Measured execution speed

IC Markets Global execution speed — measured fill latency

IC Markets Global's measured median broker-side fill latency is 46 ms. The evidence comes from 60 broker-reported fills. It describes only the measured symbols, sessions and accounts; it cannot establish results for every account type or future order. Scope: Trailing 180 days. Measured fills: 60. Connected accounts: 1. Metric coverage: 58%.

Scope: Trailing 180 days
Measured fills: 60
Connected accounts: 1
Data through: 19 Aug 2026, 20:01 UTC
Observed from: 18 Jun 2026 UTC
Method: Broker order-received to order-filled timestamps from connected accounts
Access: Free public dataset
Metric coverage: 58%

Execution speed here is the broker's own millisecond timestamps — the gap between the order reaching the server and the fill — so it excludes your internet connection and measures only what the broker controls. Across 104 measured fills on 1 connected account, IC Markets Global filled orders in a median of 46ms, with 95% of fills inside 60ms. The p95 matters more than the median if you trade news: it's the slow tail that costs money.

Median latency

46 ms

order received → filled

p95 latency

60 ms

the slow tail — 5% of fills were slower

Speed score

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vs peers, per symbol

Trend

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weekly median, last 8 weeks

Latency by session

Server load shifts across the trading day.

Session	Median latency	p95 latency	Fills
New York (13–21 UTC)	N/A — insufficient evidence	N/A — insufficient evidence	43

Latency by symbol

Median and p95 fill latency per symbol.

Symbol	Median latency	p95 latency	Fills
XAUUSD	N/A — insufficient evidence	N/A — insufficient evidence	10
AUDJPY	N/A — insufficient evidence	N/A — insufficient evidence	10
NZDCHF	N/A — insufficient evidence	N/A — insufficient evidence	8

FAQ

How fast is IC Markets Global's execution?

Median 46ms from order received to filled, measured on 104 real fills; the slowest 5% took longer than 60ms. The session table shows how that shifts across the trading day.

How is execution speed measured?

From the broker's own order history: MT5 records when the server received the order and when it filled, in milliseconds. That isolates the broker's processing from your network latency — a slow VPS can't make a broker look bad here, and a fast one can't make it look good.

Does execution speed matter for my strategy?

For scalping and news trading, yes — hundreds of milliseconds move prices. For swing trades held days, median latency is nearly irrelevant, though a long p95 tail can still hurt stop-loss fills in fast markets.

Measured, not claimed

Latency by session

Latency by symbol

FAQ