OANDA — Forex Broker

I have been using Oanda for the past month after reading many positive reviews of their broker platform and services. The first technical problems I had were with their Java FXTrade platform which suffered from 'connection problems' during trying to close out a winning trade. The charting software FxTrade isnt the best I have used but they also offer MT4 for use. This gave me more problems. Trades would sometimes be executed straight away, others sometimes upto 15 second delays. Sometimes never. I had the last straw today when trying to trade around news time, their Java FXTrade 'lost connection' again only when in a winning trade. Upon logging back into my account the winning trades appeared to be losses removed from my account. I am sad to say the Oanda is the same as all the other bucket shop outfits out there, I was really hoping that they would be the broker I stick with, goodbye Oanda, I do not recommend Oanda to any trader.

They USED to be good. As of late they have deteriorated. In my opinion they have fallen out of the upper class of market maker brokers. Their spreads are almost never below 1.2 on EUR/USD and they have recently adjusted their interest payout/charges. As you can imagine, not in the traders favor. I recommend at this point to consider other brokers. There are several that are better right now.

I use to have problem with fx trade, Live chat wit the Customer service and solve the problem by clearing my Java cache,the only thing is that nowadays it is really hard to see the spread fall below 1 in EUR/USD.if ur lucky u can get 0.9.I use to think that they hunt for my SL (which I still do) just to make sure make sure u tun on the ask, average and bid price. The Spread can go crazy up to 10 pips during news.the execution for me is superb.But for it class (non ECN),I think Oanda is the best.Hope dis help.

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Hello, I have experienced frequent service interruptions trading with Oanda for the past year. Also, I have experienced several price spikes and tripped stop losses. After numerous incidents I decided to look on the BBB web site to see if any complaints have been filed. A couple complaints have been filed

I've used oanda since may on a live account. at it took about two working days for my deposit to get on the account and when i need a withdrawal it to about three working days get appear on my bank account so far there reliable. They don't advertise like others broker they allow their service to do the work for them. i heard of them because of their low spreads and service Five stars from me although as i speak it's 8:30 on a Friday morning news has just been release and the server is down, I don't mind cause i let the market stew after news release any way

I have been trading with Oanda since July 2010, so 3 months after these are my inputs - positive: low spreads, no minimum deposit, quick service, good customer support (they did replied immediatelly to my complain), good range of news and market research supplies, some didatic issues for begginers with quality; negative: poor resolution charting (altough they have all main functions need for trading), quick and strong variability on spreads during news events. I have no complains about honesty up to now.

I have used OANDA since 2006, and they are professionals. OANDA is NOT a scam. Actually, they have steadily provided additional services which I have found very helpful such as — the Global Transfer, the desktop platform etc. Every trader should plan to use more than one broker — please diversify!

But NOTE, every broker is there to make money and part of their income is your LOSS — that is the reality in any financial market. So it does not surprise me that OANDA servers "conveniently" crashes when the market moves rapidly; and it does not surprise me that OANDA suddenly limited allowable daily transfers to 20 from one account to the other; and it does not surprise me that they hunt traders' stops — believe me, every other broker does that.

Your job is to protect your investment; if you don't have solid plans to protect your trades, then get out of forex trading.

Summary: OANDA is a very good and professional broker and "market maker". They give you the tools to make money, but if you don't protect yourself, they will not hesitate to profit from your loss — and I think that's what every other broker does.

Cheers!

I have been with Oanda for about a year. Oanda is a market maker so they actively trade against there customers. They actively hunt stop losses. Oanda's trading platform freezes often. I have lost my connection to my trading account while trading and they told me that I was having internet connectivity problems even though I could get to other web sites and log in to my email without a problem. They also did not know that I used to be a network administrator before telling me that I was having internet connectivity problems. Oanda is a highly manipulated environment. The correct term for this type of broker is a "Bucket Shop"

ECN brokers are the most free market breed of broker. They do not have a dealing desk that can be manipulated. ECN brokers want you to be successful because they make money when you make money. Oanda makes money when you loose. As time moves forward traders will opt for ECN brokers and market makers will go bust.

When I started trading in the Forex-market in June 2001 I compared several brokers and my decision had the name OANDA. I was new in FOREX and I did not want to risk much money, only OANDA offered trading with very small amounts of real money in that year.

Another reasons for my decision was the possibility to use Paypal because only US-Dollar-accounts were offered first, and only a New York Chase Manhatten account for wire transfers was offerd in 2001 (Euro-accounts came later). Wiretransfer from Germany to the USA was very expensive in that years, especially for small amounts of money, so Paypal was an interesting alternative.

Another reason was the small spread compared to others in EUR/USD in the year 2001 already (today the normal spread is much smaller then 2001, today its 0.9 when London or New York market is open, and its increased for a minute or so when news are on the way).

And another main reason were the people behind the name OANDA.

More then 8 years later I am still trading with OANDA and there have been no problems with them.

I only changed the way to transfer money in these 8 years, because OANDA is offering serveral wire-accounts in several countries since many years now. Thats fast and cheap, I dont have to use Paypal any more - wonderful.

Hi there,

I have been trading with OANDA for several years now, and there have never been any major problems except for a few connection issues. The connectivity problem is something that happens with almost every Web based trading platform. If you are lucky and the trading company of your choice is located in your home country you will probably have a much better and more reliable connection to your trading platform. Anyway, OANDA is a solid and reliable Forex trading broker. Your money is as safe with them as with any other bank nowadays, if you know what I mean. So don´t put all your eggs into one basket.

i trade them from1998.at 9/11 they have been afected but they have backup servers so they managed well.They were on market before the scams begin.A very profesional behaveur indeed.

Hi Jacky from Indonesia. Just to let you know, I'm no expert however Marketivia is listed in the brokers on the main page.

Now for my comment. I haven't "physically" traded with Oanda, but I have been using their demo platform for a while now. It seems to be all I'm looking for in a web based trading platform. My concern goes to the comments made by Edmund and Adam. Have these concerns been solved yet guys? The comments were made on 03/12 and 03/13 2009. Thanks in advance.

Hi Edmund,

I read with concern on what you wrote about your account not being funded...

I have just opened an account with Oanda and they told me that my account is ready for funding as well.

I was just about to send my funds over but after reading what you wrote, I'm a little concerned now. Has your problem been solved?

I just open a new account with oanda on end of feb.and on the 2/3/09.they send an email and ask for funding to my account.

on that day,i have wire transfer my hard earn money to oanda.

but unfortunately,until today 13/03/09.my account totally can not login,and they said my account hav been close,and now i also dont know how can i get back my money.

and i have live chat with them,they just said sorry,and wait.

can anybody here to help me?

tq