Initially it was my own discovery that order execution speed worsens considerably after 30 seconds since the last server contact, then researching it i learnt why.

Improve MT4 order execution speed by 500ms

instead of having: +50 +50 +50, you will have: -40, -30, +220 in terms of $ profit there is no difference

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MT4 order authentication takes about 200-800 ms (depending on broker's server speed), so that would set a floor to execution time.

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One solution, although not very satisfactory, is to have the indicator/ea delete and re-create the text on every tick, this way if it does get moved, it is very quickly put back in place. Give that a try, it is the only thing i can think of, short ...

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Also, MT4 order authentication takes about 500ms, so unless you get around this your execution time for mt4 will always be > 500ms

Anyone knows ecn broker with less than 300ms execution time?

Take a look at the broker comparisons spreadsheet in my signature, it shows order execution speed for a few brokers, but that will be different for you as you are in malaysia

Anyone knows ecn broker with less than 300ms execution time?

I see. Personally i don't actually use my own spreadsheet so much for calculating position sizing, stop loss distance, or other money management, as i scalp and this would be too slow. I have it all coded into a MQL4 script so that when i buy it ...

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Yeah, sorry about that, it only logs the data when MT4 is logged in and has the indicator on the chart, which i must not have had at that time.

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You have put a lot of time an thought into this, Good work man! Your spreadsheet is very specific to your trading though so i'm not sure how much others are going to get out of this, or maybe you are just posting to start general discussion...? It ...

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Hey, pepperstone spreads are very consistent, i've attached a tick log for you to analyse, but you'll find spreads are pretty much what i have in the spreadsheet above. Other brokers spreads do seem to vary quite a lot. Go markets can vary form 1.5- ...

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That's great! Just listened to the little demo on their website and that sounds really cool... gonna sign up for a 3 day free trial now!

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Yeah, i tried that before, but i find volume works better. The sounds needs to be very short in duration, so when ticks start coming in fast one can still be play before the next one starts, also there needs to be a degree of fade out of the sound ...

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I think the reason they have the 2 pips minimum order distance is to do with server overload. Pepperstone have had a massive influx of new clients recently and their trading server was not able to cope with the increased number of connections, so ...

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I wasn't best pleased, especially considering i had exposure

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Yeah, i contacted support via live chat on the website, they said the IT team had to restart the server, and that it would be back online in a minute or two, which it was. I asked why they would restart the server 1 minute before USD Trade Balance ...

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Which broker has GMT server time?

I've just been disconnected again, right as USD Trade Balance is released

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I think it can pullback more, maybe 50-60%:

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