The use of a plugin to delay orders is not restricted to MT4 brokers only.
It is just as easy for other brokers who have their own proprietary platform to have their own form of the virtual dealer plugin. I believe many brokers MT4 and non MT4 use this virtual dealer plugin.
IBFX appears to be the only one so far to have officially stated that they don't use it. Trades on their platform take 1 second or less. Although I am always skeptical regarding brokers, I have to believe them so far when they say they don't use the plugin and that's only because trades show up in my journal always executed in 1 second.
I think traders can find out by themselves which brokers are using the virtual dealer plugin. Look in the journal on your metatrader platform and find out who takes more than 1 second to execute a trade. Any broker who consistently shows like 2 seconds or more to execute a trade is more than likely using the virtual dealer plugin to delay trades. And brokers always deny using it until they get caught.
It would be interesting if people could post the name of their broker and the amount of seconds these brokers take on average to execute a trade. May be we could catch the virtual dealer plugin brokers ourselves or at the very least put them on the spot.
It is just as easy for other brokers who have their own proprietary platform to have their own form of the virtual dealer plugin. I believe many brokers MT4 and non MT4 use this virtual dealer plugin.
IBFX appears to be the only one so far to have officially stated that they don't use it. Trades on their platform take 1 second or less. Although I am always skeptical regarding brokers, I have to believe them so far when they say they don't use the plugin and that's only because trades show up in my journal always executed in 1 second.
I think traders can find out by themselves which brokers are using the virtual dealer plugin. Look in the journal on your metatrader platform and find out who takes more than 1 second to execute a trade. Any broker who consistently shows like 2 seconds or more to execute a trade is more than likely using the virtual dealer plugin to delay trades. And brokers always deny using it until they get caught.
It would be interesting if people could post the name of their broker and the amount of seconds these brokers take on average to execute a trade. May be we could catch the virtual dealer plugin brokers ourselves or at the very least put them on the spot.