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Does EA execute orders faster than visual interface?

  • #1
  • First Post: Sep 3, 2017 4:35pm Sep 3, 2017 4:35pm
I have read somewhere that EAs takes less time to send an order to trading servers than visual interface, any body have any idea of this is correct?
  • #2
  • Sep 3, 2017 7:36pm Sep 3, 2017 7:36pm
Quoting CBuilder
I have read somewhere that EAs takes less time to send an order to trading servers than visual interface, any body have any idea of this is correct?
That all depends... If you're talking about automated trading then an optimized EA can have a reaction time of less than one millisecond and if you combine that with a collocated server with a ping of less than a ms - the broker server could be receiving your order in about a millisecond after sending you the new tick. Comparatively, the fastest human reaction time is arount 200ms and your terminal at your home or office has many hops to the trade server and could ping around 100ms or worse. So lets imagine that you already had you mind made up that you were going to click to buy as soon as the next tick came in, the very fastest the broker server would receive your order after sending a tick would be 300ms.

That puts manual trading at about 300 times slower than an EA (on VPS), minimum.
  • #3
  • Sep 4, 2017 5:51am Sep 4, 2017 5:51am
Quoting Nicholishen
{quote} That all depends... If you're talking about automated trading then an optimized EA can have a reaction time of less than one millisecond and if you combine that with a collocated server with a ping of less than a ms - the broker server could be receiving your order in about a millisecond after sending you the new tick. Comparatively, the fastest human reaction time is arount 200ms and your terminal at your home or office has many hops to the trade server and could ping around 100ms or worse. So lets imagine that you already had you mind...
I didn't mean delay in this sense, let's put the connection latency and human reaction time aside, assuming that someone clicked a buy on order window and an EA decided to send a buy, both happened at the same millisecond on the same machine, would there be any difference in terms of performance? or both request will arrive to the trading server at the same millisecond too?
  • #4
  • Sep 4, 2017 8:35am Sep 4, 2017 8:35am
Quoting CBuilder
{quote} I didn't mean delay in this sense, let's put the connection latency and human reaction time aside, assuming that someone clicked a buy on order window and an EA decided to send a buy, both happened at the same millisecond on the same machine, would there be any difference in terms of performance? or both request will arrive to the trading server at the same millisecond too?
Nobody knows
What is certain : broker gets the information if the order is sent from an EA or manually - that can lead to certain (unspoken) conclusions ...
  • #5
  • Sep 4, 2017 8:49am Sep 4, 2017 8:49am
Quoting mladen
{quote} Nobody knows What is certain : broker gets the information if the order is sent from an EA or manually - that can lead to certain (unspoken) conclusions ...
Are you sure? because one time in the past one broker asked me if I am using EA or trading manually, so obliviously they didn't have this piece of information.
  • #6
  • Sep 4, 2017 9:16am Sep 4, 2017 9:16am
Quoting CBuilder
{quote} Are you sure? because one time in the past one broker asked me if I am using EA or trading manually, so obliviously they didn't have this piece of information.
Oh they do (know)

If the broker told you that, he was "not completely honest" Check this (last post at that page) : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/183353...omment_4726397 - how could they prevent EA trading if they do not have the information if an order is sent manually or from an EA?

Or how did this error : ERR_TRADE_EXPERT_DISABLED_BY_SERVER appear in the list of errors since build 600 (same for metatrader 5)?

Or how did this appear in the account info : ACCOUNT_TRADE_EXPERT - "Allowed trade for an Expert Advisor" in the account info integer function (not terminal - account)?
  • #7
  • Sep 4, 2017 3:02pm Sep 4, 2017 3:02pm
Quoting mladen
{quote} Oh they do (know) If the broker told you that, he was "not completely honest" Check this (last post at that page) : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/183353...omment_4726397 - how could they prevent EA trading if they do not have the information if an order is sent manually or from an EA? Or how did this error : ERR_TRADE_EXPERT_DISABLED_BY_SERVER appear in the list of errors since build 600 (same for metatrader 5)? Or how did this appear in the account info : ACCOUNT_TRADE_EXPERT - "Allowed trade for an...
Good point!
  • #8
  • Sep 6, 2017 3:42pm Sep 6, 2017 3:42pm
Quoting mladen
{quote} Oh they do (know) If the broker told you that, he was "not completely honest" Check this (last post at that page) : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/183353...omment_4726397 - how could they prevent EA trading if they do not have the information if an order is sent manually or from an EA? Or how did this error : ERR_TRADE_EXPERT_DISABLED_BY_SERVER appear in the list of errors since build 600 (same for metatrader 5)? Or how did this appear in the account info : ACCOUNT_TRADE_EXPERT - "Allowed trade for an...
Have you ever been on the broker side? do you know what exactly appears on broker side? I mean does other information show up like the EA name for example?
  • #9
  • Last Post: Sep 7, 2017 1:31am Sep 7, 2017 1:31am
Broker will know whether you are using expert, when u open trade(pending or close trade), there is a column will show whether it is trade under expert or manual.
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