MetaTrader 5 iPhone/iPad HelpTradeBulk Operations

Bulk Operations

The mobile platform allows the execution of bulk operations with positions and orders. For example, you can close all open positions with a couple of clicks following an important news release in order to promptly take the profits. You can also quickly cancel all pending orders to prevent them from being triggered all at once by a sharp price spike.

Bulk operations are executed without additional user confirmations; therefore, one-click trading should be allowed in the application settings in order to enable such operations.

Bulk position closing

To open the bulk operations menu, tap Bulk Operations in the Trade\Positions section or select "Bulk operations" in the context menu of any position in the list:

Bulk position closing

The list of available commands is formed automatically, depending on the selected operation and on your account type.

The following commands are always available in the menu:

  • Close all positions on hedging accounts, the system tries to close positions by opposite ones (Close By), and then it closes the remaining positions following a regular procedure.
  • Close all profitable or all losing positions.

If you select a position, additional commands appear in the menu:

  • Close all positions for the symbol.
  • Close all positions in the same direction (on hedging accounts).
  • Close opposite positions for the same symbol (on hedging accounts). If there is no opposite operation to close the position, it will remain open.
  • Position reversal (on netting accounts). For example, if you run this command for a EURUSD buy position with a volume of two lots, you will obtain a EURUSD sell position with the same volume of two lots. In this case, a deal of four lots will be executed on your account: two lots to close the current positions and two lots to open an opposite position.

For each position, only one attempt is made to close it. If an error is returned or a requote is received, the position will remain open, and the platform will proceed to close the next position.

Bulk deletion of pending orders #

To open the bulk operations menu, tap Bulk Operations in the "Trade\Orders" section or select "Bulk operations" in the context menu of any order in the list:

Bulk deletion of pending orders

The list of available commands is formed automatically, depending on the selected operation and on your account type.

The following commands are always available in the menu:

  • Delete all pending orders.
  • Delete pending orders of certain types: Limit, Stop, Stop Limit

If you select a pending order, additional commands appear in the menu:

  • Delete all pending orders for the same symbol.
  • Delete all pending orders of the same type for the same symbol.