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Latency profiles
Choose how far away your broker is — and how much every order costs in time.
Every order you send draws a latency before it reaches the (simulated) exchange. The profile decides the distribution.
1 · Pick a profile2 · Or dial in your own
| Profile | Mean | Std dev | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail broker | 180 ms | 40 ms | 120–300 ms |
| Direct-access broker | 120 ms | 25 ms | 80–200 ms |
| Colocated pro | 30 ms | 10 ms | 15–60 ms |
| Custom | your mean, σ, min, max |
Cancels draw their own latency too, so a cancel can lose the race to a fill — the submit → evaluation gap in every fill diagnostic is this draw.
Draws are seeded per session, so replaying the same day gives the same latencies.
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