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title: "MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform Released - News"
description: "MetaTrader 5 trading platform was released in 2010. Unlike MetaTrader 4, it allows trading both on Forex and the world stock exchanges. - News"
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# MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform Released

## MetaTrader 5 trading platform was released in 2010. Unlike MetaTrader 4, it allows trading both on Forex and the world stock exchanges

1 June 2010

[MetaTrader 5](https://www.metatrader5.com/) trading platform was released in 2010. Unlike MetaTrader 4, it allows trading both on Forex and the world stock exchanges.

![MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform](https://www.metatrader5.com/c/17/0/MetaTrader5_available.png)

At the moment, MetaTrader 5 is a powerful working tool providing plenty of opportunities: stock and Forex trading, technical analysis, fundamental analysis, programming trading robots, MQL5 development environment, multicurrency strategy tester, MetaTrader Market of trading applications, social trading, and Freelance service for ordering custom trading robots.

**Earlier publications:**

- [MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal build 279](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/279)
- [MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal build 278](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/278)
- [MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal build 275](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/275)
- [MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal build 274](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/274)
- [MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal build 273](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/273)