Comparing tick volume in different brokers

hi , do you think higher/lower tick volume in different brokers can possibly be a sign of better liquidity, less slippage and execution quality? i mean tick volume of same pair of a daily candle for example.

Sensible question, but no... only seeing a real order book (ECN, CME, interdealer platform) gives you an idea of available liquidity. If you can't see that, then its smoke and mirrors. Usual trick is delays on execution rather than skewing your prices but watch for both.

Hi Paymanz

Tick volume is just a measurement of Tick movement. If the tick movement is high, it just means price is moving faster because of two things.

More Market order executions .... More Volume
More gaps in liquidity ..... Low Liquidity

At the end of a swing, you will get high volume and therefore large Tick Movements creating big Tick volume (again its not volume)
As price reverses, gaps are created and therefore we see large Tick Movements creating big tick volume (again its not volume)

Therefore your answer is unless you know the size of real market order executions (this is volume) and unless you know the amount of liquidity present in the order books as orders are executed

ITS A BLOODY GUESS WITH ANY BROKERS DATA

However maybe this is worth watching for on any data.

If you wait for a reserval and Tick Volume is reducing (bloody hell its not volume) - it probably means its calm and trade with the current Flip of price provided Tick volume (did I tell you its not fuckin real volume) keeps on decreasing.

thank you guys.

so i guess the only way to decide which broker has better market execution conditions and less slippage is to actually try their live account and see how it goes.