The MetaTrader trading platforms received the Best FX Trading Platform award at the Finance Magnates Awards 2017. Last year, at the London Summit 2016, the MetaTrader 5 platform was named the Best Multi-Asset Trading Platform. Also, MetaTrader was the winner in key categories at the Financial Magnates Awards 2015, including Best Platform and Best Mobile Product. MetaQuotes Software products have been the choice of major players of the financial industry for many years in a row.
London-based fintech provider Star Hat Solutions announced the availability of the new multi-server products for MetaTrader 5.
Tools for Brokers announced the launched of a new Broker Business Intelligence solution for MetaTrader 5 brokers. The module visualizes trading information allowing its users to monitor server events, make informed decisions and control risks, as well as assist brokers to prepare regulatory reports.
MetaQuotes Software will showcase its most recent developments at the fintech Finance Magnates London Summit 2017. The event taking place on November 14-15th in Old Billingsgate is destined to become the biggest London Summit yet. Top-tier retail brokers, institutional forex investors, fintech providers, as well as representatives of banks, hedge funds and exchanges are expected to attend this prestigious event.
Leverate, an Israel-based turnkey solutions provider for brokers, has announced the addition of MetaTrader 5 to its portfolio of proposed platforms. The company intends to provide technical support to MetaTrader 5 institutional clients and provide White Labels to forex trading brokers.
Match-Trade Technologies LLC, headquartered in California, has announced the launch of a set of institutional solutions for MetaTrader 5. The company explains its decision by the growing demand for the platform among brokers and traders. "MetaTrader 5 is increasing its popularity thanks to its multi-asset features, a distributed architecture, high productivity, and flexibility", Match-Trade representatives say.
South Africa's top online stockbroker GT247.com has replaced its ageing legacy trading platforms with MetaTrader 5. The company's top management believe that MetaTrader 5 will enable them to remain in the sophisticated trading space, whilst offering their existing clients and new traders a world class functionality-rich trading platform.
A new version of the Signals service for the MetaTrader platforms has been launched on the MQL5.com website. The updated version features a new designed and a more convenient display of information. The old-fashioned table with a large number of figures was replaced by a lightweight tile view displaying a collection of the most popular signal parameters.
On September 30, the Smart-lab.ru portal hosted the 24th conference of investors held with the support of Moscow Exchange (MOEX). The developer of the MetaTrader 5 multi-asset platform MetaQuotes Software Corp. sponsored the event.
Fortex MetaTrader 5 Bridge OMX is a complex solution that allows institutional clients to easily connect to the deepest liquidity pools. The easy-to-use gateway provides all the benefits of interbank market access to retail Forex brokers. Based on custom FIX engine, MetaTrader 5 Bridge OMX is able to support depth of market (price book), smart execution routing, sophisticated risk management and flexible revenue generating features.
One of the largest European STP brokers has added MetaTrader 5 to its trading platform portfolio. According to CFH Clearing top management, this latest addition maps onto its strategy of offering flexibility and choice to clients, with access to the very latest technology.
The famous US-based integrator has developed a gateway to link OTC FX with Exchange Traded Futures and Equities in MetaTrader 5.
The migration of brokers to MetaTrader 5 is ongoing — JFD Brokers, Alfa-Forex, FreshForex, IGM Forex and USGFX have recently announced the launch of the platform with support for hedge accounts. The Irish broker Squared Financial Services, Terra Investimentos from Brazil, Iraq-based Durian, as well as SDT Brokerage are also among the companies that started offering the multi-asset HFT platform to their traders in the summer of 2017.
The new version of the MetaTrader 5 for iPhone and iPad provides the possibility to view market statistics of financial instruments traded in the exchange execution mode. In order to view the statistics, open the menu of any symbol in Market Watch, and select 'Statistics'.
The new version of MetaTrader 5 for Android provides the possibility to easily create preliminary brokerage accounts. When opening a new account, select "Open a real account" from the menu and find your broker in the list of servers. Specify your personal details and attach two documents, including your identity document and a bank account statement. Your request will be forwarded to the broker, who will open a real account for you and request additional information if necessary.
The large-scale migration to MetaTrader 5 is gaining momentum in Australia. One of the largest ASIC regulated Australian brokers Vantage FX now offers the next generation multi-asset HFT platform to their clients. Vantage FX representatives point out the ample algorithmic trading features as one of the key product advantages allowing traders to apply trading signals and Expert Advisors in their work. Besides, the broker particularly notes the built-in hedging capabilities.
A well-known online trading technology provider Tradologic has announced adding MetaTrader 5 to its solutions portfolio. Tradologic is a premium white label FinTech software provider, which offers innovative solutions for both established brokers and startups.
The recent version of the MetaTrader 5 HFT platform (build 1627) features custom financial instruments. With this new option, traders are able to add any symbol, configure its settings, import their price data to the symbol and view its chart. The upcoming platform versions will be able to import history to custom symbols directly from Expert Advisors, as well as broadcast data of such symbols in real time.
HUBECN LLC has released the MetaTrader 5 FIX Bridge to HUBECN engine, which allows brokers to connect to hundreds of liquidity providers combining their quotes and providing the ability to route orders according to the Best Bid and Offer (BBO) rules. The list of available liquidity providers includes Currenex, Integral, Hotspot, LMAX, CFH, SwissQuote Bank, ADS Securities, Sucden Financial, Advanced Markets, FXCM, TopFX, Think Markets and other companies.
Phillip Futures, member of the PhillipCapital Group based in Singapore, is pleased to offer the MetaTrader 5 platform to their clients. This makes the futures and forex broker the first in Singapore to adopt the new-generation multi-asset trading platform.
