Hi XXX,


Please be advised that demo environments reflect as closely to the live environment as possible. The main differences are:


1) The demo environment doesn't need the trades to be executed in the market. This takes a very small amount of time in the scheme of things but it is still a difference between the two. Whether the price has changed in that amount of time is not something we can answer. The difference (if there is any) is likely to be very small given its a small amount of time to execute the trade with the liquidity providers.

2) There is no liquidity in the demo environment. That means I can place 1000 lots and receive the same price had I placed a 0.01 lot trade. This isn't how the market works in the live environment. Prices are subject to the liquidity that is available at the time. Sadly, this isn't the easiest to predict as liquidity changes based on market conditions. As a general rule of thumb, the standard liquidity at the price you see on the platform is about 5 lots for FX majors. If you are trading more than 5 lots per click, there may be a small amount of slippage as your 2 lots are filled at the next available price which would be slightly worse.

So in summary, provided that the price didn't change within that small window where the demo servers execution is faster and that your order is small enough to not be filled on the next tier of liquidity then the price you receive on the demo will very closely align with what is on the live server.


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