Experience report OEC Trader - Part 1

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• Ergonomics
• Support
• Overall impression

I have dealt extensively with the OEC Trader opened and after several months of testing and a live account with Open E Cry on tf1. The tests were very long and I have summarized the results in a series of articles for tf1. There is another addition to the introductory text to the charting, with a focus on personalizing the platform, included an article on Trading. Data and give some kind of conclusion.

Reference: The OEC Trader is also available at ADIF Brokerage mit 10% Discount for tf1!

Short anticipate about me, Background and trading style. I am 41 And in recent years has been 15 Years working as a project manager with the development and management of several companies. After I've always acted with the way securities, I made several years ago my hobby into a profession.

The short-term trading, around here it's mostly yes, played out at me in different time frames. I use to trade tick charts to aggregate 15 My Chart. The average holding period of a trade is in the range of 30 my. For the big picture I also use 60min charts. Only be traded, highly liquid Futures on stock exchanges in Europe and the U.S..

I trade actively about. 4 Hours a day and use the rest of the day preparing for trade, Dokumentation und Research. Where to Research the test of trading platforms on the market, Chartingtools and data providers is through demos. The tests are mainly limited to the functions required of me. The results must thus not be equally meaningful for each trader.

I was aware on tf1 in a forum. Since the conditions offered looked very tempting, I've signed up for a demo of the OEC Trader at tf1. The fees for the round turn were compared to European brokers without competition and also in comparison to other U.S. brokers very interesting. Is unique, that for the full platform, incl. Data and accounting costs incurred and can not therefore be reduced by up to several hundred euros, compared to other providers in the month.

Registration and installation was very easy and with Windows XP, the software is very stable. On my Apple laptop was not running the software on Leopard. Only after installing XP under Parallels and / or Boot Camp OEC Trader works flawlessly on the MacBook. The demo version is available for 2 Weeks and must subsequently be registered for free new or existing ones extended. The extension will cost $20 pro Monat. Those are the only fixed cost that I could not see far.

OEC Trader Platform – OEC Demo Version

At first sight, the OEC platform very easy to use and intuitive, and in addition there are detailed questions for a very detailed instruction manual and video tutorials. Anyone who already has experience with other trading platforms, will have little problems with a possible transition. But the main point, led me to a detailed study of the software, was the size of the package. The OEC Trader is an integrated software with charting, Tradingtool, Risk Manager,Real-time and historical data for Futures and Forex Markets. Besides the fact that stability is the main advantage for me. Gone are the days where you had to put together different people with a commercial surface and at an unexecuted order, the broker was referring to the order entry in the chart tool, Charting the contact at the provider of a data error, saying the data provider told me that a supposedly long been known bug in the API of the broker. Also for the Support there is only one contact. A circumstance, integrated with other platforms is by no means self-evident.

The OEC Trader Demo I've then created my screen setup for the analysis, including the trade. The platform supports any number of screens. With the chart profiles allows you to format the parameters of the individual charts. The selection- and combinations of representation, Colors, Writings, Lines, etc.. are almost unlimited.

The settings made for each chart can be among templates as a template for other charts and save the entire screen layouts under construction.

To obtain the next operation in trade, the necessary security, I took over 100 Trades with my setup by. Also, the fashion trade was able to function in the points settings, Safety and speed convince. So I decided to ask me a live account.

Opening a live account is a U.S. broker simple and easy even with only rudimentary knowledge of English may in a few minutes to master online. The establishment of a Euro account and Erstüberweisung were also carried out in a few days. € The account is held in Britain in the form of a segregated account. Thus, transfers or withdrawals with a simple EU transfers are made.

Now I had arrived at another crucial point for me. The acquisition of attitudes, Templates, Programming, Trade Preferences and layouts, I had prepared in the demo, in the live version. It turned out, that both versions are completely compatible, and to effect the transfer without any problems in a few minutes.

Even the live trades worked quickly and safely, as I was used from the demo.

For emergencies I have the technical platform on 2 different machines installed. You can open the software simultaneously on both computers. Sign and trade is only possible on a. The registration takes only seconds and it is a hardware failure, Software or an Internet connection once again able to act.

In the next article I will discuss in more detail then the best tools in the field of charting.