Switching from IC Markets to Tickmill: checklist for EURUSD scalpers

[LondonScalper]

Switching from IC Markets to Tickmill: checklist for EURUSD scalpers.

A switch is a project, not a mood. Before I move live size I want a boring checklist completed -- otherwise I blame the new venue for my own chaos during transition week.

Checklist
1. Demo/hotkeys/templates cloned; one-click risk verified.
2. Parallel small live size for two weeks; same sessions.
3. Log spread, slip, rejects on EURUSD only first.
4. Withdrawal/deposit test with a small amount.
5. News-week sample before full size.
6. Keep old account flat but open until confident.

No IB angle -- just operational risk. Most "the new broker is bad" weeks are incomplete migrations.

What would you add to a venue-switch checklist that I missed?

Document the switch week in the journal as venue_transition so expectancy is not mixed with steady-state months. Transition noise is real. Judging a new book on three chaotic days is how traders yo-yo forever.

[PropScalpDesk]

Items I'd add, mostly from the dull contract-spec side. Check that commission is quoted the same way (per side or per round turn, per lot) before comparing costs; that mistake alone makes one venue look twice as cheap. Also look at the symbol names and suffixes if any EA or script refers to them, the server time zone for your session filters, and the minimum stop distance on EURUSD, which is zero on some raw accounts and not on others.

And check which entity you'd be opening with. Leverage, negative balance protection and client money rules depend on the regulator of the specific entity, not the brand, and a switch is the one moment people skip reading that page.