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MetaQuotes Unveils Mobile Trading Platform for Android Devices

MetaTrader Global — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:24:56 +0000

MetaQuotes Software Corp., a professional trading platform developer, announced the launch of its mobile trading platform, MetaTrader 5, for Android (News – Alert)-powered devices. The new platform, called as MetaTrader 5 Android, allows traders using Android devices to trade on financial markets even when away from their desktop computers.

According to MetaQuotes, the MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform is designed to provide brokerage services to traders in Forex, CFD, Futures, and stock markets. As a trader’s working tool intended for online trading in the financial markets, it features flexible trading system, technical analysis of quotes and fundamental analysis, financial news, alerts, automated trading and mobile trading.

Encompassing all necessary components for providing brokerage services in the financial markets, the MetaTrader 5 is a full-cycle trading platform. Released on the retail Forex about a year ago, it is already used by more than 50 brokers and banks around the world, according to MetaQuotes.

Offering the convenience of mobile trading that allows traders to manage their accounts from portable devices like a cell phone, smartphone, and Pocket Digital Assistant (PDA), the MetaTrader 5’s Mobile trading feature helps to keep up with Forex or Stocks trading account when trader does not have access to a desktop computer.

The second application for mobile trading within the MetaTrader 5 trading platform, the MetaTrader 5 Android supports all trading functions. This application receives prices of financial instruments, allows traders to trade and enables traders to view the history of trade operations.

Similar to the mobile trading platform for iPhone, the MetaTrader 5 for Android is absolutely free of charge. Interested users can start working with the application by simply downloading the MetaTrader 5 for Android in the Android Market and run it. Then, the user is required to open an account and select broker to enjoy the benefits of the application.

According to MetaQuotes, the MetaTrader 5 for Android requires a smartphone or a tablet PC powered by Android OS 2.1 or higher. In addition, it also requires a cellular network or Wi-Fi connection for connecting to broker’s server.

Officials with MetaQuotes said in the release that the functionality of the the MetaTrader 5 trading platform will be expanded in the next versions. Some of the intended features to be implemented soon include charts and technical analysis tools.

“We are counting on the development of mobile trading,” said, Renat Fatkhullin, CEO of MetaQuotes Software Corp., in a press release. “We expect a significant growth in the share of mobile trading the next 2-3 years. To spur this process, we distribute our mobile platforms free of charge.”

In recent news, MetaQuotes launched its MQL5 Cloud Network service, which allows users to create their own cloud computing available to programmers and researches.

Source: http://financial.tmcnet.com

MetaQuotes Launches Automated Trading Championship 2011

MetaTrader Global — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:34:02 +0000

Russian Federation (IBwire.com – May 26, 2011) MetaQuotes Software Corp., a world leader in the retails Forex software market, today launched the Automated Trading Championship 2011, an annual competition of trading robots under which, anyone can register as a participant and compete for the prize money of $80,000.

Registration for participation is open from June 1 to September 23, 2011, and is free of charge. The Championship will start on the 3rd of October and will end on the 23rd of December.

Sponsored by MIG Bank, Go Markets Pty Ltd, Vantage FX and Forex-TSD, the Automated Trading Championship 2011 is developed in the MQL5 language for programming trading strategies. The main goal of the Championship is to popularize automated trading. The competition allows solving another important task – accumulation of unique information about the most significant achievements in the field of trading robots creation, because the Automated Trading Championship provides an unprecedented opportunity for the best professionals to test their theories in practice.

From year to year, struggling for the prize of $80,000, hundreds of users from all over the world submit their MQL-developments for the Championship. However, this year’s Championship will be special. This will be the world’s first competition of trading robots able to trade not only on the Forex, but also in the stock market. Moreover, the extended functionality of the MetaTrader 5 client terminal and the release of the MQL5 Wizard will entail a significant increase of the number of Participants.

“Over 300 Expert Advisors participated in the previous Championship”, Stanislav Starikov, the Championship Jury member, said.

“This year the number will increase substantially – we expect to receive several thousands of applications for participation. The reason for this surge lies in the recently released MQL5 Wizard, using which any trader without programming skills can easily create a trading robot. Though, this would not guarantee a victory in the Championship, of course,” Starikov said.

