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2/8/2007

New MetaTrader 4 build 202, MetaTrader 4 Mobile build 202 and MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal build 203

What’s new in MetaTrader 4 build 202:
1. Improved balance chart drawing in the detailed trade history report.
2. Fixed Andrews’ Pitchfork drawing, in the case of anchoring points close to each other.
3. Added support of connection via HTTP proxy server when downloading quotes from the History Data Server.
4. Fixed calculation of margin requirements to hedged positions for CFD and CFD-Index symbols when using the initial margin.
5. Fixed WindowScreenShot function hang-up for charts with fixed scales.
6. Tester: In case of no connection during generation of fxt files, the system tries to get the latest known parameters instead of substituting default values.
7. MQL4: Fixed error of exact search in function iBarShift where there is no a corresponding bar.
8. MQL4: Eliminated the too severe type check for the ’switch’ operator .
9. MQL4: Added check for availability of the expression after the assignment operation.
10. MQL4: Error opening file for reading message is not output in the journal of Expert Advisors.
11. Tester: Added harder size limits for the generated sequence. If the initial date is set at testing, at most 1000 bars before the initial date will get into the sequence.
12. Added feature that allows to modify the Client Terminal window using hot keys Ctrl-left arrow and Ctrl-right arrow.
13. Updated custom indicator ZigZag.
14. MetaEditor: Modified search in the online mql4 code base. The search is case-insensitive now.
15. Updating based on crash-logs.

In the MetaTrader 4 Mobile build 202 and in the MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal build 203, corrected calculation of margin requirements to hedged positions for CFD and CFD-Index when using the initial margin.

12/27/2006

New MetaTrader 4 build 201 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Fixed terminal close-down at the moment of visual testing.
2. Fixed opening of orders by Expert Advisors in the «Market execution» mode.
3. Improved working of dialog windows controlling orders and trailing stops considering the symbol tick size.
4. Tester: Fixed swap calculation for some symbols.
5. Tester: Fixed triple swap calculation in the re-opening mode.
6. Tester: At force termination of testing, the Expert Advisor gets the deinitialization reason as «window closed».
7. Tester: Added price normalization for StopLoss and TakeProfit levels.
8. Fixed error of indicators recalculation when the chart window is resized.
9. Improved working with History Center.
10. Improved working of the chart tabs.
11. Revised MetaEditor Dictionary.

12/20/2006

Updated MetaTrader 4 Mobile build 201 and MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal build 201 have been released.

What’s new in MetaTrader 4 Mobile:
1. Improved work with account history.
2. Added new interface languages: Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional).

What’s new in MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal:
1. Improved work of «Market Watch» window.
2. Added new interface languages: Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional).

12/5/2006

MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal Official Release


MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal is a new component of MetaTrader 4 Online Trading Platform. The MultiTerminal is intended for simultaneous management of multiple accounts, for which is mostly helpful for those whom manage investors’ accounts and for traders working with many accounts simultaneously.

The new terminal successfully combines great functionalities that allow effective trading with many accounts and with exceptional usability. The program interface is similar to that of the MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal. It is very simple, any trader using the MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal can easily get acquainted to this new program within a few minutes.

Download MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal (1.1 Mb)

11/23/2006

MetaTrader 4 Mobile Userguide has been released.

The Userguide contains full description of mobile terminal features and functions and includes the following sections:
1. Getting Started: terminal installation and startup, opening of accounts, authorization system, LiveUpdate system;
2. Terminal Settings: connection to the server, sound notifications;
3. User Interface: main menu «Tools», toolbar, tabs and windows of the mobile terminal;
4. Analytics: line studies, indicators;
5. Trading: order types, execution modes, orders management.

The Userguide can be downloaded at:
http://www.metaquotes.net/files/metatrader4mobile_en.chm (CHM file, 586 Kb).

