Why is the trade execution slow in my MT4?

<p>Metatrader 4 works on a 30 second session length - That is when there has been no trading activity for 30 seconds the "session" times out. Outside of this time any communication with the Server from the same IP address needs to be re-authenticated ie: Go through the Login/Password verification process. This authenticating takes about 500 ms (however this value varies considerable from broker to broker, from as little as 200 ms to as much as almost 2 seconds with some brokers).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">When a trade is placed within 30 seconds since the last server contact the process is:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">MT4 Client &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;MT4 Server&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;ECN<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Outside of the this 30 seconds because of the re-authentication measure the process is now:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">MT4 Client &gt;&gt;&gt; MT4 Server &gt;&gt; MT4 Server Password Database &gt;&gt;&gt;Authentication&gt;&gt;&gt;ECN<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(244, 246, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The increased steps is where the latency lies - This is common across all MT4 Brokers.&nbsp;</p>

<p>You might have maximized number of bars displayed, your device does not need to render as much graphical information which can lighten your computer’s processing load, leading to quicker responses.</p>