IG Markets dodgying it up

Recently I have been entering shorts on upticks and longs on downticks - and taking quick profit 10 pips at a time.

Ever since I started doing this (didn't used to matter to me too much as I was always entering on bar opens/closes) IG have been slipping my take profits and slowing my execution...

Anyone else experience this?

I use a different charting service than the one IG provides (their "data is indicative") and last night I managed to short the AUD on IG from a price that my charting provider didn't even quote on the Offer chart.

I can only assume these practices have placed me in a "bad bucket" or something - the slippage is within their acceptable stated so I understand it's on me for using them - just wondering on others experiences. Certainly not used to this - stuck with IG through thick and thin because I like fixed spreads and guaranteed execution at the price I click.

EDIT: I did move houses recently - but the internet here is Optus Fibre broadband - fastest in Australia as far as I know.

 

I usually get that error when the spread narrows considerably (obviously their bank feed is showing liquidity) on pairs like GBPJPY especially in an area where I would like to take advantage of low spread.

But no that isn't the error I'm talking about. For example, two weeks ago when entering and exiting trade I would hit the button my trade would execute immediately at the price shown when clicking the bid/offer button. Exiting was usually even faster. The last couple of days especially last night I noticed my entries and exits were taking significantly longer than I'm used to and on the way out the price was usually half a pip lower than I clicked at.

Aware from talk on forexlive (reliable source there) interbank liquidity has literally just dried up and gone repeatedly for a few moments (leading to large price drops) over the last month or so on EURUSD. Maybe it's not IGs fault but just the market getting poor due to financial strains - but I never had this problem before.

 

Well...I have been costing them :

They call them bucket shops.

I noticed pretty much straight away after started entering my position by fading the opposite tick in my favour. Position moves out of spread almost immediately if my signal is good.

I have a feeling they are "managing" me by slipping me down a tick to the last sucker instead of taking the loss themselves they just balance the contract back into the order book against a new sucker?

Must really piss them off. But I am just working with the bids/offers they provide and watching the tick volume.

 

Just two lots usually - nothing too large.

Only saying what I noticed - hope I am wrong - long time IG client.

Why haven't I switched to ECN? Well until now never had any problems with execution to think about it - got an account with MBT but ping to their server seems to be double that to IG?

I totally understand they are a bucket shop - not my gripe.