Last FOMC day, my broker’s platform froze during the volatility. Now I’m split between Avatrade and eToro. How reliable are they during major news events? I’ve seen conflicting reviews. Does anyone use actual stability metrics or community reports to verify this? What’s the best way to avoid getting locked out of trades next time?
EToro crashed 3/5 last FOMCs. Check Reddit.
Key metrics to evaluate:
- Order rejection rate (Avatrade: 8% vs eToro: 14% last FOMC)
- Price feed latency (>500ms = trouble)
- Partial fills
The community’s stability dashboard shows historical outage times. Avatrade handled the last Fed speech better – 12s slower execution but no crashes. Use limit orders during announcements regardless of broker.
I trade both platforms simultaneously during news.
Avatrade’s MT4 held up better last month. eToro’s web interface froze for 90 seconds. Check the forum’s FOMC post-mortem threads – users timestamp their issues.
Both have issues. Use mobile as backup.
During the July FOMC:
Avatrade: Couldn’t modify SL for 23 seconds
EToro: Complete freeze for 1min 10s
I now hedge across both during high-impact news. The community’s real-time status map helps – green/yellow/red indicators based on user reports. Test their demo accounts during next NFP.