Pending order behavior under news load: compare notes
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2026 8:45 pm
This is a thread to collect real observations about how pending orders behave at different brokers when a big release hits. I'll start with my notes and I'd like others to add theirs in the same format, so we have something more useful than "my broker is fine" or "my broker is a scam".
My format: broker type (raw ECN, standard, prop), pair, release, order type, distance from price at release, what happened.
My recent observations, all from my own logs:
Raw account, EURUSD, US CPI, buy stop 8 pips above market. Triggered in the first second, filled 1.4 pips beyond the stop price.
Raw account, EURUSD, US jobs report, sell limit 15 pips above market. Price spiked through it. Filled at the limit price exactly. Limits, in my experience, don't get worse fills, but they can be skipped.
Standard account, GBPUSD, BoE decision, buy stop 10 pips above market. Triggered, filled 3.2 pips beyond the stop price.
Prop evaluation, gold, US CPI, sell stop $3 below market. Triggered, filled about $1.10 beyond.
Raw account, USDJPY, Japanese data, buy limit 12 pips below market. Not triggered, as price didn't get there.
My general takeaways: stop orders slip under news, sometimes significantly. Limit orders fill at the price or not at all. The bigger the release, the bigger the slip.
Have you seen limits skipped or stops slip at your broker? Please post yours in the same format, with times in your local zone.
My format: broker type (raw ECN, standard, prop), pair, release, order type, distance from price at release, what happened.
My recent observations, all from my own logs:
Raw account, EURUSD, US CPI, buy stop 8 pips above market. Triggered in the first second, filled 1.4 pips beyond the stop price.
Raw account, EURUSD, US jobs report, sell limit 15 pips above market. Price spiked through it. Filled at the limit price exactly. Limits, in my experience, don't get worse fills, but they can be skipped.
Standard account, GBPUSD, BoE decision, buy stop 10 pips above market. Triggered, filled 3.2 pips beyond the stop price.
Prop evaluation, gold, US CPI, sell stop $3 below market. Triggered, filled about $1.10 beyond.
Raw account, USDJPY, Japanese data, buy limit 12 pips below market. Not triggered, as price didn't get there.
My general takeaways: stop orders slip under news, sometimes significantly. Limit orders fill at the price or not at all. The bigger the release, the bigger the slip.
Have you seen limits skipped or stops slip at your broker? Please post yours in the same format, with times in your local zone.