🏎️HFT support

High-frequency trading (HFT) is a type of algorithmic trading that utilizes algorithms to execute a large number of trades at extremely high speeds. It aims to capitalize on minor price discrepancies in financial markets, often maintaining positions for only seconds or milliseconds.

Configuration

MetaCopier.io offers a lightning-fast copy trading system with an internal latency of under 5ms. It uses multi-threading and non-blocking processes to copy trades across multiple accounts simultaneously without slowing down, making it ideal for high-frequency trading (HFT).

To use MetaCopier.io for HFT, simply follow the setup steps in the quick start guide.

Racommendation

For HFT strategies or strategies with small profit targets, we recommend configuring the Exit signal override and TP/SL Management feature features as follows to ensure optimal trade performance:

1. Enable 'Only if TP/SL are set'

2. Set 'Ignore for seconds' to 0:

   • What to do: Set Ignore for seconds to 0.

   • Why: Setting this value to 0 means exit signals from the master account will be ignored indefinitely. This allows the slave account to focus on reaching the TP/SL levels without closing positions prematurely.

3. Activate 'Adjust with master distance':

   • What to do: Enable 'Adjust with master distance'.

   • Why: This setting ensures that the slave account's TP and SL levels are dynamically adjusted to maintain the same distance from the entry price as the master trade. This is crucial for closely replicating the master account's setup, especially when dealing with tight profit margins.

Why These Settings Are Important:

• HFT Strategies:

  • Consistency: HFT strategies rely on rapid execution and small profit margins. By adjusting TP/SL levels to match the master account and ignoring exit signals, you prevent unnecessary closures that could erode profits.

  • Precision: Aligning TP/SL distances ensures that both master and slave accounts capitalize on the same market movements.

• Strategies with Small Profit Targets:

  • Risk Management: With narrow TP values, even minor deviations can significantly impact your results. The recommended settings help maintain consistency across accounts.

  • Profit Optimization: Ignoring exit signals until TP/SL levels are hit allows trades the necessary time to reach their profit targets.

By implementing these configurations, you enhance the effectiveness of your HFT or small profit strategies, ensuring that your slave accounts accurately mirror the master account's trades and maximize potential profits.

Pending Orders

By default, open orders are omitted from being copied. This is our recommendation and works perfectly for most use cases. If, for some reason, this feature is required for your project, please let us know and we will activate the option for you.

Skip pending orders option

Best Possible Performance

For the best possible performance, we recommend a dedicated project where the resources are reserved only for you.

Dedicated project example

A project can be marked as dedicated only while creation. If you have a shared project and need a dedicated one please create a new project.

Remarks

• HFT is commonly used on prop firm's demo accounts (for example, to pass challenges). However, most HFT strategies do not work on live accounts due to slippage. Thus, if you plan to use it with live accounts, make sure to test it with a low lot size.

• DXtrade and TradeLocker use REST API, which is slower. If you plan to use high-frequency trading (HFT) on these platforms, test it on a demo account first before using real money.