Yes, it's well-known that brokers in general are very dishonest and actually can't be trusted. Also, it is generally a well-known fact that brokers use plugins.
That being said, the purpose of posting this was to emphasize this point and expect that anyone who didn't know, now understands! Have a look and see whether your broker is listed!
STP, ECN, DMA, are all words thrown around by brokers that don't have any meaning whatsoever as they fully open to interpretation from the broker. There really is no valid definitive meaning for these phrases that brokers must legally follow (in many countries), which is also why even controlled brokers asserting that they are STP, ECN, or DMA, are not.
From personal experience, I would go as far to say that 95% of brokers have been bucket stores claiming to become STP. With brokers being dishonest, it should be up to this broker to prove they are not. Like sheep we feel that because our broker says he is STP to liquidity suppliers, that they must be telling the truth! Wrong!
I suggest you ask your broker to demone this. How? Simple!
Email your broker and ask them for a receipt as to which bank/lp full your order. They will email back with some explanation like sorry we are not set up this way or sorry we use pool that is dark liquidity. All BS.
Every broker employs a routing supplier like gold-i or onezero (many more) which all keep accurate records of precisely what occurred to the clients trade. Whether it had been warehoused (held within the broker/market manufacturer) or partially warehoused or sent straight off to the lp.
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