What's new in MetaTrader 5

In the previous platform update, we have presented a completely revised learning system. Further improvements have been implemented in the latest version: The progress bar icon has become more visible The text of some hints has been revised Learning progress calculation has been fixed

In late 2018, the international broker Grand Capital offered its customers a new MetaTrader 5-based account. Introduction of the trading platform expanded the trading capabilities of the company's customers. 

Click on a column name to sort the list by required data, such as the symbol name, close price, daily change or other variables. Use the new menu with the most popular sorting options. Sorting by the highest growth and fall based on a daily symbol price change can be useful when trading exchange instruments.

We have gathered feedback from MetaTrader 5 iOS users and overhauled the application in terms of appearance and functionality. The mobile platform is now more powerful, more efficient and more user-friendly.

MetaTrader 5 has brought on Cloudflare, a performance, reliability, and security company, to enable DDoS protection and improve network performance. Cloudflare Spectrum for brokers prevents disruptions caused by bad traffic, while allowing good traffic through. Cloudflare's global network spans more than 200 cities and offers more than 35 Tbps of network capacity.

The MetaTrader 5 platform addition has been rolled out across Infinox's global offices, meaning its clients from around the world are now able to trade forex pairs, commodities, indices, futures and equities, including well-known corporation stocks such as Facebook and Apple.

Optimized and significantly accelerated bar history editing for custom financial instruments. The improvement also concerns the CustomRatesUpdate function.

Terminal: Fixed a bug which caused the inability to add financial symbols with '-', '=', '_' and '+' in their names into Market Watch.

The updated platform features the all-new Subscription service, with which traders will be able to subscribe to market data from hundreds of exchanges around the world. Brokers can offer their own subscription services, such as Personal Manager assistance, to help traders in understanding specific financial instruments or in getting acquainted with particular markets. The platform developers have also revised charts: convenient settings and other improvements have been introduced in this essential trader's tool. The most noticeable changes are described below.

We decided to make the first examination section free of charge, amid an increase in employee certification applications from brokers. All testing barriers have been removed and thus any Support Center user can assess their individual expertise by attempting the online test questions.

The updated Percent Allocation Management Module (PAMM) from Brokeree Solutions allows brokers to unite multiple MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 servers within one PAMM system. Brokers are able to instantly provide the PAMM service to their clients across their MetaTrader infrastructure. Thus traders from MetaTrader 5 servers can invest into PAMM accounts on another MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 servers and vice versa.

A new Subscriptions section has been added in the Navigator. All available services are displayed under this section. The list of services is configured on the broker side and thus it depends on the server to which you are connected. Subscriptions are divided into categories for easy browsing.

In September 2019, the company launched a new service, the eWarrant Direct, allowing its clients to trade covered warrants via a dedicated platform. In April 2020, eWarrant Japan Securities added MetaTrader 5 to its portfolio enabling investors to enrich their trading strategies to suit market conditions.

AMTS Solutions technology provider has significantly expanded the range of its products, by offering brokers a portfolio of MetaTrader 5 gateways to dozens of liquidity providers, including popular providers such as LMAX and CFH, the largest Western brokers Interactive Brokers and IG, as well as banks such as Barclays, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley.

Qrator Enterprise Internet Connectivity Protection mitigates DDoS attacks aimed towards MetaTrader 5 access servers, ensuring no interruptions in business of MetaTrader customers.

MetaQuotes Certification assist brokerage companies in building greater customer trust: their clients can be sure that the service is provided by certified specialists. We regularly receive applications from brokerages as well as from their employees who wish to receive an official Certificate confirming their platform operational expertise. Recently, we interviewed one of the participants to find out why he decided to join the programme and if he was satisfied with the overall outcome.

Ardu Prime has been providing liquidity to an exclusive clientele of professionals, proprietary trading houses and HNW individuals. Now the company welcomes retail investors with the new MetaTrader 5 platform offering.