Oanda FXTrade

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added a trailing stop in after the trade was in place ok.

[arco]

Thanks Peat - I'll certainly give it a try

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and here , as shown by the orange circle is the actual event of a trailing stop (placed after the initial trade was set) saving me from giving back too many pips.

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I;ve noticed that one can use both fixed and trailing stops together

so, a strategy one could employ to assist with unmonitored trades is to place a fixed stop loss at a eg -40 point and then a trailing stop starting at say -70 pip. if the trade moves any more than +30 the trailing stop will take over progressively reducing that -40 stop until when the trade is +70 stop is at break even and locking in at least some profit if there are further gains , all while you're not at the screen. this can provide some comfort if you are busy for a while

[arco]

Hi Peat

Yes, I noticed that appeared to be the case and wondered if I'd done something wrong. For that its a great tool IMO

arco

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i'm getting disconnected a lot recently... is anyone else noticing this? I'm a bit dubious about the quality of my internet connection at the moment so it could well be me or my ISP but if anyone else can let me know that Oanda is working fine for them (or not) I would be appreciative.

[Pumice]

Seems to be working fine for me.
I dont think I have ever had issues with Oanda to be honest.

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Thanks Pumice. I did some speed and ping tests and concluded my internet connection was fine. So I used the chat facility and asked an Oanda person. They recommended clearing out the Java cache which I had done already but I also rememberd I had tweaked one of the proxy settings... So I completely deleted the folders and files in the cache location (not just using the Java facility) set the proxy setting back how it was and then restarted Oanda, using the normal web login , not the FXTrade desktop. Its working better now.

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so the problem is still there , I've logged a call with my ISP. I've had disconnections with MarketMaker as well so I think they need to sort things out a bit. After about 10 minutes of talking , giving me all sorts of bogus suggestions such as changing my plan as the one I'm on has traffic shaping (but has unlimited data) , he finally admitted that they were investigating an issue with international traffic. grrrrrrrrrrr.

[arco]

Hi Peat. No problem here with Oanda. Although we do get the odd disconnection - its nothing to do with Oanda.