Slippages and Requotes - Forex Broker Testimonials

I think their market depth is worst than any other broker I've tried before, especially for indices. One of the most recent examples is when I'm trying to trade US30 and I realized that the price regularly fills 2 whole points higher than the quoted price. Their depth of market shows they only have single-digit lots at the quoted price. Although it's true that they are consistently keeping tight spreads for a smaller lot, if you are trading over 10 lots, it will feel more pricey. The slippages are also really bad in my opinion, most brokers easily fill 100 lots around quoted price with less slippage. Slippage for large lots is normal but 2 whole points slippage is unheard of for 100 lots in normal trading non-news times.

I have to be honest, it is now pretty scary trading with them. I keep experiencing slippage here, and in a great number too. It's really not normal in my opinion. The worst part is when you contact their support, you get a robot response that claims 4 SL slippage to be normal. I have my fair share of trading with another broker, so I know for sure that this is not normal! It's very frustrating that the customer service operator didn't do anything to help my problem.

Okay, when I first traded with IC Markets I was pretty happy. They offer me the best price on everything, such a good deal for a great service. However, this has changed now. These days, they will do all they can to get your money. That's not the only thing I hate, now they also have ridiculous spreads, slippage, and even moving money within their platform. Another bad thing I notice is, that whenever I put a buy stop in, or sell stop the trade always starts early and ends early. This is really bad.

I can't believe the stunt they pull during the news release. They impose super high spreads for the majority of the major currency pairs which is around 100 pips to 200 pips. That of course sent me down to hell. I know that the market is super volatile at the time, but it's still insane. I trade the same pair on another broker and it wasn't that bad. Besides they do impose very terrible slippage that is approximately 10 seconds for delay of market execution on whoever had placed trades on the market. I confronted them, but they just wouldn't budge and keep saying nonsense. Should I move to another broker?

Why do I keep getting slippage with IC Markets? Almost 90% of the time it happens on my stop order! I know they are affordable but with all those problems it makes them really expensive. I might as well move to another broker.

They use to be a really good broker, but they since have changed and no I'm no longer trust them. Especially because their executions and customer service going downhill. Here are some of the reasons why I choose to withdraw my funds from them.

1. Numerous platforms freeze, even when it's not during news releases.

2. Frequent slippage which has cost me a lot.

3. Delayed confirmation of execution.

4.  Platform going down during important news events.

5. This is personal but, they deducted funds from my credit card by mistake, wouldn't admit it. I had to contact my credit card company.

I can't say that I'm satisfied with this broker. I have been experiencing very poor communication, with automated emails. Sometimes they won't even bother to answer me at all. For example, I ask if a certain payment option works for international clients, and they said it would work. But when I checked again it doesn't, so I ask again if there are any options that will work the same. I got no response.

Another problem is that my analytical program began to record increasingly poor execution speeds and increased slippage. I have compared it with another broker where I also use the same EA on the same VPS. I wrote an email, explaining this but I didn't get any response. So, I have decided to withdraw my funds from IC Markets. Which also takes a long time to do. It is supposed to take 2-5 working day time frame they quote in their wire transfer withdrawal option has long since lapsed, and the funds have not been returned. At this point, I'm really tired of emailing them.

I had mixed feeling about this broker, so before I starts trading with them I decided to ask around. But the response I get from other traders is quite confusing. Some of them say that IC Markets is great, while others say they have been conned. So, I decided to try them out by myself, I start out with a demo account like the typical trader I am. It went on okay, with great spreads, no slippages, etc, then I moved to a real account. But, the problem starts when I trade NZDUSD news. 

I put a pending stop order at 22:55 pm, news came in the candlestick didn't move and just stood there for 3 minutes. Luckily, I also open the same positions in another broker and its moves, so it wasn't the market. Then suddenly my order got opened after a 121 pips downward move when bearish run had finished, instead of banking 121 pips profit. Obviously, I was forced to close positions and I literally don't know what just happened. Are they really manipulating the prices?

I had several accounts in IC Markets and other brokerages. Recently, my IC Markets account lost over 14k while my account in another broker lost 200euro's with exact same robot. I find this really odd since both of them place entry at the same time, and exit at similar times as well. So, I did some digging, and probably IC Market was sending different prices for USDCHF during the news. I checked on the financial reports and everywhere including the Bloomberg, that the pair was never on that price. So, I found that the difference between the actual price and IC Markets price is over 2000 pips! That is almost impossible.

I thought that has been a mistake and my order was having an error or whatever, so I called their support service. After 3 weeks of calling, several emails, and promises, they finally come to a conclusion that during the SNB announcement, spreads were extremely wide, and there was uncertainty by the banks. In the end, all they do is blame the liquidity provider that they CHOOSE by THEMSELVES. I was really mad about this, I lost on 3 accounts with the same results. I feel cheated and tricked.

I don't have the best experience with IC Markets. I originally have around $10,000 on my account during SNB news. I was trading 2 NZDCHF and 1 USDCHF and several small positions. But, this broker suddenly send me a horrible unbelievable quotes like a 0.06050 on USDCHF! This is of course immediately send me to stop out. During positions were closed I have $103,7 margin used, but after stop out, I have left $240 on my account. After the adjustment, they threw me $1884. I do not have to explain when I have $1884+$240 equity and while $103,7 margin is used it is very far away from margin call and stop out. However, this broker decided they don't want to compensate me. So, in the end, I lost 85% of my account while prices was on 50% or around $5000.