Stress-Tested Liquidity

Match-Prime publishes execution data from real market stress events, giving you full visibility into how our infrastructure performs during high-volatility periods.

2 October 2026

US Non-Farm Payrolls

Payrolls came in at 29,000 against about 90,000 expected, and gold jumped roughly $40 in minutes. Match-Prime's average XAUUSD spread through the release: 0.125.
Comparable LPs: 0.665 to 4.52.

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0.125

Average XAUUSD spread

0.665 - 4.52.

Comparable LP range over the same window

29 July 2026

Fed Rate Decision

Gold reversed from –0.2% to +1.9% within hours, a $95 swing with direction inverted mid-session. Match-Prime's average XAUUSD spread: 0.122. Comparable LPs: 0.168 to 0.968.

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0.122

Average XAUUSD spread

0.168 – 0.968

Comparable LP range over the same window

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9 March 2026

Oil Price Spike — Strait of Hormuz

Brent crude gapped 30%+ on Monday's open after weekend escalations around the Strait of Hormuz — the largest oil supply shock in years. Most LPs responded by reducing depth and pulling volume from one side of the book.

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Instrument: Brent Crude

99%

Standard book depth maintained during gap and subsequent volatile hours

Balanced

Both sides of the order book held stable — only marginal volume decrease

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Liquidity technology

We build every routing rule, aggregation path, and failover protocol to maintain execution quality during the sessions that test the industry most. This ensures our clients experience consistent execution, no matter how market conditions shift.

What This Means for Brokers

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Fewer client escalations

Stable pricing through volatility prevents your dealing desk from fielding complaints about spread spikes or rejected orders.

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Predictable execution costs

Consistent spreads during high-volume sessions protect your markup calculations, keeping operational costs predictable.

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Operational confidence

Infrastructure tested through actual market stress turns uncertainty into documented evidence.

Why the Spreads Hold?

Our consistent performance across different stress events stems directly from three layers of infrastructure investment.

Match-Trader PRO

Multi-source aggregation with intelligent failover. When any single liquidity source degrades, routing logic shifts flow to alternatives in milliseconds — without manual intervention.

HawkEye RMS

Session-level monitoring and automated flow routing. During stress events, HawkEye filters raw market conditions before they reach broker execution — identifying toxic patterns without reducing overall depth.

Dealing Expertise

In-house developers and dealing experts design the infrastructure for stress as the primary specification. 24/5 support teams in Cyprus and Dubai maintain direct contact with client dealing rooms and respond within minutes.

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