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Old 07-26-2007, 03:45 PM
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FXCM Trading Station Chart Plug-in Problems

This question belongs in the new products section, but since I cannot post threads and replying to the other products makes no sense, I thought I would post here.

First off, let me say that I love just about everything about the built-in charting package with one glaring exception. It is not reliable. Right now, I am looking at the GBP/JPY at 16:37 server time. FXCM sell price is 243.47. Chart price is 243.33 and it is frozen. This happens quite often right around the time I like to set my trades which is the close of the daily candle. I have been burned by this so many times. It goes without saying that it is impossible to be successful in technical trading if your chart package fails to give you accurate and reliable price. And none of the free options are any better because they are Java platforms. My question is something being done about this? Could my computer have anything to do with it? I am using an old PC and have yet to try it on one of my newer machines. By the way, clearing the cache does not help and neither does restarting the trading station. Restarting is not an acceptable solution anyway because it requires you to have to reset all of your indicators and miss out on potential trades.

Finally, since I'm pointing out problems with the chart package I might as well throw in some things for the wish list. How about other hourly time frames besides 60? How about a pivot calculator? How about Fib extensions?
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