entirely up to you. I just know I would rather my order sit on the exchange and not only on my terminal (or that of a VPS). that's not specific to MT5, but for any platform.
Since we're on the subject, we recently released our native API with direct order routing to the exchange: https://www.ironbeam.com/api
Hello all. For clarification, it is standard, nothing special, when you are trading Exchange-traded futures, such as CME ES or NQ...all orders are routed and executed on the CME exchange for all order routing services, such as CQG, Rithmic, and TT. If you ever have any questions about any orders or fills, we can pull the exchange trade logs and provide you with full details. AMP/MT5 is integrated with CQG for real-time data and order routing to/from the exchanges. We support all trading types, including Scalping and automated trading. Here is the link to all available order types on AMP/MT5 (this is a critical difference between AMP and other brokers' MT5 offerings, you need to check if the other brokers support all these specific order types - we have heard many are limited to market orders only): https://faq.ampfutures.com/en_us/metatrader-mt5-order-types-order-execution-logic-BkrMK0BFq Yes, if you want to run algorithmic trading via MT5, you can use the Native VPS in MT5: https://www.ampfutures.com/metatrader/trading-platform/vps If you are a non-US person, you can download our Special free MT5 demo here (where you can trade the REAL CME exchange-traded Futures, FX, CFDs, and Crypto-CFDs with our All-In-One MT5 Account): https://downloads.ampglobal.com/metatrader-5-mt5 For our US clients or prospective clients, here is the download to trade the REAL CME exchange-traded Futures: https://downloads.ampfutures.com/meta-trader-5-mt5 We will continue to answer any questions on this thread.
Gah, it is not something that is requested, it is something you can either do or not do! I feel I will never get the answer from Dan Culp. :-(