Broker execution scoreboard
Broker execution scoreboard
Measured slippage
Slippage compares the price you asked for with the price you got, in symbol points — negative numbers mean the fill was better than requested. Across 3,296 measured XAUUSD fills on 11 connected accounts, Startrader showed a median of 0.0 points with a p95 of 64.0 points. The distribution below shows the full picture: a broker can have a flattering median while the tail quietly eats your stop-losses.
On XAUUSD, Startrader's measured slippage ties for 1 of 8 measured brokers.
Where the executed price landed vs the price requested.
Points; negative = price improvement, positive = worse fill.
The money column converts points with the broker's own tick value, per 1.00 lot.
Every broker does; the question is how much and in which direction. On 3,296 measured fills, Startrader's median slippage was 0.0 points. The fill-quality split on this page shows what share of orders filled at a better, exact or worse price than requested.
Yes — negative means price improvement: your order filled at a better price than you requested. A median at or below zero with a short positive tail is the profile you want. Positive slippage concentrated around news events suggests the broker passes volatility straight through to you.
From order history on connected accounts: each order's requested price vs its executed price, converted to symbol points. It's measured per symbol because a point means different money on EURUSD vs XAUUSD — where the broker's tick value is known, the table converts it to approximate money per 1.00 lot.
Read more: Broker Execution Quality: Measure Slippage, Lifecycle Timing and Spread · Copy-Trading Slippage: Why Follower Results Can Differ From the Master's — or connect an account read-only and put your own fills in these numbers.
| Symbol | Median slippage | ≈ per 1 lot | p95 slippage | Fills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XAUUSD | 0.0 pts | ≈€0.00 | 64.0 pts | 3,296 |
| EURUSD | N/A — insufficient evidence | — | N/A — insufficient evidence | 6 |
Median slippage on the most-traded symbol.
median slippage · below 0 = price improvement