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| Feature | MT5 | MT4 |
| Execution mode Number of order execution modes supported by the platform | 4 | 3 |
| 64-bit version This machine supports 64-bit architecture |  |
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| Server architecture Platform underlying server architecture | Decentralized | Single |
| Account group The number of trader account groups that can be created in the platform | unlimited | 512 |
| Security group Number of financial instrument groups supported by the platform | unlimited | 32 |
| Built-in order routing Local routing options, allowing management of transaction request processing rules | |
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| Order database The size of the maximum order database size that does not affect the performance of the platform | unlimited | Up to 10 million orders |
| Report Background and central office internal report formats supported by the platform | Chart (HTML5) + form | Form only |
| Balance Transaction type Types of balance transactions supported by the platform | Balance, credit, correction, fees, bonuses, commissions, agency, interest | Balance, credit |
| Log file ZIP compression ZIP compression of statistical log files, the server records all actions and events performed | automation | |
| SQL export Native real-time export to SQL database | Native（MySQL、MSSQL、Oracle） | limited（MySQL） |
| Manager API Manager API Supported programming languages, which can realize the integration of the platform and the agent system | C++、ASP.Net、PHP | C++ |
| Gateway API Support gateway API, which can realize the integration of the platform and the trading system | |
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| Reporting API Access to the reporting API allows to enhance the reporting capabilities of the trading server | |
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| Partial order execution policy The availability of partial order execution options, in which a transaction with the maximum trading volume available on the market is executed, which does not exceed the requested trading volume in the order, and the outstanding trading volume is cancelled | |
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| Order transaction policy Order fulfillment policy-you can set additional order execution conditions | Fill in or terminate immediately Or cancel Return | Fill or kill |
| Pending order type The type of pending order requesting the broker to buy or sell financial securities under pre-defined conditions in the future | 6 | 4 |
| Market depth Market depth option, providing bids and bids for financial securities at different prices based on trading volume | |
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| Time&Sales (Exchange data) Ability to receive data about Time & Sales from Exchange | |
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| Technical Indicators It can automatically detect patterns in the price dynamics of financial instruments to help users make trading decisions. | 38 | 30 |
| Graphic objects The number of analytical objects that help to identify financial instrument price trends, detection cycles and support/resistance levels, establish channels, etc. | 44 | 31 |
| TimeFrame Quantity-the time interval for grouping quotes of financial instruments | 21 | 9 |
| Economic Calendar Economic Calendar Availability—basic analysis tools, which contain publications of macroeconomic indicators of various countries, which may affect the price of financial instruments | |
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| Email system The built-in e-mail service function enables users to receive important information from brokers directly in the platform | With accessories | Without accessories |
| Between accounts Transfer of funds The possibility of transferring funds between accounts within the same trading server | |
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| Charging machine mql5. Community Directory You can chat with other traders directly in the platform | |
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| Strategy test The built-in strategy tester supports the testing and optimization mode of trading robots | Multithreading +Multiple currencies +Real quotation | Single thread |
| Multilingual Unicode Support Unicode character encoding standard to ensure that characters and symbols in any language are displayed correctly | |
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| Net settlement(netting) Support the netting accounting system, only open positions in one financial instrument are allowed to be held | |
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| Hedging accounting system Support, allowing multiple positions in financial instruments in the same and opposite directions | |
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| Trading symbol Number of financial instruments that can be traded on the platform | Unlimited | 1024 |
| Supported markets Financial market, platform users can trade on it | Foreign Exchange/CFD/Futures/ Options/stocks/bonds | FOREX/CFD |
| Exchange trading Support the exchange market and provide trading of stocks, futures, bonds and options | |
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The company behind MT4 and MT5, Metaquotes Software, believes in “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.” However, they believe in improving what’s already there.
Here are some improvements to MT5
MT4 is specially designed for Forex traders. But as brokerages continue to add more markets to their roster of financial instruments to meet the growing demands of their clients, trading platforms have also had to expand. MT5 is now a more versatile trading platform for traders and investors looking to diversify their investments.
With MT5, you can trade stocks, futures, options and bonds. The platform can also connect you to more than 80 exchanges around the world. These include the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and the Moscow Exchange (MOEX).
