Dislikedak4x
...I take it you are talking about a real money account ... Can you tell me on average how long is the delay and what is the longest delay in execution you have seen? I'm trying to get an idea how well these EA's of Bob's will perform live compaired to what I've seen on demo. Have you seen less delay on the majors compaired...Ignored
Unless things are executing "normally" which is on the order of a couple seconds or so, what I am referring to as delays are anything from about 4-5 seconds and up. Highest I can remember w/o going back into the records right now is a'rd 35 seconds or so. Obviously, that kind of delay nearly always produces an "Off Quote" response and we start over.
There have been several delays of well over a minute or even more but those are really the exception. I don't think i"ve ever waited and let the platform resolve that kind of extreme situation... I cancel the order which then produces a "Trade Context is Busy" response than can last quite a long time.
What I do then is simply Log back in and resubmit the order, which either goes thru or not. I've always been curious how long the "busy trade context" would actually last, but several minutes or more is not uncommon. I've never tested it to a conclusion, and since I'm supposed to be trading instead of testing, that kind of thing can get sorted out by some one else...
I will tell you that whenever I call IBFX support, which again I have NO problem with, the very FIRST thing they ask is whether I'm running an EA. I have no experience with them so can't help. I'd say set one up on a micro basis and give it whirl, but I'd be surprised if they work as well as on demo.
The only pairs I ever trade have been UJ, EU, EJ, and GY. Problems have been the same on all of them with no discernable differences on order execution. I'm currently trading EU only at the moment, for reasons not having entirely to do with my complaints here, at least atm.
FUBAR...