Spikes

[shadowninja]

I had a long position on EUR/GBP. Had a stop at 0.7937 but it got hit at 0.7923 just now so I missed out on a few pips profit. Is this "one of those things" or should I pester my broker?

 

[nine]

I think you got "one of those thinged"

. this is the ib view
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[arabianights]

Basically immediate reaction was on raised UK rates on CPI... and then everyone realised the UK was ****ed and the currency will be worth one zimbabwe dollar in a couple of years.

Hence the spike. Or so I think.

 

[r.w.]

Take a look at a tick chart, and you'll see what happened.

 

[shadowninja]

My question isn't what happened so much (actually it isn't at all; I am aware it can spike) as how much it went through my stop before closing my position. Should I complain or did others get hit in this way?

 

[arabianights]

On a reuters tick chart it goes 7951 (at 9:29:59), 7946, 7931, 7923, 7921 (9:30:13) which would conform to the fill you got.

(Not that I'm bored or anything )

 

[r.w.]

My question isn't what happened so much (actually it isn't at all; I am aware it can spike) as how much it went through my stop before closing my position. Should I complain or did others get hit in this way?

Sorry for being brief. You can see that from a tick chart with the proper settings. See attached (I am assuming you are with IG). My conclusion is that you have little reason to complain, infortunately...

 

[shadowninja]

Thanks for the replies. I am happy if I can't complain IYSWIM. If I was the only one who got hit like that then I would be annoyed.

 

[arabianights]

generic ric

D2 I'd get the dreaded #N/P#

 

[shadowninja]

I got the first two paragraphs but you might as well have written the rest in Welsh. (Don't worry about explaining; I got the general idea.)

 

[shadowninja]

Thanks for the confirmation.