zappalot Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) i am operating accounts http://www.oanda.com and http://www.interactivebrokers.com both i cant get access to since yesterday evening. Not to the websites and not with the applications to log in to my accounts. also other brokers i dont have access to. is there any new regulation out in thailand that access to foreign brokerservices is not allowed or blocked? with a proxy i can get access to their websites, so their service is not down. i try to get access from bangkok from several computers. all other us based websites i tried are working. Edited March 12, 2011 by zappalot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappalot Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 now my girlfriend tested out the site in her office and she can open the websites. in our home we have TOT, in the office the provider is True so its maybe a TOT related problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 same here with Oanda exchange rates! obviously a TOT problem as proxy works, no problem with 3bb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 same here with Oanda exchange rates! obviously a TOT problem as proxy works, no problem with 3bb. Hmmm Saturday noon unable to log in to IB..... but of I remember right they are always unavailable on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappalot Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 @cheeryble: why should a normal website not be available on weekends? never heard or experienced sth. like that. else u remember wrong. even the trading application is and was always available on weekends, just no exchangerates coming in as there is no trading on the weekends. my girlfriend called them in the morning. now tot called me back with the information that they fixed the problem. after checking back i can say, problem fixed, its working again. it was a 100% TOT related problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 now TOT likes Oanda again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSnapper Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Crappy internet here since a few weeks. Never gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul888 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 @cheeryble: why should a normal website not be available on weekends? never heard or experienced sth. like that. else u remember wrong. even the trading application is and was always available on weekends, just no exchangerates coming in as there is no trading on the weekends. after checking back i can say, problem fixed, its working again. it was a 100% TOT related problem. 1. Oanda is a very very busy site, and it is normal for them to perform scheduled maintenance after the New York market closes on Friday (saturday morning our time) 2. This was almost certainly not unrelated to routing and the troubles in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappalot Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 if u would have read the first post ud know that the site was always available via proxy and that the problem started when it was early friday morning in the united states. else in forexfactory where there are always statements when an oanda server goes down i was the only one with this problem. being a customer for more then 10 years now with interactive and 5 years also oanda their website itself were never down, at least not for 18 hours. and why all the other providers in Thailand didnt have the problem, only TOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Hmmm I wonder, does online trading in Thailand require a WP to be done legally? It would certainly not be considered 'tourist' related would it? The subforum/forum name might give a clue Thailand Forum > Business in Thailand, Jobs in Thailand > Jobs, economy, banking, business, investments I have had no issues accessing accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Hmmm I wonder, does online trading in Thailand require a WP to be done legally? It would certainly not be considered 'tourist' related would it? The subforum/forum name might give a clue Thailand Forum > Business in Thailand, Jobs in Thailand > Jobs, economy, banking, business, investments I have had no issues accessing accounts. Volunteer work also requires a WP. So should writing posts on a forum to help other people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 [ Volunteer work also requires a WP. So should writing posts on a forum to help other people! I've got one, and writing posts to foreigners is covered by it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Oanda's the one which has been known to renege on profitable trades right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 @cheeryble: why should a normal website not be available on weekends? never heard or experienced sth. like that. else u remember wrong. I'd bet a left little finger against a thousand quid that that used to be the case. I don't have my number generator handy but as IB just got me as far as the challenge I'd say that's changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surayu Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 ... You can easily find out here: http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/public/forex_broker_reviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) ... You can easily find out here: http://www.forexpeac..._broker_reviews ....about Oanda? It's definitely true. Whether they make a habit of it I don't know. I just emailed a friend to check my memory about that. He sent me back the screenshot which I saw some years ago which forced them to withdraw their claim that a successful 80 pip short scalp he'd done over two 5 second bars was a technical spike. The price had built up gradually over two minutes which disproved that and they had to pay up. I thought this had happened several times but he says it was just once and that generally they were very good. Perhaps it was someone else I knew. As brokers don't pass on individual trades but make wholesale covering trades (I think....I'm not a currency trader) a winning trade costs them money. It must have been a painful experience for them broking for my friend for years as he was consistently on the right side of the trade. Still I suppose it's a numbers game. Cheeryble Edited March 12, 2011 by cheeryble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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