Trade copier speed, measured: 46 ms from the master's fill to the copy's.
The median of 105 copies that filled, opens, closes and partial closes, between two MT5 accounts, measured on our live service from the broker's own timestamps. Our engine takes 0.1 ms of it. The rest is the two terminals and the broker filling the order.
- Open
- 47ms
- Median of 50 · 9 in 10 within 49 ms
- Close
- 46ms
- Median of 50 · 9 in 10 within 53 ms
- Partial close
- 46ms
- Median of 5
- SL/TP change
- 46ms
- Median of 5
Every copy
Not one lucky trade: 105 of them.
Opens, closes and partial closes, each from the master's fill to the copy's. Nearly all sit within a few milliseconds of the median; the slowest took 80 ms. Every trade the master made was copied.
Copies by time from fill to fill
105 copies, one bar per millisecond. Median 46 ms.
The figures as a table
| Copy | Copies | Median | 9 in 10 within | Slowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 50 | 47 ms | 49 ms | 80 ms |
| Close | 50 | 46 ms | 53 ms | 78 ms |
| Partial close | 5 | 46 ms | 60 ms | 60 ms |
| SL/TP change | 5 | 46 ms | 50 ms | 50 ms |
An SL/TP change has no fill, so its time runs from the engine sending it to the terminal confirming it.
Where the time goes
The engine takes 0.1 ms.
Each copy records when every step happened. Most of the time is spent around the engine: the master's terminal noticing and reporting its fill, and the broker filling the copy. The engine itself, which sizes the copy and sends it, is the shortest step of all.
- The master's terminal reports the fill20 ms
- It reaches our engine0.7 ms
- The engine sizes and sends the copy0.1 ms
- The follower's terminal picks it up3 ms
- The broker fills the copy22 ms
The broker's step is what remains of each copy's fill to fill, so a copy's steps add up to its total; their medians nearly do. The split relies on the terminals' clocks, the total only on the broker's.
How we measured
On the live service, with the broker's clock.
We traded on the master through its terminal and let the copier do the rest, exactly as it does for customers. For every copy, the broker tells us when the master's trade filled and when the copy filled. Our engine adds two times of its own: when the master's trade reached it, and when it sent out the copy.
- Accounts
- Two MT5 demo accounts on TegasFX's UK server, both hedging. One master, one follower
- Trades
- EURUSD, 0.01 lot, buy and sell in turn, each held a few seconds
- Also
- Five trades closed in two halves, and five given a stop loss and take profit
- When
- 4 November 2026, 22:43–22:46 UTC
- Copier
- The live service, with the same settings a new follower starts with
Your own number
What makes copies faster or slower.
Your brokers
Most of the time is the broker filling the copy. A faster broker, or one whose server is closer to ours, fills sooner; a slower one adds its own time.
Two different brokers
Here both accounts were at one broker, so both fills carry the same clock. Between two brokers, their clocks can differ by more than the copy takes, so fill to fill can't be read off their timestamps alone.
Busy markets
We measured in a quiet hour, 22:43–22:46 UTC. Around news and the busiest sessions, brokers can take longer to fill, and prices move further while they do.
Is this the speed my copies will get?
It's what one pair of accounts got on our live service. Your own copies depend mostly on your brokers, as the breakdown above shows. The copier's activity in the app shows each copy's time, from the moment we hear of the master's trade to the copy being confirmed, so you can watch your own.
Why demo accounts?
A demo account fills orders on the broker's own servers like a live one, without risking money on a test. Live accounts at the same broker may fill differently, faster or slower.
What does fill to fill mean?
The time from the moment the broker filled the master's trade to the moment it filled the copy, both read from the broker's own timestamps. It includes everything between: the master's terminal, the network, our engine and the follower's terminal.
Do you add delays to copies?
No. There are no random delays or random lot sizes. If your prop firm doesn't allow a copier, don't copy into its accounts; our prop firm page has the questions to ask it.
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