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Will I Be Trading in a Live Environment?

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Written by Hercules
Updated over a week ago

All trading during the Crypto Edge Evaluation takes place in a simulated environment using live market data with notional funds.

Latency & Execution Considerations:

  • To prevent latency arbitrage and other prohibited trading practices, all orders are subject to a small additional latency of 500ms.

  • This applies equally to all traders across both the Crypto Edge Evaluation and Crypto Edge Performance Account.

  • This measure helps mitigate high-frequency trading (HFT) strategies that exploit ultra-fast execution speeds.

Impact on Trading:

  • Normal traders will be largely unaffected by this minor delay.

  • Latency and slippage may occur due to:

    • Internet speed and connectivity issues.

    • Order routing times to and from the live market.

    • Natural market conditions and volatility.

This setup ensures that Crypto Edge remains a fair and realistic trading environment while discouraging manipulative trading strategies.

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