XTP Simulation Accounts Do Not Provide Live Market Data
Summary
A user asks why XTP subscription data in a simulated account appears several hours old and updates only intermittently. The response explains that the XTP simulation environment does not provide live market quotes. This distinction helps clarify why a simulation feed may not match real-time trading conditions.
The exchange is brief and gives no technical detail about the simulator’s data source, update schedule, or whether historical data is delayed, cached, or otherwise limited. It does not describe a workaround or compare simulation and production feeds beyond the stated absence of live quotes. Traders testing strategies through this environment should therefore avoid treating its quotes as real-time evidence of execution or market behavior.
Key ideas
- The user reports stale, infrequently updating data in an XTP simulation account.
- The response says the simulation environment does not provide live market quotes.
- The discussion does not specify the source or timing of the simulated data.
- Simulation quotes should not be assumed to represent real-time trading conditions.
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