A pending order is basically an instruction that you provide to your broker about which position to buy or sell. There are four types of pending orders on MT4–rebound long, breakthrough long, rebound short and breakthrough short. MT5 has added two types of pending orders–breakthrough rebound long and breakthrough rebound short.
Break through the rebound and go long as a stop loss order for the rebound to go long. Once the future asking price reaches the specified stop loss level, a pending order to rebound and go long will be placed in the breakthrough price area.
The stop loss level is set above the bid price, while the stop break rebound price is set below the stop loss level. The same principle applies to breaking through the rebound and shorting, but the bid price is used as the limit price, not the ask price.
MT5 provides traders with a wide set of tools.
Compared with the 30 indicators of MT4, MT5 has 38. MT5 divides these indicators into five different groups—trend, oscillation, volume, Bill Williams and a custom group where you can store indicators developed or imported by yourself. This new indicator group system allows you to use more indicators more easily and quickly.The new indicators include
Trend indicator | Oscillator | Bill Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Double exponential moving average | Three-index average | Market Facilitation Index |
| Three-exponential moving average |
These additives provide traders with a wider range of tools that they can use to analyze trends and make more informed decisions, leading to better trading
MT5 also has an extended list of analytical objects that help determine the price trends of financial instruments. MT4 provides 31 analytical objects, and MT5 has 44 analytical objects, including lines, drawing channels, Gann tools, shapes, arrows, Fibonacci, and Eliot.
MT5 offers a wider range of cycles (21 in total). In addition to the 9 periods available on MT4 (1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month), MT5 also has the following time periods: 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 12 minutes, 20 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours.
With MT5, you have more flexibility to set the period interval, allowing you to see the market from different angles。
MT5 provides users with access to email services and the ability to send and receive attachments. Attachments feature is not available on MT4
One disadvantage of MT4 is that it only allows you to test expert advisors (EAS) on one currency at a time. Using MT5, you can test EAS on multiple currencies and analyze multiple currencies and their correlation at the same time.
EA testing and optimization are also done using real price fluctuations to make the trader’s simulation as close to the real market conditions as possible.
With this improved feature, you can better prepare and understand your strategy and make better plans for your future trading。
Of course, if the upgraded trading platform does not have brand new features of the system, what will it look like?
Here are some new features of MT5:
A new feature on MT5 is the built-in economic calendar, which is not available on MT4. .... Similar to ordinary calendars or news resources that provide information about things around us and when they occur, economic calendars provide users with information about macroeconomic events. Using the MT5 economic calendar, you can check the reported time, tools that may be affected, the importance of the event, forecast figures, previous figures, and actual figures. These features enable you to keep abreast of the latest events and respond immediately。 For day traders, the economic calendar is a good tool to help reduce trading risks, because as the market fluctuates, the economic calendar will tell you whether you should take action.
If in the MT4 filling or termination strategy, the order will be cancelled without the ...required quantity, then in MT5, you can use several other currently available quotes to fill your order. In addition, you can also set other order execution conditions on MT5. 1. Immediate or cancel: When an order cannot be completely filled, no matter how many quantities the order has, it will be filled, and the remaining quantities will be cancelled. 2. Refund: Applicable to limit and breakthrough orders and market orders. This strategy allows the remaining quantity of some full orders to be further processed instead of cancelled.
Finally, traders can take advantage of MT5's new tool market depth. Market depth can ...help traders understand the liquidity depth of a financial market. By referring to the market depth window, you can see how many orders (liquidity) and prices are on the market. This helps you understand the level of clearing of different currencies at different times, and is especially useful for those who adopt scalping trading strategies.
A new feature of MT5 is the unilateral position holding mode. This means that you can have ...an account that allows only one symbol's public location at any given time. Both MT4 and MT5 provide hedging and holding modes. The unilateral holding mode does not allow users to buy and sell transactions at the same time. This means that when you execute a transaction in the same direction, the transaction volume will increase. On the contrary, transactions in the opposite direction will result in a decrease in trading volume. For example, if you go long for one lot of EURUSD, and then place a second lot order for another batch of the same pair, the initial order will automatically become two lots of long EURUSD transactions, not two separate transactions.
MT5 allows you to monitor the market and perform trading operations while ...communicating with other traders in the community. With this new feature, both novices and professionals can benefit from sharing their experiences。。
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