and here is an example of one of my trades and as the log clearly shows my provider changed the price I had opened the order at . I have deleted the acct details to hide my broker . I did bring this up with them and don't believe I ever got a refund on this one but have on many other left field things . It was only for 2 contracts so 2 bucks a point . I often trade 5-8 bucks a point on many trades but at new highs or when really unsure I shrink size [potential loss/profit ]back to a few bucks a point .
Order was clearly to buy 2 dax on stop at 5571.25 and was opened at that price yet when I go to close I see the opening price was altered to 5575.25 . Which was about the top of that range so I wait a few seconds and close at a loss when I should of been able to close that trade at 5575 ish at a small profit . For those who don't understand the log the order is read from top to bottom . Pending order was to buy 2 dax on stop at 5571.75 , request was accepted order was opened [long 2 dax at 5571.75 ]. order number __ - - - was opened to buy 2 dax at 5571.75 but when I WENT TO CLOSE THE ORDER and I couldn't figure out why I wasn't showing a profit but in a fast moving market and doing 20 odd trades a night I initially thought I must of done a typo on my entry price . But as u can see when I went to close the trade it clearly shows the price which I opened at was IN FACT now 5575.75 [21:15:02 '': order #- - -- -- buy 2.00 DAX30 at 5575.25 sl: 5551.25 tp: 0.00 closed at price 5568.75]
21:14:32 '': pending order buy stop 2.00 DAX30 at 5571.75 sl: 5551.25 tp: 0.00 21:14:32 '': request was accepted by server 21:14:32 '': request in process 21:14:32 '': order was opened : #- - -- buy stop 2.00 DAX30 at 5571.75 sl: 5551.25 tp: 0.00 21:15:02 '': close order #- -- -- - - buy 2.00 DAX30 at 5575.25 sl: 5551.25 tp: 0.00 at price 5568.75 21:15:02 '': request was accepted by server 21:15:02 '': request in process 21:15:02 '': order #- - -- -- buy 2.00 DAX30 at 5575.25 sl: 5551.25 tp: 0.00 closed at price 5568.75
Ps; it just adds a bit of fun in trading by getting a few of these a week .lol but as per the above link I now know how they do it .
