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  • #8,821
  • Edited Jan 17, 2012 6:59am Jan 16, 2012 7:54pm | Edited Jan 17, 2012 6:59am
It seems I'm not the only one having an issue with latency. Ever since MB Trading went off-line due to a malfunctioning switching unit a few weeks back, the execution of trades have been ever-so-slowly. It can take up to 30 seconds to execute a trade - this is not during peak trading sessions! I have to conclude that their networking infrastructure is below par and is soon to fail again. I know it's not a bandwidth problem on my end, I've been trading other platforms with different brokers and they execute trades at lightning fast speed; during peak hours. I will be closing my account and moving my business to Fastbrokers; their Pathfinder platform, tight spreads and fast executions are far superior to MB Trading. It's a shame too, I've always like MB Trading. However, I'm not in this to lose money due to poor executions from my broker. Good-bye, MB Trading.
  • #8,822
  • Edited 8:23pm Jan 16, 2012 8:02pm | Edited 8:23pm
Quoting ilove
According to my trading records today,

The report back delay is 13, 15, 23 seconds. This is unaccecptable.

My EA are creating duplicate trades, i.e. reversal instead of closing positions.

Apart from the "Off Quote" issue, I incurred another loss becaue of the 23 seconds delay.

The freeze/delay has been reported for over a week now and there is still no sign of improvement.

Can't risk my hard earned cash any more. If this continues, I have no choice but closing my accouts.

BTW, I just reported to the MT4 support. US is on holiday...

Ilove,

I need specifics from you (not on the public thread):

Which environment (live or demo, Free EXN or Pay for Limits, or Desktop)
What’s your account number
Some order IDs

We are aware that certain trades have a reporting back issue, meaning that we receive your request and the execution is instant, but time passes before you see the display of the confirmation. This is not affecting all accounts, so we need as much information as possible to pin it down. It should not be causing execution price problems. I just ran several trades in two environments myself and experienced no issues, so this is not system wide, which means we need as much information from you as possible to pin it down. Please do not post any order IDs or account numbers on a public forum.

email: justin @ mbtrading.com
  • #8,823
  • Jan 16, 2012 9:47pm Jan 16, 2012 9:47pm
Quoting ilove
I am using "Free EXN" on MT4. Why now I am geting off quote message when trying to modify SL or TP???!!!

I can't close my position!!!
Hello ILove, I had the "same"problem like you. I could not close my order, or change sl tp, etc. In my case was, I put a max lot that MBt allow me according my account, (3.0 specifically), so that market went against me(no problem, I assume the risk), so I tried close my order, but for my surprise I couldnt do that. So I saw that Margin Call was wrong(2244% - exposing all my equity), but the system did understand that I hit Margin Call(with reason) and not allowed me to do orders, on this case I wanted to close the buy order(selling). So check if your EA, or your order are extrapoling you power buy, manually, dont trust in MT4 numbers. :s
  • #8,824
  • Jan 16, 2012 10:26pm Jan 16, 2012 10:26pm
  •  ilove
  • | Joined Dec 2011 | Status: because he first loved us. | 52 Posts
Quoting astom
Hello ILove, I had the "same"problem like you. I could not close my order, or change sl tp, etc. In my case was, I put a max lot that MBt allow me according my account, (3.0 specifically), so that market went against me(no problem, I assume the risk), so I tried close my order, but for my surprise I couldnt do that. So I saw that Margin Call was wrong(2244% - exposing all my equity), but the system did understand that I hit Margin Call(with reason) and not allowed me to do orders, on this case I wanted to close the buy order(selling). So check...
Hi astom,

Many thanks for your information. However, I had different situation. My free margin was about 2 times more than the margin used, and the market moved again me only a few pips, actually at some points, I was in small profit but still unable to modify or close.

The Off quotes error often occurs when there is no sufficient fund but yesterday it wasn't the case.
If you can't tell, just wait. The market will.
  • #8,825
  • Jan 17, 2012 12:24am Jan 17, 2012 12:24am
  •  ilove
  • | Joined Dec 2011 | Status: because he first loved us. | 52 Posts
Hi Justin,

I PMed you the information your requested.

Just about 20 minutes ago, My EA sent a sell order of EUR/USD around 1.27300 (brave, I know when EUR was rising) but because it was not confirmed until 17 seconds later, my EA send anothe one and then another one....... Glad I was watching a film and heard the alert, or I would have gone bust. I manually stopped the EA and closed two duplicate orders with losses. (please see last 3 orders on my accout)

