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Alpari demo account, is it in real real time?

  • #1
  • First Post: Sep 26, 2007 7:21am Sep 26, 2007 7:21am
I've an Alpari demo account, is the data real time or delayed?
  • #2
  • Sep 26, 2007 8:19am Sep 26, 2007 8:19am
Real time.
Trade what you see, not what you think.
  • #3
  • Sep 26, 2007 9:50am Sep 26, 2007 9:50am
Thanks, do you know others demo MT4 accounts in real time?
  • #4
  • Sep 26, 2007 9:51am Sep 26, 2007 9:51am
Quoting Hakuna
Thanks, do you know others demo MT4 accounts in real time?
Most if not all are real time
Trade what you see, not what you think.
  • #5
  • Sep 26, 2007 10:27am Sep 26, 2007 10:27am
I may be slightly repeating the question asked originally but I'm going to ask anyway.

Is running on a Alpari demo account the same as running on a alpari live account. i.e are the prices / slippage / spread the same?

Sorry if it seems to repeat the original question.
  • #6
  • Sep 26, 2007 10:49am Sep 26, 2007 10:49am
Quoting rizwanmalik
I may be slightly repeating the question asked originally but I'm going to ask anyway.

Is running on a Alpari demo account the same as running on a alpari live account. i.e are the prices / slippage / spread the same?

Sorry if it seems to repeat the original question.
yep they're the same
Trade what you see, not what you think.
  • #7
  • Sep 26, 2007 11:21am Sep 26, 2007 11:21am
Thanks for the info
  • #8
  • Sep 26, 2007 11:40am Sep 26, 2007 11:40am
Thanks again.
  • #9
  • Sep 26, 2007 12:22pm Sep 26, 2007 12:22pm
Quoting rizwanmalik
I may be slightly repeating the question asked originally but I'm going to ask anyway.

Is running on a Alpari demo account the same as running on a alpari live account. i.e are the prices / slippage / spread the same?

Sorry if it seems to repeat the original question.
There's no slippage on demo, that's a big difference. While you can enjoy instant execution on demo, this wont happen on a real account all the time.
"I say high, You say low, You say why, and I say I don't know..."
  • #10
  • Jul 10, 2009 4:10pm Jul 10, 2009 4:10pm
Requotes on demo are not the same as on a live account, especially during economic/news releases.
  • #11
  • Jul 16, 2012 4:52pm Jul 16, 2012 4:52pm
The price feed is real time so that you can develop and practice your strategy before going to live. Take the demo account more seriously and pretend that the money is real one.. So that you can get psychological pressure in the mean time while trading
  • #12
  • Jul 22, 2012 8:27pm Jul 22, 2012 8:27pm
  •  fivex
  • | Joined Sep 2011 | Status: This is the title that appears | 247 Posts
Quoting Rasif
The price feed is real time so that you can develop and practice your strategy before going to live. Take the demo account more seriously and pretend that the money is real one.. So that you can get psychological pressure in the mean time while trading
psychological pressure killed 65% of my account when i decided to go live, I was breaking all (my own, and basic) rules when the fact hit me I was doing it for "real".
I was bailing solid trades early and taking a loss only to then see it come back and hit my original target, Etc.Etc...
I wish I had taken my demos more seriously, and retrained my brain early on.
45% to BE
  • #13
  • Jul 22, 2012 8:50pm Jul 22, 2012 8:50pm
demo is different feed from live. im live with them now and theres no doubt about it.
  • #14
  • Jul 22, 2012 9:33pm Jul 22, 2012 9:33pm
  •  fivex
  • | Joined Sep 2011 | Status: This is the title that appears | 247 Posts
Quoting granty
demo is different feed from live. im live with them now and theres no doubt about it.
I am live on Alpari US and also have demos. Looks the same to me. however I am not constantly cross checking them, but when I switch from one to the other the chart remains identical, as does price give or take in the amount of time it takes me to make two clicks.
  • #15
  • Jul 22, 2012 10:46pm Jul 22, 2012 10:46pm
Quoting fivex
I am live on Alpari US and also have demos. Looks the same to me. however I am not constantly cross checking them, but when I switch from one to the other the chart remains identical, as does price give or take in the amount of time it takes me to make two clicks.
i am with UK. Ive never tried the US version.
  • #16
  • Jul 23, 2012 12:24am Jul 23, 2012 12:24am
  •  fivex
  • | Joined Sep 2011 | Status: This is the title that appears | 247 Posts
Quoting granty
i am with UK. Ive never tried the US version.
Cheers big ears,
Have a ? can you "hedge" with Al-UK?... ie a short and a long on the same trade??
  • #17
  • Edited 12:52pm Jul 23, 2012 12:39pm | Edited 12:52pm
Quoting rizwanmalik
I may be slightly repeating the question asked originally but I'm going to ask anyway.

Is running on a Alpari demo account the same as running on a alpari live account. i.e are the prices / slippage / spread the same?

Sorry if it seems to repeat the original question.
your live trades will be subjected to slippages, that may rob you of a pip or two, especially if market is moving fast.
  • #18
  • Jul 25, 2012 8:07am Jul 25, 2012 8:07am
Quoting granty
demo is different feed from live. im live with them now and theres no doubt about it.
Hi granty,

Thanks for your post.

We do offer different kinds of demo accounts. Each specific demo account type reflects the conditions of its live account counterpart.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9...moaccounts.jpg

Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #19
  • Jul 25, 2012 8:14am Jul 25, 2012 8:14am
Quoting fivex
Cheers big ears,
Have a ? can you "hedge" with Al-UK?... ie a short and a long on the same trade??
Hi fivex,

There are no restrictions on hedging when you trade on the MetaTrader 4 or Systematic platforms.

MetaTrader 5, Alpari Direct Pro and Alpari Direct do not allow hedging.


Alex

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Alexander Chadwick
Alpari (UK) Representative
  • #20
  • Jul 25, 2012 9:17am Jul 25, 2012 9:17am
that could be why my 2 feed looked different. mystery solved
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