Foreign stock markets

Meta Trader 4 is a well-known and, one might say, cult trading platform, which is presented by most Forex brokers. It allows not only sending orders to the broker, but also analyzing the market and using trading advisors. In this article, we talk in detail about what this terminal is and show its main functionality.
The first version of this information and trading platform was called FX Charts, it was from it that the history of MetaQuotes Software Corp began. in 2000. For that time, this was a breakthrough in the field of software for Forex brokers, since the platforms that existed at that time were excessively expensive and “sluggish”. The speed of the software, the price and the intuitive control made it possible to quickly win the first clients among the brokerage companies and oust the existing competitors.
Written from scratch, MetaTrader 4, or MT 4, has brought many additional features to the work of traders and brokerage firms. The fourth version of the information and trading platform consisted of several components:

MetaTrader 4 Server is the "heart" and "brain" of the system, which processes and stores all dealing transactions and their history;
MetaTrader 4 Manager - deals with the management of traders' accounts and their trading operations;
MetaTrader 4 Administrator - allows you to manage the server remotely, set the settings for databases and financial instruments;
MetaTrader 4 Data Center - created to improve the security and scalability of the trading system, protect it from DDoS attacks, reduce the load on the main server and increase performance;
MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal is a trading terminal installed on their computers by clients of brokerage companies, which includes the possibility of individual settings, selection of technical analysis methods, etc.;
MetaTrader 4 Mobile Terminals are mobile versions of the information and trading platform that allow trading from smartphones and tablets based on Windows Pocket PC 2002/Mobile 2003, Apple iOS version 4.0 and higher, and Android version 2.1 and higher.
MetaTrader 4 has become a universal platform for organizing brokerage companies, as it does not require any additional software.