MetaTrader Australia

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 [...]

Finally we’ve got an opportunity to try the new trade terminal – MetaTrader 5. No doubt, it is noteworthy and has many new features as compared to its predecessor. The important advantages of this platform among others are: Essentially modified language allowing now to use the object-oriented programming, still allowing to use the rich advantages [...]

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 [...]

A short time ago some traders posted first indicators and scripts for the Metatrader 5 platform written in the new MQL5 language. Two of them are really impressive and show the real power and new possibilities of MQL5. 1. Slideshow Indicator for Metatrader 5 (by Rosh) This indicator will place custom background pictures behind the [...]

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 [...]

Analytics is one of the most important components of trading. Based on analytical data, a trader can decide what operation to execute, when to do it and the profit/loss of the trade. The MetaTrader 5 platform offers you wide analytical possibilities! Charts Charts constitute a work field for technical analysis. This is where dynamics of security [...]

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 [...]

The trading system in MetaTrader 5 differs from that of MetaTrader 4 in its basics. First of all, four types of trade operation execution are supported in MetaTrader 5: Market, Instant, Request and Exchange. Secondly, the new terminal accepts the strict delimitation between the notions of Order, Trade and Position. To view the full article, [...]

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 [...]

The public beta testing of the MetaTrader 5 client terminal starts today. This is the notional day for all of you, who are waiting for our new trading platform. The stage of the closed beta testing of the client terminal is over. Totally, we’ve received about 300 bug reports and suggestions from our testers. The [...]