Thread: Are spreads manipulating during important news?

It happened to me with a supposedly top "Swiss" broker. I sold EUR/USD with 0.5 spread, to the second I jumped the SL by spread of 14.5 pips. I was told it was "normal." I sent them captures, data, until the audio of the click. Answer? Zero. I left, I left them a very honest review. The name starts with D and ends with ukascopy... draw your conclusions.

If you really think you're going to make money with news without paying a price, you're in the wrong market. This is not a clean game. Learn to operate in normal conditions, because in high volatility, you're the bait. And the broker... the shark that awaits you with open mouth.

My advice: open a demo account on several brokers and compare the spread at important events. Same active time. You'll see how quickly your blindfold drops. And if you find one that doesn't cheat, share it. It's time to create a blacklist on this forum.

The most ironic thing is that many complain and then continue to operate with the same broker as if nothing. Masocas or what? If you know they manipulate you, it changes. There is no excuse. The one who follows where they scam it, is no longer a victim, is an accomplice.

I'm creating a public sheet to monitor real spreads during key events. If someone wants to collaborate, write to me. The more data we have, the better we can expose cheaters. Enough with silence. If the broker doesn't play fair, let everyone know.

I have been investigating for weeks the behavior of spreads during high-impact macroeconomic events and the conclusion is clear: some brokers manipulate these differentials with premeditation and advantage. The most alarming is not only the increase in spread � which in theory could be justified by volatility � but the surgical precision with which it occurs just seconds before the announcement and how magically they return to normal when it is already too late to enter or leave without losses. I have recorded spreads in multiple brokers during the same events (NFP, IPC, decisions of Fed and ECB types, etc.

Inflated spreads + slippage = recipe to empty accounts in less than a minute.

If your SL jumps without logic just before the NFP, it's not bad luck, it's manipulation.

There are platforms that don't even allow you to close the order during those critical seconds.

Some brokers aren't market intermediaries, they're your direct counterpart.