What's new in MetaTrader 5

Equiti Group, a world-class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products, has added MetaTrader 5 to its portfolio. The company believes that the platform will strongly facilitate the roll-out of its core multi-asset product offerings and the localization of investment instruments, which will support Equiti's global growth throughout the MENA region, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

On March 13 and 14, our company will participate in Jordan Expo as a Platinum Sponsor. The participants of the 20th financial conference will focus on the development of the Forex industry, its current state, potential growth, key challenges and solutions. Also, discussion topics will cover digital currency regulation and decentralized technology integration aspects: government control, Fintech, insurance and trading.

On February 17 in Dubai, the Forex Traders Summit organizers awarded the 50 most influential figures in the Middle East financial markets industry. During the ceremony, awards were presented to companies and individuals, who made significant contributions in shaping the markets by providing bright ideas and ultimately setting new standards. Being among the nominees, MetaQuotes won the Best Trading Platform award.

MetaQuotes is a Grand Sponsor of the Forex Expo which is held in Limassol on March 31. At the Parklane Hotel, industry leaders will discuss regulatory issues, new trends and developments, legislation and licensing, customer profit preservation, as well as promising areas in IT and broker software.

From February 22 to 24, MetaQuotes will showcase its latest developments at iFX Expo Dubai 2022, one of the world's largest events in the field of fintech, online trading and financial services. The exhibition has been bringing together professionals from Europe, Asia and the Middle East for more than 10 years. The organizers expect the event to host over 40,000 people and 1,750 exhibitors this year.

MetaQuotes will take part in the Forex Traders Summit Dubai, the largest Forex summit in the Middle East, on February 16 and 17. The annual event brings together hundreds of professional and novice traders from over 30 countries. The discussion topics are focused both on B2B and B2C models: individual investors, brokers and fintech companies are invited to join in. The key event of the summit is the award ceremony for the 50 most influential figures in the Middle East financial markets industry. Among the candidates are individuals and companies able to change markets, form progressive ideas and set new industry standards.

The MQL5.com community turns 18 this year. It is one of the largest algorithmic trading communities and a unique knowledge base, with approximately 7 million monthly visitors. Created by MetaQuotes, MQL5.community brings together professional MQL5 and MQL4 developers, many of whom receive full-time income by selling custom trading solutions and by completing freelance orders.

Revised Sharpe Ratio calculation algorithm to match the traditional formula, in which the value corresponds to a one-year interval.

Saham Holding, a financial technology and securities firm, has become the first company to start providing real Saudi market data through MetaTrader 5. Saham distributes real-time and historical data for all Saudi financial instruments.

CFI Financial Group, a globally regulated trading provider enabling next-generation access to the global financial markets, launches over 3,500 US exchange-based stocks on MetaTrader 5. The company continuously adds trading products that provide ever-increasing opportunities while enhancing the client trading experience, as well as catering to the growing demand for a flagship investment product.

Terminal: Added chart window activation when moving a Market Watch symbol or a trading operation from account history to it.

Seven Capitals, an FSC regulated broker, has expanded its product range with MetaTrader 5. To create a better first-hand customer experience, the company has launched the trading platform with demo and live accounts. As stated by Seven Capitals representatives, this has allowed the company to expand its global clientele and become one of the leading brokers in the Middle East.

At the end of last year, Mr Ihab Maximous, a specialist at Exinitic, set a unique achievement by passing MetaQuotes certification in all possible areas. Mr Ihab Maximous passed all three exams and received personal certificates of the MetaTrader 5 trading platform administrator, client manager and dealer.

Over the course of 10 years of MetaQuotes distributed network existence, it has seen the successful completion of 12,137,187,332 tasks.

Bolsa Descentralizada de Valores de Venezuela securities exchange (BDVE) offers the derivatives market gateway to clients using MetaTrader 5. The BDVE offer includes derivatives issued by foreign and national regulated entities, including but not limited to, standardized Total Return Swaps (TRS), Futures and Options contracts. The standardization of TRS gives better trading conditions for market actors compared to those offered by OTC derivatives.

Exclusive Capital, an EU regulated broker, has announced the launch of a new asset class, Fractional Shares, based on the MetaTrader 5 platform. As stated by the company representatives, investors will receive better control over their portfolio, along with more accurate diversification capabilities. Fractional shares are already available on the trading platform, fully complementing the company's offering.

The MetaTrader 5 trading servers utilization by brokers is increased by a factor of 1.5, compared to the previous platform version ones. According to our latest study, the percent utilization of the MetaTrader 4 servers has dropped to 36.7%. This is an expected dynamic change: back in June 2021, we reported that MetaTrader 5 had become more popular than MetaTrader 4 among brokerage companies, and the trend has been increasing since then.

Improved MQL5 program debugger

Terminal: Three new languages have been added to MQL5.com: French, Italian and Turkish.