MetaQuotes

We have long been planning to encourage the most active MQL5.com participants contributing to the Community development. Therefore, the new rating system has been implemented on the website. Articles, Code Base programs, Service Desk requests - all types of activity increase a user's rating. Thus, the contribution of each Community member has been visualized.

After we decided to reward the most outstanding MQL5.com participants, we have selected the key criteria to determine each participant's contribution to the Community development. As a result, we have the following champions who published the greatest amount of articles on the website - investeo (11 articles) and victorg (10 articles), and who submitted their programs to Code Base – GODZILLA (340 programs), Integer (61 programs) and abolk (21 programs).

The winners have been awarded iPhone 4S touchscreen-based smartphones representing the fifth generation of the device and provided by dual-core chip, iSight camera, HD-Video recording, stunning Retina display, as well as plenty of other features.

On July 1, 2012, MetaQuotes Software Corp. and the Dubai Gold Commodities Exchange (DGCX) sponsored by Alpari ME DMCC hold a conference "MetaTrader 5 - Automated and Algorithmic Trading On the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange".

The main purpose of the event is to demonstrate the technology of the MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform, and the prospects for automated trading at DGCX.

The meeting will be held on July 1 at the prestigious Burj Al Arab Hotel (Al Falak Ballroom) in Dubai.

• 10:00 - Registration
• 10:30 - Welcome and Introduction (Alpari)
• 11:00 - 11:45 Introduction to Algorithmic trading (DGCX)
• 11:45 - 12:00 Coffee Break
• 12:00 - 13:00 Introduction to MetaTrader 5 Technology (MetaQuotes)
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 - 16:00 Automated Trading Opportunities on DGCX through MetaTrader 5 (MetaQuotes)
• 16:00 - 17:00 Questions and answers

The event will be attended by representatives of well-known financial institutions and banks operating in the region. The event is private to individual invitations.

MetaQuotes Software Corp. announces integration of its MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform with FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network developed by Integral Development Corp. Thus the brokers that use MetaTrader 5 get access to one more liquidity platform in the forex market.

The MetaTrader 5 connects to Integral through new gateway, which was developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. The connection of the trading platform with the diverse sources of liquidity on FX Grid has obvious advantages: brokers receive additional means for covering risk, and traders can access better prices.

Integral develops and operates FX Grid, a global Multi-sided Trading technology connecting active market participants with all major sources of FX liquidity, and offering more than 100 financial instruments for trading (major currency pairs, cross rates, exotic pairs and precious metals).

MetaQuotes Software Corp. is consistently moving towards integration of MetaTrader 5 with various liquidity providers in the forex market. The platform is already integrated with well-known providers like CitiFX Pro, Currenex. Having connected the Integral network to the platform, the company is going to turn their efforts to integration with stock exchanges.

"We have tried to offer the best Forex liquidity providers to our customers," said Gaies Chreis, COO of MetaQuotes Software Corp. "Having introduced the MetaTrader 5 Integral Gateway in our trading platform, we believe that we've given a sufficiently wide choice to our customers, and they will have no problem choosing the one that suits their needs. Now we want to focus on the MetaTrader 5 integration with exchanges."

The MetaTrader 5 platform is already integrated with a number of different stock exchanges around the world, like Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, Singapore Mercantile Exchange, RTS and others.

MQL5 Cloud Network has been successfully operating for more than half a year already. All this time the network has been growing steadily and almost 100 million tasks have been fulfilled with the use of its capacity. Hundreds and thousands of people from around the world have responded to our proposal and submitted their computing power to the MQL5 applications developers.

From the very start of the project we have been publishing a summary on the MQL5 Cloud Network main web page. Today we want to share some additional statistical data that shows the activity in our cloud calculations network. 

Various statistical data is automatically published on the new page of MQL5 Cloud Network web site. There you can observe the rate of fulfilling the tasks by the network agents, examine geographical location of the agents and see parameters of the computers involved in the calculations.

Statistical data presented on the web site is not final. In the future we will add additional quantitative parameters evaluating the network operation. If you have suggestions concerning the new parameters, we will gladly accept and implement them if possible. In the meantime you can visit the web site and examine the network operation statistics or participate in the cloud calculations and make money!

MetaQuotes Software Corp. is pleased to announce the certification of the MetaTrader 5 trading platform by GBOT (Global Board of Trade) - the first international multi-asset class exchange from Mauritius. After fulfilling all the technical requirements of the African exchange, our company has been granted the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) status from GBOT and now our trading platform can connect to this exchange via a special gateway.

Certification of the trading platform by GBOT represents the next step within the global strategy oriented to the integration of MetaTrader 5 with stock exchanges around the world. According to the developers, they are currently working hard to create the gateways for several international exchanges. This will considerably increase the number of trading sites supported by the platform. "If your exchange does not support MetaTrader 5, this is a temporary issue!" - says Gaies Chreis, COO of MetaQuotes Software Corp.

"The interest in the African continent is currently growing," Mr. Chreis considers. "And traders who use our platform should be able to trade African commodities and currencies. Besides, trading in GBOT will allow them to reduce the risks associated with the unpredictable behavior of commodity prices and currency market volatility".

In October 2011 we triumphantly announced the release of the MetaTrader 5 for Android mobile trading platform. With this trading platform anyone has the opportunity to trade on financial markets, watch out for quotes in real time and view the history of performed deals.

However, the platform development has not stopped and a serious work has been done to expand the product possibilities. As a result, the users of MetaTrader 5 for Android have received the charts and the application itself has been optimized for tablet PCs powered by Android.

