MT4 vs MT5?

Let me ask a question, before the advent of mt5 what were people using at the time. We can’t just discredit the later like that, there must still be some usefulness left in it, it was just an upgrade they made.

I prefer MetaTrader 4 because it is easier and much lighter than five

Hello there,
I have tried to use the same account as the MT4 on my MT5 platform but I didn’t make it so I have created a new one. The MT5 is more unequivocal and offers more properties than MT4 like Depth of Market, the Insert menu of MT4 contains Indicators and Objects. The insert menu of MT5 contains Indicators, Objects and also Experts and Scripts. There are a lot of differences between them.

Lexys I was sure, that you would post this :stuck_out_tongue:

LOL … I make no apology for it. :slight_smile:

It’s become a self-perpetuating thing, simply because it’s what most people use, and that’s why they advise others to use it. Brokers have to make it available because of their perception that that’s what their market wants.

Beginners’ forums are full of people using it, and telling other people to use it.

Meanwhile, almost [B][U]NO[/U][/B] serious, professional, successful trader would even [U]dream[/U] of using it, and [I]there are reasons for that[/I], of which many members are unaware.

Many have never seen any other platform at all, and imagine that “the world” is “the world of MT”, not even [I]knowing[/I] that it’s a clunky, horrible, unreliable piece of junk that also displays many of their beloved indicators incorrectly, and that there’s a “whole other world” of trading out there, in which some people are actually making a living.

Anything we can do, potentially to lift the veil for the very small proportion of people who are willing to have their eyes opened, will potentially be a favour to them. :cool:

I sometimes wonder whether it ever occurs to all the people who are busily telling others that 95% of aspiring forex-traders are losing money and failing, that maybe [I][U]doing[/U][/I] what 95% of aspiring forex-traders are doing could just possibly be one of the [B]worst[/B] approaches they could adopt?

But no … of course not - silly me: they have to use their beloved Metatrader, don’t they, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to use their beloved EA’s?

And it is not needed actually :stuck_out_tongue:
I am just wondering if you ever used Meta Trader and had bad experience like losing money because of how it works or you just hate is so much because you don’t like how it looks and its functionalities and you have found other platform(s) that suit(s) you better :rolleyes:
However, what you said is completely true – maybe 90% of all people interested in trading are looking for Meta Trader, so I guess brokers have no other choice than offering it.

Maybe that is because successful traders don’t like that much to share their secrets and experience over the forums. On the other hand, when you lose money of trading it is easy to say: “I just got unlucky; It’s not my fault; Everybody loses money; My brokers screwed me etc.” but rarely someone looks back at what did he do wrong eventually.

I have used it, a long time ago, but only ever for “testing stuff” and only ever on a demo account.

I was “warned off it” right at the start, by people in the trade. (And [I]especially[/I] warned off “brokers” who [I]require[/I] their customers to use it by offering no alternative!).

Yes, indeed - I agree with you.

If it was so long time ago maybe you should give it a shot again :stuck_out_tongue: You might be not so disappointed. I believe Meta Trader has been improved over the 24 months (Note: I am not defending it. Just saying not to be prejudiced. Everyone deserves a second chance LOL)

It is always preferable to have a choice between several platforms :slight_smile:

Frankly, I am not interested to compare these two trading platforms with each other! Because, both of them are useful but it depends on you, which trading platform you are doing to use! In addition, I with only mt4 trading platform, I get enough technical support in my live chart, so I am not interested on others trading platform like Mt5 or cTrader platform!

If MT4 is the bad guy, is there any other software anyone could suggest? I was literally about to download it now I’m thinking stay clear from the start. Thanks

Can anyone suggest an alternative then? Is cTrader any good?

There are two good alternatives (both in widespread use among more serious traders) discussed in this thread, if that helps. And information about NinjaTrader here.

Yes, MT4 i so one of the most used platforms and is suitable for newbies. I still have not checked MT5 though but from what I’ve heard, it will have more functions and more instruments available for trading. Basically it would be much better than MT4. But I guess you cannot use your MT4 account with MT5.
By the way, I heard recently about Agena Trader. Does anyone have more information or have used it?

Arma3.

Other trading platforms are available.

The cTrader Platform is very solid, I use it and find it stable and feature full. Can run EA’s and has a huge range of free Indicators and cBots which are available from cTDN.com

MT4 felt clunky to me, but to be fair I have only had a 2 hour play with it. When I find the time I would like to learn it properly. There is always something to be said for Industry standard software…

MT4 fan here :slight_smile:
MT4 just have lots of EAs floating around than MT5. Personally I like MT4 more because when I was a newbie I played with different EAs and most of the good EAs that I found wont work for MT5. Though they basically are the same I just got more fond of using MT4. Problem with MT4 that it’s a bit buggy and crashes sometimes. Also I remember that there were times that I had to reinstall the program several times when crashing becomes frequent.

I remember that when I first joined the company that I was the only one who used MT4 because I can’t read the platform that they are using plus I was reliant on indicators back then. When I shifted doing fully naked charting I also shifted and just used whatever platform (or whatever pair) that I was instructed to trade on. I often like to use the barebones platform and as long as it has a Line Chart or Candlesticks, I’m ready to go… One platform that I can’t use is the just the Price Platform which has no chart on it. Some of my seniors just look at the price list and just place trades using the telephone. Honestly I don’t know how they do it.

I also know some privateers who are using MT4. I can’t say that they are not pros because they were corporate traders back then but the majority of the guys (including myself) just use whatever platform their brokers have since most of us don’t use indies. I think it doesn’t really matter if you use MT4 or whatever platform you like to use as long as you are making money. Remember that I’m a MT4 fan and I really do like it though I’m not using it anymore. If you like making EAs then I guess that MT4 is a good start. Don’t worry too much if you are not using a similar platform that the pros prefer using as I told you that I can’t still use the Price Only Platform (no chart) that some of my seniors are using. Some of them are just waaaay out of our league so don’t worry and use whatever platform you want to use as long as you bring in the cash :slight_smile:

Anyway, here is a photo of my chart which I’m trading now. It doesn’t really matter what platform you use as long as you are comfortable with it. What suits me may not suit you.


Hey there :slight_smile:
I believe this is something related to the specifications of your broker so you better contact it and ask for clarification. If you have intentions for the future to go live with any broker make sure you have understood all the conditions/specifications and other details using it’s demo account. Usually demo and live should be 100% similar (except for slippage) to each other.

As I know MT4 is better for Forex trading and MT5 is better for stock market, metall trading. I tried MT4 only and it’s functions enough for complete trading.

I agree with eyedfondue. This definitely should be connected with the instruments that your broker offers. It might be an instrument on a Close only mode. Or available only for VIP or “higher” accounts (I don’t know who is your broker and what types of accounts are offered). So it would be better to contact the support and clarify it.

My opinion is that MT5 is more functional and reliable. Besides, MT5 has stronger protection, which doesn’t allow to draw quotes in it. Why don’t brokers install themselves MT5? Maybe it’s expensive, maybe other reasons. But if the broker lets you decide between MT4 and MT5, I’d choose MT5.