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Do brokers provide FIX API access for retail or professional investors?
The short answer is: yes — but with important qualifications. FIX (Financial Information eXchange) is an…
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Does your platform fully support MetaTrader 4/5 Expert Advisors (EAs) without execution restrictions?
When traders ask whether a platform “fully supports” MetaTrader 4 or 5 Expert Advisors (EAs), they’re…
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Backup servers and failover: how they work and how fast they switch over
If you trade online, you’re probably familiar with the idea that your orders, quotes and connection…
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What happens when a trading platform crashes — the tech protocol for recovery and disputes
A trading platform failure is a moment of concentrated risk: orders don’t go through, prices freeze…
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How market orders and limit orders are handled when markets get volatile
I don’t operate an execution venue or brokerage system, so I can’t tell you how a…
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How to find and interpret a platform’s documented historical uptime over the past 12 months
If you want a clear answer to “what was the platform’s uptime over the last 12…
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How professional trading infrastructure copes with latency spikes around major macro news
High‑impact macroeconomic releases — think US Nonfarm Payrolls, CPI or central-bank rate decisions — produce very…
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Free or Sponsored VPS to Reduce Latency: What Forex Traders Need to Know
If you’re a retail Forex trader thinking about a Virtual Private Server (VPS) to shave milliseconds…
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Where Forex Brokers’ Trade Servers Are Located (Equinix NY4, LD4, TY3 and other hubs)
Understanding where a broker’s trade servers are physically located matters because the internet is not instant:…
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How fast are orders filled? Typical order‑execution speeds (milliseconds) and how to measure them
Execution speed describes how long it takes for an order you place to be acknowledged and…