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Hi @MSP007, that is correct, market depth comes with the Level II data package as opposed to the normal Level I. Level II is only supplied to a CFD account so UK clients taking advantage of the tax exempt spread betting platform would need to change if wanting market depth input. Depending on what assets you are looking to trade and so which exchanges you are looking to receive data from there may or may not be a charge for the market depth data, a quick call to IG should provide the relevant info. See link for the LII platform manual in pdf form. https://a.c-dn.net/c/content/dam/publicsites/1439568973395/igcom/uk/files/other/CFD/ig_cfd_l2_dealer_manual.pdf

Hi @MSP007 not sure which platform or time frame you are looking at but on the new platform and on the weekly chart I've noticed the the current volume bar isn't displayed while on the daily it is. Remember though that the current volume bar will start at zero and gradually progress though the course of the time period and can only be used for comparison once closed. Trying to use an unfinished volume bar for comparison will be very misleading.

All on the back foot this morning on a belated reaction to the story from Friday morning posted in the 'Trade war' thread. https://www.axios.com/trump-trade-war-leaked-bill-world-trade-organization-united-states-d51278d2-0516-4def-a4d3-ed676f4e0f83.html

Dow recovered on the US session open yesterday pulling the dax and ftse up along with it. Dow now stalled at resistance 24373 while ftse is attempting to break 7659 with a view to 7705.

Was interesting @PandaFace, even more so now as people realised Trump was only discounting the most severe response to China (for the moment), not actually halting the 'trade war'. Bounce off the 200 MA on the 1 hour chart and back to retest 24084.

So dax was indeed rescued by the dow as 24084 held and price reversed in the morning session, then a surge up for both after midday on news Trump was not planning to invoke 'national emergency law' on China. dow and dax comparison 1 hour charts.

Dow undecided yesterday so now retesting support at 24084. Dax drops into prior range and into open space, will need dow to rescue.

Yes, well written and presented and covers the main need to know patterns without labouring the point, very good. Published just last Friday. I never would of thought to look to find it in IG analysis > news and analysis > trading opportunities? I wonder what else is in there, that section really needs an index.

Good educational piece by Nial Fuller that looks first at chart structure and identifying key components then looks at candle patterns within those key areas to identify entries. http://www.learntotradethemarket.com/forex-trading-strategies/price-action-technical-analysis-footprint-money Price Action Technical Analysis Reveals the Footprint of Money By Nial Fuller in Forex Trading Strategies Last updated on June 26th, 2018 | One Comment

So, becoming more familiar with the layout and getting to grips with the setup. I like the way added media such as pictures open up on a new page when clicked so they can be kept open while you move on to read the rest of the post or go on to a new post. Before I would find myself with the community open on several browser pages. I also like the extended view on the all activity page as you can get an idea of the content before opening, it would be even better if there was a signal that there is additional material such as pic, link, vid as was the case on the old community. The extended view is so extended you often think that the text is all there is and so don't open. The search function is better as I get use to it but still find it not as responsive as the old one. I use this a number of times a day. Often you see a question and think 'I've seen something similar before', on the old search you could bang in a couple of guessed at key words and get back 4 or 5 thread titles and usually find what you were looking for. Not quite so on the new one, on the new search if you don't get it exact you either get too little or too much and I sometimes get a better result using google to search the community. I expect I'll get better as I learn more of it's secrets. On the whole very pleased with the changes and very much enjoy the new 'up to date' look and feel of the thing, definitely an improvement and easier to use once you get the hang of it.

Indices halting decline over the Asian session, dow, nikkei and aus leading the way, looking for dax and ftse continuation. 4 hour charts.

Dow trying to put a bottom in at prior support, the others following suit. 1 hour and Dow daily charts.

GBPUSD goes large speculators net short for first time since end of 2017. Euro net long continues to decline. Dow continues net long after bounce off zero beginning of May.

Start the week testing support after Hong Kong index drops 1.2%. Dow, Dax, Nikkei and FTSE100 daily charts.

AUS200 looking for another breakout, DAX considers getting back inside the range, DOW looking for support while Nikkei looks to the topside. Daily charts;

If you find in your notifications settings page on the new community that 'browser notifications' are disabled go to your browser settings to enable. If on chrome go to chrome settings, follow the steps below, in the blocked list find 'https://communityig.com and click allow.

Hi @cscokid, if you type esma into the search box you will find a number of threads on the topic to which there are a number posts from IG staff explaining the process and IG's position. Essentially it boils down to the fact that IG are bound by FCA regulation and the FCA are bound by ESMA regulation.

DXY arrives at important multiyear resistance level. Williams Percentage Range overbought since April and doesn't look like dropping out anytime soon. Weekly chart;

Indices down as Trump happily ups the ante.

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Hi @JamesIG Yes the Forum page on fluid mode is closer to how I used the old platform where I just went straight to the bottom of the page to 'see all', I have also found that function in the Activity page > All Activity. I recognise that as the community gets more users that would become overloaded so this looks more future proof, just need to play around to find out how things work (still haven't figured out how to add a picture yet).

Like all new things will take a bit of getting used to no doubt and presumably it's a work in progress (as they found at 3i), you mention screenshots but I can't figure out the 'insert other media' functions yet. I also can't get this cursor to move to the other side of this tag when trying to edit this on the fly. @247trader

The EU continues it's creeping takeover of all things and all people. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-15/the-eu-is-emerging-as-the-new-sheriff-for-global-financial-markets

Looks good but this is hard work, it is not at all intuitive and it doesn't flow. Clearly the same format as the 3i upgrade that the recent interlopes were complaining about. I like the hover over and read message and answers but other things such as the search function just don't work. It doesn't matter if you click 'any' or 'all' (of 'my search term words') you just get back results of anything containing the words 'and', 'in', 'old', 'with'. The old search understood phrases, not just words.