"Old Tick" Problem
Old tick means that the price for a currency pair, by the time the price reached your
VPS/trading station it was too “old” to consider. This is a problem with the broker where
their server is too slow (or overloaded). Please consult with your broker. This ‘old tick’
message usually happen when their server on maintenance .
Simply, Old Tick is an old price... we have all seen instances where MT4 server hiccups,
slows down, or just stops... the feed from your broker server is slow or their server
was down for a bit, or is just very slow and unreliable or just plainly overloaded.
This is especially the case with most brokers' demo servers. It means when the
price left their server and arrived on your computer's MT4 platform, it was too
old. You should also notice that in the log you probably notice a lot of login
notice as well. Getting a dedicated server has nothing to do with getting an
This is absolutely correct. I have seen it happen also when a broker on a live account has accidentally set the date forward by a couple of days. Then when they restored the date, all ticks were discarded by the client as old Ticks. This would have continued for a couple of date until the true date overtook the temporary false date, had we not rebuilt our client platforms.
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What does old tick mean and how do I resolve it?
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD60 1.48443/1.48468
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD15 1.48443/1.48468
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD1 1.48443/1.48468
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD60 1.48443/1.48467
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD15 1.48443/1.48467
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD1 1.48443/1.48467
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD60 1.48442/1.48467
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD15 1.48442/1.48467
2009.11.20 10:37:12 Old tick EURUSD1 1.48442/1.48467
I'm trading with FXCM.
Please help!