Trying to understand a trade that took place.

Jun 05, 2014 at 13:46
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會員從Mar 27, 2013開始   7帖子
Jun 05, 2014 at 13:46
I bought an EA that places a straddle 30 seconds before a news event. If the price goes through either side, it closes the other side and then applie a trailing stop to the other side.

For some reason, it says it bought AUDUSD at 0.9297 but at 04:30 the price is far below that. How could that have been the buy price?

Screenshot of MT4 to make this clearer is here: https://gyazo.com/872c846666e9fb3dfdb3436a90f4f8fa
schemelab@
TheCyclist
forex_trader_28881
會員從Feb 07, 2011開始   724帖子
Jun 06, 2014 at 00:41 (已編輯Jun 06, 2014 at 00:42)
Wide spreads most likely, check the spread before you trade. Always!

If you have the source code see if it checks for spread if it doesn't you bought a brick.
forex_trader_25447
會員從Dec 21, 2010開始   131帖子
Jun 06, 2014 at 07:31
This is normal 'SPIKE' in time of the news.

TheCyclist
forex_trader_28881
會員從Feb 07, 2011開始   724帖子
Jun 06, 2014 at 09:44
Today is NFP, expect a few more of those....
會員從Mar 27, 2013開始   7帖子
Jun 06, 2014 at 12:41
Yeah, the real problem is that I looked at a line graph and that only showed the close, not the rest of the activity at that time.
schemelab@
會員從Jun 03, 2010開始   696帖子
Jun 08, 2014 at 14:22
It is usual spike. But remember that trade on news is risky and not so easy Due to big gaps and slippage.
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