There are some ways to make that less.
For example I have in Tools > Options > Charts:
Max bars in history: 50k
Max bar in chart: 5k
And right click on market watch and click Hide All, so you only see Eur/Usd price.
I have 3 terminals running, using between 4M - 7M each.
I think it IS high. I caught it once (finally). Well, not the actual spread I admit, but MDās on-screen info. It DID say āSpread: 8.2 (82 pips)ā for just a moment.
Also got a lot of those messages again tonightā¦
Just seen it live on my Platformā¦ Once spread was up to 8.2ā¦ MD showed that as wellā¦ just for once secondā¦ the last time now it was for 20 seconds or soā¦
then directly back to 1.6
Really donāt know what that is aboutā¦
Brokers vs. MegaDroid?
Just wonderingā¦ my FxPro account doesnāt show these messagesā¦
And would be interesting if these messages are only shown if MD actually wanted to place a tradeā¦ or just giving this message everytime spread is too high?!
There you goā¦
Just caught the next spread of 8.2pipsā¦ and hitmy āPrintScreenā directlyā¦
So you can see. MD shows the 8.2ā¦ againā¦
on the leftā¦ see the quotesā¦ really 8.2
if there wouldnāt have been any tradeā¦ I donāt careā¦
(and it looks like thisā¦ because no trade no message on my other account)
Yesterday I emailed Alpari asking for an explanation as to why the spread is sometimes as high as 82 between 9pm-10pm GMT (there have now been 14 instances tonight so far) as the market isnāt exactly moving very quickly, and also said that I, along with many others, use an EA that trades around this time and it suffers due to the high spread. I proposed to them (not that they would admit it even if it were true) that this could possibly be the cause of the high spread, i.e. a way of discouraging us.
This was their reply.
"Youāre right itās not moving fast, but you have to remember that immediately following the close of trading in New York there is precious little liquidity until the Australasian markets get into full swing.
To suggest that this has happened to somehow victimise your EA is an original idea, but still misses the truth by an alarming distance."
If a broker responded to me like that, Iād drop 'em like a hot potato.
Donāt patronize me.
At the very least, he should have responded in the usual. āContact your EAās support teamā¦Alpari 's spread pricing is market driven as stated in our policyā¦blah blah blah.ā
I donāt need someone telling me what sounds like ānice idea butā¦ummmā¦no youāre wrongā¦click!!ā
The customer is always rightā¦even when theyāre wrong.
When I asked them about the high spread, I got a response in a similar style. It was āuniqueā, I have to admit. Nothing rude, I could just feel their frustration.
If I were them, Iād write up a long explanation, save it as a canned response, and just send it off, whenever this question arises.
Anyway, the fact that you get a personal, non-canned response, is a plus.
Just to clear something up;
āSpread is to high errorsā donāt mean MD wants to trade. I pretty much get these errors daily during roll over time when the spread shoot up for a few seconds.
Anyone considering to turn off MD tonight?
Same action last month brought us the SL
Not sure what to do todayā¦ donāt want to miss out a good tradeā¦ but donāt want another SL
ywā¦ might just be rumors as wellā¦ but has already affected the markets today.
Donāt want anyone here to blame meā¦ if they miss the perfect tradeā¦
Was just curious what the others thinkā¦
Still unsure myself. -turning it offā¦-set the risk-level downā¦-or just let it run.