"We have never stopped our work on enhancing the platform," said Gaies Chreis, COO of MetaQuotes Software Corp. "We have listened carefully to our customers' wishes and have decided to optimize the application specifically for Android powered tablet PCs that become increasingly popular among traders. The charts have also been implemented in the application. That will allow traders to visually keep track of symbol quotes instantly responding to any changes of the market situation. Thus, it has become even more convenient to trade using Android powered mobile devices".

After downloading MetaTrader 5 Android for free you will get a powerful tool for trading in financial markets. This compact, practical and reliable platform will always be with you, wherever you are. 

Six months ago we announced successful certification of the MetaTrader 5 platform by the RTS stock exchange. However, we continued to develop our platform to expand to other exchanges. And now we are pleased to announce that the MetaTrader 5 trading platform has been certified for the Singapore Mercantile Exchange. The platform now meets all the technical requirements proved by tests run by the SMX, and can connect to the exchange via a special gateway. In addition, our company has received the ISV status (independent software vendor) from the Asian stock exchange.

Now, any broker working on the Singapore Mercantile Exchange, can use our trading platform to provide services to their traders. "It is not our last step in this direction," Eric Lee, the head of our Asia-Pacific office, said. "We have successfully created a high-quality product that meets all the requirements of the Singapore Mercantile Exchange. But we will continue our efforts to offer even more opportunities in our platform." This year the list of supported stock exchanges will be extended. Follow the news!

Today, MetaQuotes Software Corp. has launched a new service MQL5 Cloud Network. This is a cloud computing network, which connects computers of many users around the world and distributes resources among them. This network will be useful for those who need additional power for their tasks, and for those who can provide such power for a fee.

"The MQL5 Cloud Network allows traders to quickly optimize their automated trading," - said Gaies Chreis, COO of MetaQuotes Software Corp. "Owners of free resources that are involved in the new service get a new source of income. Thus, the MQL5 Cloud Network builds bridges between those who need productive capacities and the owners of spare resources."

The launch of the MQL5 Cloud Network is a logical step in the strategic program aimed at accelerating optimization. First, remote testing agents were added in the terminal, through which multi-threaded testing became possible. This allowed traders to greatly increase the speed of Expert Advisor optimization. With the launch of the MQL5 Cloud Network, they can finally forget about long hours and days spent waiting for the completion of testing. And most importantly - the processing power of the network is available not only to traders, but also to anyone who needs additional power. For example, for research involving complex calculations.

To start working in the MQL5 Cloud Network, you only need to download and install the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester Agent. Optimization of complex trading robots requiring a lot of computation is no longer a problem!

Today is October 3, 2011 and Automated Trading Championship 2011 has started. Completed are all the preparatory steps: all Expert Advisors of Championship participants have been finally checked and approved. This year 395 trading robots will fight for the 80 000 US dollars prize.

Top three places in terms of EAs allowed to the competition this year are shared by Russia (32,8%), Ukraine (9,5%) and China (5,3%). United States of America were on the third place last year. Now this country has descended to the seventh place sharing it with Indonesia. Nine EAs from Italy have surprisingly emerged in our top ten! By this criterion the Italians will be competing on equal terms with representatives of Bulgaria, while yielding one place to Japan.

The full text is available on the Championship website - Automated Trading Championship 2011 Has Started!

The Sponsors of the Automated Trading Championship 2011 are MIG Bank, Go Markets and Vantage FX. The Media Sponsor of the Championship is Forex-TSD.

We are glad to announce that MetaTrader 5 for Android will be released in this late summer. You'll be able to trade Forex and Stock Markets using smartphones and tablet PCs powered by OS from Google.

MetaTrader 5 for Android release schedule will be the same as for the iPhone mobile trading platform. In the initial version traders will be able to receive real-time quotes, trade and view history of trading operations.

Charts and Technical Analysis will be available in subsequent versions. Stay tuned for news!

In late March we announced the launch of the beta version of the new Market service on MQL5.com. Now, when most of the work is completed, we are opening a fully-fledged Market of ready MQL5 programs. We are grateful to all who participated in the beta testing – we have tried to implement most of your suggestions and comments.

Starting today, any developer of MQL5 programs can register as a Seller in this service. After moderation, the programs will be available to all the registered users of the MQL5.community.

With the Market, ordinary traders can easily purchase MQL5 programs required for their daily activities: Expert Advisors, indicators, trade panels and various analytical tools. Now you don’t need to look for MQL programmers, order required programs and patiently wait until they are ready. Simply go to the Market and find a ready solution.

For the developers of MQL5 programs, the Market is an exciting opportunity to capitalize on their skills. Their knowledge of how to develop Expert Advisors can earn them significant income, incase their programs are popular among the user of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal. The higher the number of the product downloads is, the more money will appear on the developer’s account.

With our new service you may stop worrying about the safety and efficiency of programs. All the developments published in the Market are subject to strict moderation – our specialists will carefully examine each application, filtering out all malicious and non-working programs.

It should be taken into account that the first few weeks you will not find a wide assortment of programs in the Market – this service is only starting to gain momentum. However, developers have already started to submit their programs and accumulation of a large number of offers in the Market is just a matter of time.

We gradually expand the boundaries of automated trading from a purely professional category letting it spread to the masses. Obviously, automated trading requires much more place than just a community of MQL programmers. The release of the MQL5 Wizard made it available to ordinary traders without programming skills. Furthermore, the launch of the Market will accelerate this process.

We invite all developers of MQL programs to the Market – fill out an application, register and sell your programs. You have done a lot to learn the MQL5 language, and now it’s time to reap the rewards!