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Latency Arb Reality Check: MT4 vs MT5 Exposure (and What Brokers Can Actually Control)

Latency arbitrage risk isn’t just “MT4 vs MT5.” It’s where pricing, bridging, and execution logic live. Here’s how each platform is exposed—and the controls that matter.

July 20, 20266 min547

Priya Desai

Latency Arbitrage Defense Without the Landmines: What Virtual Dealer Plugins Really Change

Virtual Dealer and execution plugins can reduce latency-arb damage—but they won’t “solve” toxic flow. Here’s what they do, what they can’t, and where compliance risk starts.

July 20, 20267 min544

Priya Desai

Inside the 80ms Edge: How Latency Arbitrage Exploits MT4/MT5 Stale Quotes (and What Brokers Can Do)

A plain-English look at the MT4/MT5 ‘stale quote’ window, why it happens, how arbitrage EAs exploit it, and a practical mitigation checklist for brokers and prop firms.

May 22, 20267 min2,121

Priya Desai

Hedge-Lock Arbitrage: How It Works, How Brokers Detect It, and How to Protect Your Book

Hedge-lock arbitrage can look market-neutral on the surface, but it often relies on latency and stale quotes. Here’s how it works, how brokers detect it, and what controls reduce risk.

May 22, 20266 min2,129

Elena Petrov

Stop Pricing Disputes Before They Start: Engineering a Forex Fee Schedule That Actually Reconciles

A practical blueprint for modeling spreads, commissions, swaps, and minimums so your fee schedule reconciles across CRM, platform, LP, and statements—reducing tickets, disputes, and client claims.

May 17, 20267 min1,867

Amira Khalid

Your Back Office Isn’t “Admin”—It’s the Control Tower: What to Automate vs. Keep Human

A practical map of the forex brokerage back office: what to automate for speed and scale, and where human judgment must stay in the loop for compliance, risk, and client trust.

April 19, 20267 min2,357

Noman Chaudhary

MT5 Off-Quotes & Invalid Price Errors: A Broker’s Playbook to Stabilize Execution

Off-quotes and invalid price errors in MT5 are usually broker-side: feed quality, bridge settings, symbol config, or risk controls. This guide maps root causes to fixes and monitoring.

April 18, 202613 min3,075

Sofía Mendes

Swap & Rollover Liquidity: A Complete Guide to LP Funding Rates, Tom/Next, and Cutoffs

Learn how LP funding rates, Tom/Next rollovers, and broker cutoffs translate into client swap charges—and where operational errors create P&L and disputes.

March 14, 202614 min4,193

Sofía Mendes