Dislikedi see all of the pitchforks have been put away for now. how pleasant.Ignored
In response to another post, I just realized MDP is million dollar pips. No, I do not use that strategy, I use my own custom strategy which uses position sizing and trades counter-trend. I really do not have issues with broker sabotage.
I think MT5 will solve this problem at least to some extent. MT4 is a ticket-based system whereas mt5 the acceptance and offset (at least from broker side will be quicker. Spread, slippage, and latency make those type of High frequency trading difficult for broker and trader, especially the trader. Unlike a heads up poker table, the broker cannot just fold if it does not want to take the trade. GoM and brokers like them agree to accept a trade under just about all conditions. Nevertheless, if the spreads widen due to surge of orders, it would be very short-term lived (maybe under a second to a couple of seconds), or slippage would occur between price requested and price filled.
Measure trends automatically with zero lag