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    For those who don't think that stop hunting occurs, I thought I would offer a true example. This happened only today after the FOMC announcement.

    This is the picture of the stop search. This is a live account with a 100 lot sell trade on. See the bar with the arrow pointing towards it. This was the first move after the statement. See that the price went to 1.2826

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    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    For those of you who do not believe that stop hunting happens, I thought I would offer a real example. This occurred only now after the FOMC announcement.

    Here is the image of the stop hunt. This is a live account with a 100 lot market trade on.
    Forgive me. . .what makes this a stop hunt, exactly? Are you really saying you had a stop somewhere in there?

    No denying, stops do get cleaned up, but I am not sure what I am looking for in your example? After all, volatility WAS anticipated. . .and technically, what I believe happened was a brief word that got out that the feds were NOT going to stop increasing the rates, and the statement was that they might not increase the rates based on economic data.

    We've seen these kinds of movements before. It is a quick misinterpretation of news and a very quick fix by countless traders and billions in liquidity at the second. NFP and FOMC meetings happen to do this frequently. If you sold this news that your stop did not get hit because it had been searched. . .it got hit because the collective body of traders immediately interpreted something besides you did when you initially got in. . .if you have a look at the price today, we are really HIGHER NOW than we were before the news was released...I guess a bunch of people like you sold the news together with the expectation that the fed could not pause because of inflationary pressures, but a lot more realized that they might really have to cease or risk damaging some major markets (housing, small company ) out there.

    I believe if you want to see stop hunting, consider trading in the wee hours prior to the london open. . .that's when most ceases get cleaned, I would suspect.

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    Here is the chart, same timeframe, for GFT Forex. Yes, this is a live account. The price hits 1.2809.

    And, no, I'm not done yet.

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    Here is a chart from InterbankFX, another live account. The price strikes 1.2809. And, no, I am not done yet.

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    These following two charts are from demo accounts. One is for OandA, the other is, believe it or not, from the demonion feed for the broker that, purportedly, executed the stop hunt.

    Remember that on some of these, I came in well after the move to take screenshots. So, a number of them have added bars. The second graph has an arrow pointing to the appropriate bar. All these are 15m charts, except for OandA.

    Yes, I'm done now.

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    Within my Account, the price hit 1.2809 high just before FOMC, after the news it gave a low of 1.2747 and THAN it shaped another green candle which went up to 1.2829.


    On Your first pic its revealing 1.2815 in quite frst red candle, which never happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    Who is the broker?

    And is that chart a false one? I mean like broker streamed wrong prices to activate lots ?
    First off, I won't say who the broker is. I think they get a reasonable shake at describing this anomaly before becoming killed in any online posts. The purpose of this was to not smear the broker.

    Secondly, regarding whether this really is an untrue chart. I am not sure. I really don't think anyone can be certain in such scenarios. Stop hunting implies that there was motive to control prices by the bank. Proving that aim is nearly impossible, which is why there's such a fervent debate regarding price hunting. I use the term loosely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    On my Account, the price hit 1.2809 high just before FOMC, after the news it gave a low of 1.2747 and THAN it formed the other green candle which went up to 1.2829.


    In your very first pic its revealing 1.2815 in very frst red candle, which never happened.
    Precisely. That was the candle in. Ignore the subsequent candles since they came after the trade was over as a result of the stopout. It took me time to go to each of the different accounts and choose the screenshots. I am conscious that the price eventually increased back up to this level, however, not until after the trade's TP was attained on the bottom end. Sad to say, the errant price stopped the trade out before it hit the TP target.

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