a smaller account I didn't seem to notice anything but today as my account has grown larger it appears to be getting harder.

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Thanks for the info. It's interesting that you mention that about the take profits since I've noticed my take profits consistently take a couple of seconds to do where as my stops are usually taken out the millisecond price comes close to them, often times the platform will appear to round to my stop even though price doesn't really hit it (example: stoploss at .3830 and gets executed when high is at .38298).

Let me see. You sold. Your stoploss is 0.3830. The price goes against you and reaches 0.38298. The broker closes your own position. How rude, is not it?

Really this is how the market operates. Your cease means that you are eager to buy at 0.3830. If someone is willing to sell for you at a price that's larger or equal to 0.3830 than you have to buy, according to your order.

0.38298 is your Bid price and Metatrader shows the Bid as the current price. However, the Ask is Bid Spread therefore the Ask was larger than 0.3830.

Your broker is most likely a market maker and a bucket shop so he is trading against youpersonally, you don't really buy or sell, your orders are between you and him.

Think about using market orders or stop limit orders to depart your transactions? Does your system allow this? In case you decide to use a market order, then place a stop 2-3 times away from where you depart as a emergency stop reduction in case you eliminate internet/power/etc.

Thank you for the info. Yeah, I am kind of pressured into using larger stops now. Worked okay for me another day, just a bit painful when they are hit. I simply thought it was odd that the frequency where my ceases where hit improved drastically. It made me think I popped up on my brokers radar or something.

Have you tried something like this?
https://www.nigeriaforextrading.com/...2047323832.mq4

Forex is constantly changing, we are always being told this. Your system (and also my system for that matter) can not win on every trade we take. And it's going to be the same to your stoplosses. In my experience (and given it's not all that long) my trading success may even be influenced by the period of year (individuals on vacations, certain holidays themselves etc.).

Not every trade will proceed according to plan. I've frequently take transactions with the expectation of seeing them making me a profit simply to view these initially thoughts in the wrong direction and you simply have a certain quantity of space before your stops are struck.

I remember early last year, I entered a commerce thinking that it looked as great as it could be only to observe matters quicly go sour. I saw on my news report thread that a name had dumped a lot of money in my pair forcing it to go another way.

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Have you tried something like this?

That is for metatrader correct? My broker doesn't provide metatrader so I am forced to utilize their java based trading platform. It isn't feasible to configure MT4 for use on Oanda API is it?
In reaction to betting, I concur with you. Markets are constantly changing so your trading platform has to have some components to it. I may just be paranoid. If they're manipulating price it is never by over a pip or two. I've really been pleased with them. Just seemed like things changed so I was wondering if anyone else experienced anything similar.

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That's for metatrader right? ...

Yeah sorry MT4. You might try starting a thread on Platform Tech and somebody may help.

The ckskers can not hit my ceases cuz I utilize psychological ones. I have an out of range cease placed although the trade begins but will move it in to have stopped when I struck a loss limitation.

No, what they do to me is much more heavy handed than cease hunting: they just glitch up the platform to the extent that it will become hard to exchange.

You can not win I tells ya.

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The ckskers can not hit my stops cuz I just utilize psychological ones. I have an out of range cease placed although the trade begins but will move in it to have stopped when I hit at a reduction limitation.

No, what they do to me is more heavy handed than cease hunting: they just glitch up the platform to the extent that it becomes hard to exchange.

You can not win I tells ya.

Ha ha, so if you're not an idiot and lose all your money by yourself, the brokers have to take matters into their own hands?