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The recent version of the MetaTrader 5 HFT platform (build 1627) features custom financial instruments. With this new option, traders are able to add any symbol, configure its settings, import their price data to the symbol and view its chart. The upcoming platform versions will be able to import history to custom symbols directly from Expert Advisors, as well as broadcast data of such symbols in real time.

Another important feature is sorting trades by volume in the Time & Sales function. Now, you can hide deals that are less than the specified volume, so that only large deals having the greatest impact on the market will be visible.

Also, MetaTrader 5 now provides the ability to bind the market depth to the active chart, so that the desired instrument is automatically enabled in the market depth every time a trader switches to a new chart. So, it is no longer necessary to open the Market Depth window for each new symbol.

Launch the updated MetaTrader 5 version and try out all of its new features!

Phillip Futures, member of the PhillipCapital Group based in Singapore, is pleased to offer the MetaTrader 5 platform to their clients. This makes the futures and forex broker the first in Singapore to adopt the new-generation multi-asset trading platform.

The key feature of MetaTrader 5, other than its multi-asset capability, is the Expert Advisors (EA) programming that helps to analyze price charts and enables automatic trading. Other than utilizing EAs to trade forex, clients can apply the same EAs to other asset classes which the Singapore broker plans to introduce in the near future.

Phillip Futures explained that they have chosen this platform due to its popularity globally and ease of use. MetaTrader 5 boasts advanced technical analysis and algorithmic trading tools, offers possibilities to build and create complex trading strategies, and can work from any web browser or mobile device. Another important advantage of the platform is a large community support, where traders can exchange ideas and strategies.

Teyu Che Chern, Phillip Futures

"Our clients are getting more sophisticated, so they seek an all-encompassing trading system," explained Teyu Che Chern, Chief Executive Officer of Phillip Futures. "MetaTrader 5 is the answer to our clients’ need for a multi-functional trading platform that equips them with more innovative tools to trade forex."

"We are delighted that the partnership between the Singapore broker Phillip Futures and MetaQuotes Software is dynamically developing," commented Gaies Chreis, Chief Operating Officer of MetaQuotes Software Corp. "Responding to traders' needs, brokers around the globe actively switch to the MetaTrader 5 platform. Our presence has especially expanded in the Asian market. It is undoubtedly a rational choice, since the full-cycle MetaTrader 5 platform is the best solution for organizing a brokerage business in any financial market."

The MetaTrader 5 trading platform has further expanded its presence in Turkey. This time, one of the leading Turkish forex broker GCM Forex started offering the multi-asset platform to their traders.

"As GCM, we are glad to announce that we have launched MetaTrader 5 in a trading environment with changing trends and different customer needs", says Alper Nergiz, CEO of GCM Forex. "The introduction of this new trading platform will make a significant contribution to GCM’s product range. MetaTrader 5, providing user friendly trading and technical analysis tools, is expected to have positive impact on the trading activity of our clients".

Alper Nergiz, GCM Forex

"After the new regulatory amendments, the leverage decreased from 1:100 to 1:10 in Turkey. Now, our existing and new potential clients are even more interested to use the multi-asset platform", comments Emre Peser, Deputy Chairman of MetaTürk Software. "They can provide better services to their clients with the power of the MetaTrader 5 platform. Nowadays, brokers are mainly focused on futures trading via this platform, and after the completion of stock exchange integration with Borsa Istanbul the number of MetaTrader 5 brokers is expected to further increase".

The British developer Or-be announced the integration of their core product CRM Broker Modules with the multi-asset HFT MetaTrader 5 platform. The system broker modules provide abstract functionality with platform integration to allow brokers to control the infrastructure of online acquisitions.

Or-be broker modules allow for online account forms to be graded for AML and KYC, without the need for developer intervention. Brokers' finance departments can monitor trade reconciliations, and run P&L reports, either as a scheduled process or on an ad-hoc basis. In addition, any company can easily set up IB Portals for working with representing brokers, while the IB portals provide effortless access to monitor clients and activity. IBs can control their own tracking, and marketing activity in Or-be CRM.

Or-be broker modules also provide for an easy integration of multiple PSPs and separation of departments and acquisition workflows in any desired context, whether it's across departments, countries, languages or any other means.

John Evans, Or-be

"Integrating our broker modules with the MetaTrader 5 platform has been a core requirement of ours right from conception of our systems solutions," comments John Evans, Director of Or-be Systems. "To be able to say this so soon within our build process is testament to our team. We now look forward to the future with optimism and excitement, as we have a solution which will be of genuine benefit to any broker utilizing the MetaTrader 5 platform."