This really holds me off. I would appreciate it if you could investigate asap.
If you can't tell, just wait. The market will.
  • #8,826
  • Jan 17, 2012 4:08am Jan 17, 2012 4:08am
  •  Hi-Lo
  • | Joined Jan 2012 | Status: Fingerless Knife Catcher | 5 Posts
Why does MBT has only bank wire as a funding option?
And if I open Pay for limits acc will i be able to trade on MT4 and MBT Desktop from the same account?
The harder you work, the luckier you get - Benjamin Franklin.
  • #8,827
  • Jan 17, 2012 5:55am Jan 17, 2012 5:55am
Quoting Hi-Lo
Why does MBT has only bank wire as a funding option?
And if I open Pay for limits acc will i be able to trade on MT4 and MBT Desktop from the same account?
did they change, that had credit/debit card and check funding options as well.
  • #8,828
  • Jan 17, 2012 6:11am Jan 17, 2012 6:11am
  •  Hi-Lo
  • | Joined Jan 2012 | Status: Fingerless Knife Catcher | 5 Posts
I'm looking at the MBT UK , because i want a 1:100 leverage and all I see is a Bank wire.
The harder you work, the luckier you get - Benjamin Franklin.
  • #8,829
  • Jan 17, 2012 7:55am Jan 17, 2012 7:55am
Anyone else having issues modifying orders or just placing them? It takes 30-40 seconds to process the data.
"Everyone gets what they want out of the market." -- Ed Seykota
  • #8,830
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:01am Jan 17, 2012 8:01am
Still stuck at Order Accepted for both accounts, what a waste
"Everyone gets what they want out of the market." -- Ed Seykota
  • #8,831
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:04am Jan 17, 2012 8:04am
Quoting V4X
Still stuck at Order Accepted for both accounts, what a waste
i just placed, modified and afterwards canceled a limit order on a real account using desktop pro, i had no delays.
I'm not insane; my mother had me tested.
  • #8,832
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:06am Jan 17, 2012 8:06am
Quoting RoBiK
i just placed, modified and afterwards canceled a limit order on a real account using desktop pro, i had no delays.
I use MT4, still lagging as hell. Can't exit, open positions or take profit, unless I wait 20-40 seconds and since I can open one order window at once, I can't close all my positions at the exit points.
"Everyone gets what they want out of the market." -- Ed Seykota
  • #8,833
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:10am Jan 17, 2012 8:10am
I concur re: mt4 live platform

delays in order entry and modifications.

What gives ??? Dont want our trades ? hee hee
  • #8,834
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:10am Jan 17, 2012 8:10am
Quoting Knocker
It seems I'm not the only one having an issue with latency. Ever since MB Trading went off-line due to a malfunctioning switching unit a few weeks back, the execution of trades have been ever-so-slowly. It can take up to 30 seconds to execute a trade - this is not during peak trading sessions! I have to conclude that their networking infrastructure is below par and is soon to fail again. I know it's not a bandwidth problem on my end, I've been trading other platforms with different brokers and they execute trades at lightning fast speed; during...
me too. I have sent the account information to Justin, hope to help them solve the issue.
  • #8,835
  • Jan 17, 2012 8:33am Jan 17, 2012 8:33am
Quoting V4X
I use MT4, still lagging as hell. Can't exit, open positions or take profit, unless I wait 20-40 seconds and since I can open one order window at once, I can't close all my positions at the exit points.
It's been like that for a few weeks and they have yet to resolve this issue. It's only affecting specific regions according to the posts, but come on, if their IT specialists can't figure it out then deuces. I pulled out of MB, hope it gets better for you
  • #8,836
  • Jan 17, 2012 9:51am Jan 17, 2012 9:51am
Considering similar action of bailing MBT mt4

Just went in to cancel orders ... even then also laggy.

Yup been silent for weeks on this .... but there's a limit

When issues with orders rears its head ... it undermines confidence in the platform. MT4 in this case
  • #8,837
  • Jan 17, 2012 5:31pm Jan 17, 2012 5:31pm
Quoting Crassius
Which pairs?
Sorry for delay, EURUSD, it's the only one I track. In the end, I'm going to write my own tick recorder. I have the API and did so for stocks a while back, just need to get busy and do it. Have a demo acct ready. In the end, it would be nice to have the ability to trade tick archives if anything happens. Feel free to contact me if anyone is interested but note this is a TWO-WAY street, I will not just provide tick files to every request, as I will need files if anything happens to my software.

Aaron
  • #8,838
  • Jan 17, 2012 6:15pm Jan 17, 2012 6:15pm
Quoting jonjon
Considering similar action of bailing MBT mt4

Just went in to cancel orders ... even then also laggy.

Yup been silent for weeks on this .... but there's a limit

When issues with orders rears its head ... it undermines confidence in the platform. MT4 in this case
Really can't understand why you people still use MT4! It's the worst software ever seen, why don't use MultiChart for your automated strategies? No buggy or laggy order at all, in my experience instantaneous order immission (immission not filling off course!) and deleting too.

Give it a try!
  • #8,839
  • Jan 17, 2012 6:16pm Jan 17, 2012 6:16pm
All,

As of rollover today, we believe the recent trade issues reported here are fixed. We’d like to thank everyone who sent us detailed trade information, because only a certain few were affected, the information provided was very useful.

If for any reason you feel that you’re still experiencing problems, please send me an email to justin @mbtrading.com. Please include the environment you are trading (Pay for Limits DEMO/LIVE or FREE EXN DEMO/LIVE), and also include your order ID and four letter ID.
  • #8,840
  • Jan 17, 2012 7:27pm Jan 17, 2012 7:27pm
  •  ilove
  • | Joined Dec 2011 | Status: because he first loved us. | 52 Posts
Many thanks Justin. I can confirm that execution and report-back time of my last two orders (after 17:00 roll-over) were normal without any noticeable delay.
If you can't tell, just wait. The market will.
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