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MetaQuotes continues to impress us with new features in MetaTrader 5.  As with any major software upgrade, however, there will be a period of time where both MT4 and MT5 will exist and perhaps be supported concurrently by brokers.  One excellent way MetaQuotes has helped manage that overlap is a feature that permits MetaTrader 5 [...]

This edition was harder to make than any of the previous editions. The late release of Strategy Tester and the large number of bugs that surged while making the CEP engine took a lot of time. From this moment, magazine issues will not be monthly anymore, because they will contain a lot of work and [...]

Vantage FX is pleased to announce that it is one of the first brokers to provide clients with access to the MetaTrader 5 Demo Platform. The MetaTrader 5 trading platform is designed to service customers in Forex, CFD, Futures and Equity markets as well. One of the main features that makes MetaTrader 5 superior to [...]

Michael Greenberg from Forex Magnates recently had a chance to interview Lenar Fatkhullin, the Marketing Manager of Metaquotes Corporation – the developer of world’s most popular forex trading platform. Why did you develop and launch MT5? Many estimate that this is your take on the stocks/indices/futures markets after you conquered the whole forex market and [...]

The new version of the MetaTrader 5 Mobile includes interactive charts. It means that with the new terminal, traders receive enhanced opportunities – in addition to trading, they can conduct visual analysis of the market situation. Charts can be scaled and scrolled, as well as their period can be changed from a minute to a [...]

In late October 2010, as part of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal, the MQL5 Wizard was released. This wizard is designed for automatic generation of an Expert Advisor code. With MQL5 Wizard, knowledge of programming languages is no longer a prerequisite for creating trading robots. Earlier it really was an impassable obstacle to creation of [...]

Today we are releasing the mobile version of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Now everyone can take advantage of the freedom of mobile trading – the terminal can be downloaded free from AppStore. With MetaTrader 5 for iPhone, you can trade, monitor your account and stay up-to-date with financial [...]

Spread MetaTrader indicator — displays current spread in the main window of the chart. You can modify the font parameters, indicator’s position and the normalization of the spread value. The spread is redrawn after each tick, ensuring the most current and active spread value. This can be useful for brokers with variable spreads or with [...]

Fair Trading Technology is launching a MT5 Demo trading contest where beta testers of the upcoming MT5-ECN trading bridge will be able to win $1000 per week. The company is launching this contest in order to make sure it will recruit enough beta testers of various trading backgrounds to make sure it will release a [...]

Many people asked MetaQuotes to develop a mobile version of Metatrader 4 for iPhone. Unfortunately, the mobile version of MT4 is only available for the Windows Mobile platform ( Smartphones and Pocket PC’s). However the good news is that Metatrader 5 will be available for Iphone and Google Android platforms! It was recently confirmed by [...]

LiteForex group of companies is pleased to announce the new demo server launch intended for testing Metatrader-5, the next-generation platform. MetaTrader-5 trading platform has been developed for working in Forex and CFD markets which is a big advantage for traders interested in both stock and currency tools. Trading possibilities of MetaTrader-5 have been considerably extended [...]

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 22, 2010 FXDD, a leading online Forex broker, is now offering the Metatrader 5 software trading platform for practice (demo) accounts. To sign-up for an FXDD Metatrader 5 practice account, please visit http://www.fxdd.com/metatrader5 FXDD, a leading online Forex broker, is now offering the Metatrader 5 software trading platform for practice [...]

Recently the beta version of MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester was released. This program is the integral part of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal being designed for the purposes of testing and optimization of MQL5 Expert Advisors. With the testing you can assess the qualities of your Expert Advisor on history data before launching it in [...]

MetaTrader 5 Beta Testing MetaTrader 5 is at the stage of public beta testing. Please join the testing, and help MetaQuotes to improve the new client terminal for Forex, CFD and Futures, as well as equity markets. To download MetaTrader 5, please visit http://www.metatraderglobal.com/metatrader-5-download/ To read more about the MetaTrader 5 beta, please visit http://www.metatraderglobal.com/183/public-beta-testing-of-the-metatrader-5-terminal/

One of the upgrades brought by MetaQuotes to the MetaEditor IDE is the introduction of a debugger. Across this article I’ll use the article ‘error’ as a reference to the conceptual code errors such as wrongly written conditions or wrongly written calculus expressions… Warning: don’t mistake them with the errors signaled by the compiler. For [...]

In MetaTrader 5 the history of quotes is stored only in M1 format (from 1993, before – D1 format) and all the charts are built based on it. When the terminal is first installed, the history is empty. The history is stored in \MetaTrader 5\Bases\Default\History\”currency”\ folder and has the .hcc (uncompressed) format. The history is [...]

The main difference between MQL4 and MQL5 is the appearance of the object oriented programming. So you can start learning MQL4 now, because: If You know MQL4 the only thing in MQL5 to change in your programs will be names of a couple of start() init() deinit() functions; If you know MQL4 the transition to [...]

To download MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal please click the following link: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/metatrader-5-download/ Please publish any bug reports or suggestions on the MQL5 community forum – http://www.mql5.com/en/forum/ To read more about the MetaTrader 5 beta, please visit http://www.metatraderglobal.com/183/public-beta-testing-of-the-metatrader-5-terminal/

With the MetaTrader 5 platform installed and time to check its new features. Some traders are excited to already find some of the features they have been looking for since using the old Metatrader 3, such as multiple time frames: it has 2 hrs charts, 8 hrs, 12 hrs etc. MetaTrader 5 also has a lot more indicators in the base version. Please feel [...]

Recently, Alpari Russia announced the upcoming availability of MetaTrader 5 for its clients. Real trading accounts will be available after the general public beta testing of MetaTrader 5. As we know, the new version of MetaTrader will allow to trade not only forex but options, futures and equities. This means that brokers who offer trading [...]