Forex Rollover 10-30 Pips Widening of Spreads (Swing Trading PROBLEM)

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Hi.

When swing trading… How do you guys deal with widening of spreads when the roll over happens at the end of the day. I trade 20 pairs and I’ve checked multi brokers everyday there are pairs that go from 2 pip spread to like 10-30 pips for about 2-30mins. That’s such a wide spread that even with good stop loss placement it takes me out. Starting to be a big issue for me.

I trade on a 4hr, so my stop loss isn’t huge.

Anyone found a broker that does reasonable widen of spreads? Not sure how to solve this problem.

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If your entry is 10-30 Pips away from market pricing it should be fine to hold during the widening period.

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TD365 a UK regulated broker has fixed spread accounts. Could suit you better. eToro has the worst.

Also try CMC, IG, XTB, IC.

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I don’t have an additional great answer to this but its good to see a trader who has sought to quantify this issue - so many don’t even realise the excess distance that spreads can be pushed out to.

I trade off daily charts and can still get caught by spreads at transitional times of day. I have sometimes resorted to cancelling entry orders and even stop-losses until the spreads have returned to normal.

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Only option is to widen your stop at this time of the day then move it back after the hour.