11/14/2006

New MetaTrader 4 build 200 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Removed Multilanguage Pack, the distributive size decreased to 3 MByte;
2. Added feature to manage bookmarks of charts bar;
3. Tester: Reduced limitations on the amount of passes in genetic optimization (minimum 200 passes);
4. Tester: Imrpoved fractal modeling of a bar. Now more smoothed patterns are used to model price movements;
5. Tester: Fixed free margin calculation, which was incorrect in some cases;
6. Tester: Fixed stopuot status calculation, in case of the absolute level, not a percent one;
7. Tester: Added the margin_stopout_mode parameter in the FXT file heading structure, the heading size not being changed. The version number became 403;
8. Tester: Corrected drawing of the Ask line at visual testing in the pause status;
9. Tester: Fixed execution of deinit function of expert advisor at stop of testing;
10. MQL4: Improved working with temporary variables of the ’string’ type;
11. MQL4: Added functions: AccountFreeMarginMode, AccountStopoutMode, AccountStopoutLevel, AccountFreeMarginCheck;
12. MQL4: Added functions: IsVisualMode, TerminalPath, WindowExpertName, WindowPriceMin, WindowPriceMax, GlobalVariablesTotal, GlobalVariableName;
13. MQL4: Changed operation logic of the GlobalVariablesDeleteAll function — it is now possible to specify the prefix for mass deletion of global variables;
14. MQL4: In the MarketInfo function, added identifiers: MODE_SWAPTYPE, MODE_PROFITCALCMODE, MODE_MARGINCALCMODE, MODE_MARGININIT, MODE_MARGINMAINTENANCE, MODE_MARGINHEDGED, MODE_MARGINREQUIRED;
15. MQL4: Due to functions restructuring, renamed the following functions: PriceOnDropped, TimeOnDropped, FirstVisibleBar, BarsPerWindow, ScreenShot, HistoryTotal, CompanyName, ClientTerminalName, ServerAddress, Lowest, Highest, CurTime, LocalTime;
16. MetaEditor: Due to functions renaming, added the «Outdated Functions» section into the Dictionary;
17. Added the ray property to the object named Fibo Expansion;
18. Fixed and improved scanning of servers when connection is broken;
19. Added downloading and import of data in the History Center;
20. Fixed saving of the objects’ default flag named background;
21. Fixed saving of charts multiline comments in configuration files;
22. Added a sound file notifying about that testing is over;
23. Improved displaying of empty databases in History Center — after the first call, data are pumped and displayed;
24. Strongly accelerated working with databases on huge arrays of historical data;
25. Strongly accelerated operation of deleting large amounts of historical data from History Center, fixed error of re-offsetting the history just deleted;
26. Fixed small errors in trade logs output.

10/20/2006

MetaTrader MetaTrader 4 Mobile build 198 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Fixed the choice of access points of the trade server.
2. Improved the scanning servers at opening the demo-account.
3. Redesigned all dialogues for devices with screen resolutions 240х240 or 480х480.
4. Fixed saving of Fractal indicator properties.

10/12/2006

New MetaTrader 4 build 198 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Fixed sorting and choice of access points of the trade server.
2. Improved working of the terminal through Data Centers.
3. Fixed Expert initialization error when there is no connection.
4. Improved the way of how the deleted chart template names are created.
5. Tester: Fixed drawing of the Ask line in visual testing.
6. Tester: Added feature to stop/continue visual testing using the Pause button.
7. Tester: Inversed the procedure of checking stop orders. Now, the StopLoss is checked and then the TakeProfit. This is very important when using the «Open price only» model.
8. Tester: Changed the algorithm of memory allocation when optimized.
9. Tester: Fixed CFD commission charging.
10. Tester: Fixed checking of free margin when pending orders trigger.
11. Tester: Fixed generation of html reports.
12. Tester: Fixed genetic optimization operation with a very large amount of passes.
13. Tester: Added feature to sort by parameters to the list of optimization results.
14. Tester: Fixed error when the visual testing window is being closed.
15. MQL4: Fixed ex4-files optimization errors.
16. MQL4: The StrToTime() function also considers seconds now.
17. MQL4: Fixed working of Expert Advisors on custom arrays that change their sizes.
18. MQL4: Added a non-obligatory parameter ’arrow color’ to the OrderDelete() function.
19. MQL4: Fixed error of memory leak when string parameters are passed to the function.
20. MetaEditor: Added support of viewing articles of the website http://articles.mql4.com directly in MetaEditor.
21. Added Slovak interface.
22. Updated the Help File.

10/12/2006

New MetaTrader 4 Mobile build 197 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Fixed sorting and choice of access points of the trade server.
2. Improved working of the terminal through Data Centers.

9/12/2006

MetaTrader 4 build 197 has been released.

What’s new:
1. Fixed error of switching the period for the charts with attached expert.
2. Fixed charts bar switching.
3. Fixed error of trade context emptying after timeout.
4. MQL4: Fixed error of the code optimizer.

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