Migration of global brokers to MetaTrader 5 is entering a new round. Recently, a number of notable market players have announced the launch of the multi-asset platform with support for hedging. Among them are the international Forex broker IFCMarkets, Brazilian ModalMais, STP broker Caveo Brokerage from Kuwait and the Hong Kong-based STP Broker Perfekt Capital Limited.

"In addition to our own NetTradeX platform and MetaTrader 4, IFCMarkets now offers trading on MetaTrader 5 significantly enhancing the possibilities of our traders", says Agasi Vardanyan, Executive Director of IFCMarkets. "MetaTrader 5 provides a number of new features, improved functionality and expanded set of tools making the trading process more flexible and comfortable. The powerful algorithmic trading is implemented in the platform by means of the built-in MQL5 object-oriented development environment opening new horizons for professional traders".

"We are very excited with MetaTrader 5 launch at ModalMais and we expect it to become the most used platform by our clients in a very short period of time", adds Rodrigo Puga, CEO of Modal DTVM. "We have a huge demand from active traders and from Expert Advisors' users. Brazilian market lacks platforms like MetaTrader 5, where customers can easily program and execute their strategies with speed and assertiveness. We had invested in a solid and robust infrastructure to meet the highest standards and to offer the best MetaTrader experience for the most active traders in Brazil with the lowest possible latency".

"As a Kuwaiti company, our founders are traders with more than 10 years of experience", notes Hossam El Kashif, CEO of Caveo Brokerage commenting on switching to MetaTrader 5. "This reflected on our mission to make it easier to trade starting from our trading platform and moving to wide range of services. At the end of 2016, our plan was to move forward to better experience of trading. We realized that MetaTrader 5 is our solution once MetaQuotes announced that the hedging is now available. We realized that now we can offer better technology with more trading instruments including futures and stocks beside the regular Forex trading conditions that the clients used to have in MetaTrader 4. MetaTrader 5 will provide traders with the ability to trade US stocks, Futures, ETFs and FOREX”.

"The introduction of the widely demanded MetaTrader 5 hedging option has expanded opportunities for Forex traders bringing more traders to the platform", says Mallikarjun T. Patil, CEO of Perfekt Capital Limited. Along with other powerful platform tools like Depth of Market and standard timeframes, the hedging feature will give more confidence and flexibility in trading. Now, it is possible to have multiple positions per symbol, including opposite directed ones if the price moves against a trader".

A month ago we released our economic calendar for fundamental market analysis. Now we have prepared a new widget, that can be used to embed the economic calendar on a website or blog. The new service will help you attract visitors, while providing traders the opportunity to instantly receive up-to-date information about macroeconomic events.

To receive the widget, go to the economic calendar page on MQL5.com and click on the "Add widget to your website" link. Specify the desired width and height of the calendar widget for your site, select the default period of featured events (current day or current week), copy the generated code and insert it to your web page. In the Preview section, you can see how the calendar will be displayed on your site.

For example, here is the embed code for a responsive calendar widget featuring current events weekly:

The current calendar version features economic news from the US, Japan and the European Union. News from the United Kingdom will be added soon. Also soon, the new calendar will replace the current one used in the MetaTrader 5 trading platform, so users will be able to receive up-to-date indicator values immediately after their release, as well as access the economic calendar data from MQL5 robots and the strategy tester.

Add the economic calendar to your website and provide traders with a ready-to-use tool for monitoring important macroeconomic events!

The AMTS Solutions technology provider just released the AMTS MetaTrader 5 Gateway enabling the integration of the multi-asset trading platform with leading providers of global liquidity.

AMTS ECN is a high-tech, multi-module, infinitely scalable system, which is resistant to high-frequency requests and provides outstanding characteristics along with fast execution speed. The system was developed by a professional team with 10 years of experience in financial technology development. Now, in addition to MetaTrader 4, AMTS ECN can also be accessed from MetaTrader 5, which is a far more advanced continuation of MetaQuotes Software Corp.'s product line.

"Today, AMTS ECN is one of the fastest and most flexible solutions for brokers, providing enhanced options for configuring liquidity, trading symbols, risk management rules and order execution methods," Dmitry Rannev, CEO of AMTS Solutions explains. "An important feature of our solution is its high protection against common dealing problems, including non-market quotes and latency arbitrage. We believe that MetaTrader 5 together with AMTS Solutions technologies can raise a brokerage company to an absolutely new level".

Dmitry Rannev, AMTS Solutions

To request the gateway and find out more information about the AMTS system, please contact info@amtssolutions.com.

The Cyprus-based developer Dynamic Works has announced the integration of the MetaTrader 5 trading platform with the Syntellicore CRM system. Syntellicore is a complete, extensively configurable and expandable CRM system equipped with a modern Traders Room and catered specifically for Forex brokerages. Through the last few years, the product has evolved from an advanced generic CRM/CMS platform over time to a comprehensive application for brokerage firms, including solutions required for the most common needs seen within the financial services industry.

