MetaTrader's successor platform — multi-asset, more timeframes, better backtester, MQL5 language.
MT5 adds: native support for stocks/futures/crypto via broker, an economic calendar, depth-of-market, more order types, partial fills, and a vastly improved strategy tester (multi-currency, multi-threaded).
Also called: MT5
Open full pageMetaQuotes Language 5 — the more powerful, object-oriented language for MT5 indicators, EAs, and scripts.
MQL5 is closer to C++ — full OOP, namespaces, templates, generics, and a richer standard library. EAs written in MQL5 can use the much-improved multi-threaded strategy tester.
Also called: MetaQuotes Language 5
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Every individual price change (bid + ask) the broker recorded — the highest-resolution market data available.
Tick data is essential for scalping strategies and accurate backtesting. MT5's strategy tester runs on tick data; MT4's defaults to 1-minute candles unless you import tick data from sources like Dukascopy or Tickstory.
Open full pageTrading via fully automated computer programs — rules executed by code, no human discretion per trade.
Algorithmic ('algo') trading covers everything from simple MetaTrader EAs to multi-million-dollar institutional systems. The label says nothing about the strategy itself — it's about the execution method.
Also called: algo trading, systematic trading
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Unregulated Saint Lucia broker with 1:2000 leverage, $50 minimums and crypto-only funding; works while it works.
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Vantage-spinoff CFD broker now FCA-licensed via VIBHS — competitive Prime ECN pricing, Lloyd's-backed offshore safety net.
Top-tier regulated FCA · ASIC +3 entities
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Beginner-friendly multi-regulator broker with a serious education library — and a couple of caveats worth knowing.
Top-tier regulated CYSEC · ASIC +6 entities
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