So I've been thinking lately how two traders take the same setup, the same lot size of leverage, different platforms and ended up with different results. But what could be the cause of that? Could it be fees, excecution, timing that has a major role?. Thought about this could I'm in a trading group and a setup was dropped, different folks took it on different platforms. Same parameters but result differed, one even had SL cos of spread etc. so what's the reason? This often happens, and even to shock you more, it could happen on the same broker/exchange platform. However, it could be due to unfair practices of the broker/exchange or some factors beyond the control of the dealers. This is technology, anything could happen, and I've witnessed the same settings and order types in my account ending up with slightly different results (the same broker), to see how ugly it can be. Specifically with two different brokers/exchanges, that is even more justifiable because it's different environments and ecosystems, so they don't receive feeds and ticks the same way, and their slippages and latencies can't be the same. Not to mention liquidity providers, their different markups, speed of execution and the dynamism of their spreads. There is also the need to acknowledge skill difference between traders and most importantly the quality of execution as a point not to ignore. The same setup or same parameters may bear different results in the hands of a pro trader on a top performing platform as compared to a learner, also am sure the result would be different on  a high spread or high fee local platform. One tip would be to pad your SL to the account, so as to account for the noise of course, on your platform of choice.
So I've been thinking lately how two traders take the same setup, the same lot size of leverage, different platforms and ended up with different results. But what could be the cause of that? Could it be fees, excecution, timing that has a major role?. Thought about this could I'm in a trading group and a setup was dropped, different folks took it on different platforms. Same parameters but result differed, one even had SL cos of spread etc. so what's the reason? This often happens, and even to shock you more, it could happen on the same broker/exchange platform. However, it could be due to unfair practices of the broker/exchange or some factors beyond the control of the dealers. This is technology, anything could happen, and I've witnessed the same settings and order types in my account ending up with slightly different results (the same broker), to see how ugly it can be. Specifically with two different brokers/exchanges, that is even more justifiable because it's different environments and ecosystems, so they don't receive feeds and ticks the same way, and their slippages and latencies can't be the same. Not to mention liquidity providers, their different markups, speed of execution and the dynamism of their spreads. There is also the need to acknowledge skill difference between traders and most importantly the quality of execution as a point not to ignore. The same setup or same parameters may bear different results in the hands of a pro trader on a top performing platform as compared to a learner, also am sure the result would be different on  a high spread or high fee local platform. One tip would be to pad your SL to the account, so as to account for the noise of course, on your platform of choice.

So I've been thinking lately how two traders take the same setup, the same lot size of leverage, different platforms and ended up with different results. But what could be the cause of that? Could it be fees, excecution, timing that has a major role?. Thought about this could I'm in a trading group and a setup was dropped, different folks took it on different platforms. Same parameters but result differed, one even had SL cos of spread etc. so what's the reason? This often happens, and even to shock you more, it could happen on the same broker/exchange platform. However, it could be due to unfair practices of the broker/exchange or some factors beyond the control of the dealers. This is technology, anything could happen, and I've witnessed the same settings and order types in my account ending up with slightly different results (the same broker), to see how ugly it can be. Specifically with two different brokers/exchanges, that is even more justifiable because it's different environments and ecosystems, so they don't receive feeds and ticks the same way, and their slippages and latencies can't be the same. Not to mention liquidity providers, their different markups, speed of execution and the dynamism of their spreads. There is also the need to acknowledge skill difference between traders and most importantly the quality of execution as a point not to ignore. The same setup or same parameters may bear different results in the hands of a pro trader on a top performing platform as compared to a learner, also am sure the result would be different on  a high spread or high fee local platform. One tip would be to pad your SL to the account, so as to account for the noise of course, on your platform of choice.

So I've been thinking lately how two traders take the same setup, the same lot size of leverage, different platforms and ended up with different results. But what could be the cause of that? Could it be fees, excecution, timing that has a major role?. Thought about this could I'm in a trading group and a setup was dropped, different folks took it on different platforms. Same parameters but result differed, one even had SL cos of spread etc. so what's the reason? This often happens, and even to shock you more, it could happen on the same broker/exchange platform. However, it could be due to unfair practices of the broker/exchange or some factors beyond the control of the dealers. This is technology, anything could happen, and I've witnessed the same settings and order types in my account ending up with slightly different results (the same broker), to see how ugly it can be. Specifically with two different brokers/exchanges, that is even more justifiable because it's different environments and ecosystems, so they don't receive feeds and ticks the same way, and their slippages and latencies can't be the same. Not to mention liquidity providers, their different markups, speed of execution and the dynamism of their spreads. There is also the need to acknowledge skill difference between traders and most importantly the quality of execution as a point not to ignore. The same setup or same parameters may bear different results in the hands of a pro trader on a top performing platform as compared to a learner, also am sure the result would be different on  a high spread or high fee local platform. One tip would be to pad your SL to the account, so as to account for the noise of course, on your platform of choice.