Latency = failure or not

[Jordan Lewis Wells]

If my VPS has a latency of 68ms and my EA is a scalper will my EA fail. Strategy tester results are wildly different to forward testing but as my EA isn't a HFT EA is it even that relevant how low my latency is? 

[Sergey Golubev]

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There Problem in My Server mql5 In ( ms ) !!

Fernando Carreiro, 2018.11.03 16:05

Order processing below 5ms is usually reserved for high rolling traders doing High Frequency Trading with specialised software and direct connections to liquidity providers.

I doubt you will ever find any MetaTrader broker able to do that speed, especially not with MetaTrader 4. The response times you are getting are actually quite good for MetaTrader 4.

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There Problem in My Server mql5 In ( ms ) !!

Aytugan Khafizov, 2018.11.04 20:17

This is exactly what's happened.

Ping is a time which take a packed from VPS server reach to Broker's server.

Better ping means better execution.

BUT in addition to ping time, broker need some time to execute your order. ~50 ms is normal execution time for MT4 systems.

If you want more speed - find MT5 brokers, as MT5 has around 1-2 ms internal latency.

[Jordan Lewis Wells]

Sergey Golubev:

Thank you i did suspect that was the case, i can get 2ms through a diffirent VPS but the remote desktop connection was really poor so cancelled that one as it was no good for manual trading.