Has anyone noticed the EUR/USD quote updating very slowly in the begining of the afternoon, 1pm-3pm EST ? The quotes froze for several seconds at a time. Same pb. with the market depth tool. I am with IB UK, maybe the problem was only with them ?
Sorry, Double post - thought the first one didn't make it to the forum. For the IB clients in US, did you have any problem with the quotes for EUR/USD ?
According to the paid poster kiwitrader, it is suspected that a French frogman was cutting the cables under the English Channel, or a German U-boat was tangled up with the cables in the Thames River near London Bridge.
4DTrader, thanks for the tip - damn those Frenchmen and Germans ! Since I'm new at this game, does this happen often (the cabling cutting, ...) ?
I think this Friday afternoon was quite slow everywhere. I can't speak for IB, but Oanda was slow too.
Another newbie question: since the regular trading day is over (5pm EST for EUR/USD), the quotes stopped completely. Do I have to configure TWS to receive the quotes outside the regular trading session ?
No. But beware that everything shuts down until Sunday afteroon. Times on IB site ... help system availability maybe.