Interactive brokers vs. C2 forex spreads

C2 Software Development
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Hi,



I’m sending forex market orders to IB while posting my signals here at the same time. The execution vs. signal acknowledgment lag is about 3 to 4 s. However, there is consultancy 1.3 to about 2 pip difference across multiple pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY etc).



I read[1] that C2 uses the same IB feed that I have. Do you mark up the spreads? Or is there maybe an internal C2 lag between the IB ticks and prices used for signals? Or perhaps do you subscribe to IB bars?



Thanks,

Peter



[1] http://collective2.com/cgi-perl/board.mpl?want=listmsgs&threadhilite=1891&boardid=12606129&msghilite=19316839#msgid19316839

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So I double checked with another broker feed and you are about 2 pips wider.



Is this part of the auto-trading markup price perhaps? Just curious as I’m trying to line up my own trades with the one reported here and they obviously show a different PnL.



Thanks,

Peter