Source: www.ibtimes.com

MQL4 for Dummies

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:59:45 +0000

Development of applications for the MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal requires the knowledge of MQL4. This programming language MetaQuotes Language 4 is a fourth-generation language that has also been developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. from their own many years experience. MQL4 is the first programming language to consider all niceties of trading on financial markets.

This present textbook will help you create your own Expert Advisors, scripts and indicators and incarnate in them your ideas – your trading algorithms. The textbook is intended for a large number of readers without experience in programming that want to learn how to develop automated trading applications for MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal. The textbook is designed in such a method that to make learning MQL4 as convenient and consequent as possible.

Download the MQL4 for Dummies textbook

MetaTrader Tips – Expert Advisor Back Testing

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:36:59 +0000

To back test an expert advisor (EA) follow the steps below.

Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R
Select the expert advisor you wish to back test
Select the symbol you wish to back test
Select a testing model (every tick model recommended)
Set a testing period
Press Start

Reasons To Consider MetaTrader Expert Advisors

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:10:19 +0000

The Foreign Exchange (or Forex) trading uses currency markets from a variety of countries to create a trading market where billions and billions are traded and exchanged daily. If you aim to profit from Forex trading, then you would need to own every single pip that you can get. But this is easier said than done, specially if you are new to the Forex market. 90% of traders lose their money on the Forex market because they let the rest 10% of traders to earn this money. It occurs because traders-beginners, keen by passion, rush to trade without having a Forex trading strategy. Even if they have a Forex trading strategy this strategy is usually not tested and also there is a human factor. That is why it is necessary to use MetaTrader Expert Advisors.

MetaTrader Expert Advisors or MetaTrader EAs are mechanical trading systems which completely automate the trading process on the Forex market by using unique Forex trading strategies. These trading robots trade under the control of the MetaTrader 4 trading platform. The robots operate 24 hours, non-stop. Because of this, you never miss an opportunity to get the trades.

MetaTrader EAs are very easy to acquire and use. As soon as you purchase one, all you need to do is download it, install it into MetaTrader 4, set your preferences and run the program. The important thing to note is that you will need to have an account with a forex broker that supports MetaTrader 4. The MetaTrader 4 platform has the built-in MetaTrader Expert Advisorsbased on the technical analysis, such as MetaTrader indicator. There are hundreds of forex brokers who use MetaTrader around the globe, and a couple of them should fit your trading requirements perfectly.

MetaTrader Tips – Expert Advisor Optimization

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:03:30 +0000

Let’s look at how to optimize an expert advisor. In the example below we will look to optimize the size of stop loss and take profit.

Expert Optimization Steps

1. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R.

2. In the Strategy Tester window, select Expert Properties

3. Select the Optimized parameters ( in our example stop-loss and stop-profit)

4. Enter the initial values of the optimized parameters, step and stop

5. Close the window

6. Select Optimization

7. Choose a model for optimization ( a model “ Open prices only (fastest method to analyze the bar just completed)” corresponds to the most advisors, although for greater accuracy it is possible to test on Every tick (based on all available least timeframes) but then time of optimization substantially will be increased.

8. Press start

9. After completion of optimization, open Optimization result and choose parameters considering a highest income and minimum drawdown. (obviously income should be high and drawdown should be less)

Source: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/612/metatrader-tips-expert-advisor-optimization/

What Is Automated Trading

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:41:12 +0000

Modern technologies allow us not only to trade in financial markets using personal computers, but we can fully automate a trading system now. Using a computer program you can relieve yourself from the routine of analyzing financial markets and performing trades.

Our client terminal has all functions that allow you to develop, test and use your trading system. The development environment named MQL4 is integrated into the terminal. MQL4 consists of MetaEditor, Strategy Tester and Compiler.

To view the full article, please visit: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/384/what-is-automated-trading/

Tips for choosing a MetaTrader Expert Advisor

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:11:44 +0000

It is important to choose a forex trading platform that meets your requirements. There are different types of platforms that provide different facilities. The platform that you choose depends on your approach. Some platforms provide high level of details. They provide highly complex charts and indicators and complete information about the markets. If you are an expert in the FX market, this is what you would expect and this is what will help you to make trading better decisions. On the other hand, if you are new to this market, complex indicators and charts can only confuse you and make you edgy. So, you might require a forex platform that provides a simplified data and gives away tips that are understandable to even a layman.

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