My first post. I am a newb who has only been trading a couple of months, and this website has been invaluable. I have been using Oanda and have been pretty happy with it so far... UNTIL TODAY! I haven't been able to login to my account now for over an hour. I called their Cust Service, and they could only say their server is down, and they are trying to fix it right now but don't know why it is down or how long it will take to get back up. I am a night owl and trade at night when I can, so I their website being down at midnight Eastern time is a huge problem for me, if not for others, because I will often trade during Tokyo or London hours. I use linux (ubuntu) so I was originally attracted to Oanda because of its java platform and positive reviews by others. Now I have to find a new broker! <cry>
How can you trust a broker with your money when this happens??!! The potential for loss is HUGE!
I am going to look thru the rest of this thread to find rec's for another broker.