Founded in 2003, DW Dynamic Works Ltd is a leading global provider of integrated business management software. Dynamic Works customized software solutions enable companies around the world to manage all key business operations in a single hosted system.

The Syntellicore system features a variety of packages, including an installable on-premise solution or a PaaS solution. The developers highlight the following Syntellicore key features:

• Traders Room (or Cabinet). Clients access to a portal with several features, including management of their personal documents for KYC requirements and opening of trade accounts.
  
  
• Traders Wallet to deposit, withdraw and transfer funds to MetaTrader 5 accounts.
  
  
• IB Area allows Introducing Brokers to efficiently manage their clients.
  
  
• Marketing, lead and sales management. Tools to monitor campaign performance, increase conversion and retention ratios with important metrics and analytics. Powerful tools for lead management and monitoring sales team’s performance with useful metrics and advanced reporting.
  
  
• Reporting with extensive customization capabilities.
  

Angelos Gregoriou, CEO of Dynamic Works

"Dynamic Works has enhanced the Syntellicore system by integrating it with MetaTrader 5 under a single customer wallet," says Angelos Gregoriou, CEO of Dynamic Works. "In addition to a number of important benefits, Syntellicore can help brokerage firms looking for a seamless way to a transition of their existing client base from MetaTrader 4 to MetaTrader 5. Dynamic Works supports MetaQuotes' commitment to migrate the industry to the more advanced MetaTrader 5 platform”.

The spreading migration to MetaTrader 5 continues: after the launch of Gold-i MetaTrader 5 Gateway, the famous UK-headquartered integrator Gold-i announced the release of Gold-i MAM Pro for MetaTrader 5. It is an advanced post-trade allocation tool for brokers and money managers using the multi-asset HFT platform. The solution is designed for the hedging option within the MetaTrader 5 platform and supports seven different allocation methods, enabling users to assign multiple sub-accounts to a single master account.

The Gold-i MAM Pro for MetaTrader 5 can run on existing MetaTrader servers, with no separate hardware required. With a flat rate monthly license fee, it is one of the most cost-effective MAM applications on the market for MetaTrader 5 brokers.

"MetaTrader 5, with its multi-asset capabilities, is a far superior platform to MetaTrader 4. We strongly advise brokers who aren't already doing so to plan their MetaTrader 5 adoption. Many of their competitors are either already offering the fifth-generation platform or are planning to introduce it imminently. Now that high quality plug-ins are available to support MetaTrader 5, there is no reason for brokers to delay,” Tom Higgins, CEO of Gold-i explains.

Tom Higgins, Gold-i

Gold-i notes a surge in interest from clients and prospects in its growing portfolio of MetaTrader 5 products. Gold-i has a pipeline of MetaTrader 5 developments planned for the rest of this year, ultimately making all of its key products available to MetaTrader 5 brokers. The next product to be released is Gold-i Visual Edge – a powerful risk management and business intelligence tool.

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) recently launched a new financial product — Shanghai Gold Futures (DSGC). This is the first time a Chinese based futures product can be accessed outside of China and also traded and settled in Yuan. Apple Multi-Asset DMCC (AMA) has become the first company to trade the new financial instrument through the MetaTrader 5 platform.

Dubai has historically been a central hub for gold trading in the MENA region. While a large part of the global trading community are keen to participate in Chinese physical and derivative markets. This goes hand in hand with the Chinese Government’s aim to increase the acceptance of Chinese Yuan and Chinese Gold benchmark prices globally. The launch of the DGCX Shanghai Gold Futures Contract provides all stakeholders including the Governments of China, UAE and Dubai, market participants, the Shanghai Gold Exchange and DGCX a suitable opportunity to progress together whilst taking part in the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.

'We are delighted that MetaQuotes with its MetaTrader 5 platform is proactively leading the movement to connect to the federally regulated, widely recognized, safe trading and clearing venue in the region - DGCX and DCCC,' says Gaurang Desai, Chief Executive Officer of DGCX. 'As our partnership continues to strengthen, their technology continues to offer a great opportunity for brokers to access and trade on the DGCX. This initiative of opening the MetaTrader 5 platform for the unique and only global Shanghai Gold Futures contract outside China is an important step in reaching out to their wider client and user base across the globe. We expect many more MetaQuotes customers to join DGCX community.'

'DGCX's Dubai Shanghai Gold Futures and Chinese Yuan Futures contracts are an important milestone in the internationalization of Chinese Yuan, it is also the core hedging tool for international investment institutions,' commented Yu Jiguang, the Executive Director of Apple Multi-Asset. 'In the future, Apple Multi Asset DMCC (AMA) will offer global Investors integrated financial solutions of the highest quality through MetaTrader 5.'