# The Live and Simulated Accounts

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* The offline mode is typically used in batch testing.
* The simulated mode is using live data feed, having functionality as in live mode.
* The trading mode can be hot-changed, as the IDE contains full accounting and trading data for live and simulated mode.

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* All trades and open positions are shown in the Account Window.
* Symbols can be hedged, In this example with LTC/USDT: The user has an open position, two ATS have open positions, ATS 1 and ATS 4.

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* The Spread (<>)  is logged before sending the order for execution.
* The Slippage ( ! ) is calculated when receiving the filled order.
* Latency is calculated when receiving the filled order.
* Latency is set to 500ms in Simulated mode.


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