You make a great point. As was pointed out before, traders are NOT Metaquotes' clients brokers are! However, traders would be the end users and the brokers' raison d' tre with traders, brokers wouldn't exist!Originally Posted by ;
That I think that the major issue for traders is backward compatibility, or lack thereof. Can it be possible or not to vent their MT4 indiors, EA's and scripts over to MT5? Without such a centre, traders will strongly resist the addition of MT5. Metaquotes should provide:- 1) a facility for converting MQ4 source code into MQ5 source code and, 2) a centre for decompiling of all EX4 code so that it may be converted into MQ5 code prior to becoming recompiled (this would shield the initial coder's intellectual property). These facilities should be hard coded to MT5 so that the very first time an indior, EA or script is run, it is automatically converted into MT5 format, irrespective of whether or not the relevant document is MQ4 or even EX4. After all is said and done, this is exactly what happens to end user documents when Microsoft introduces new versions of Word, Excel, etc.. Alternately, these facilities can be provided exclusively online and needs to be at no charge, just as there are numerous websites offering conversion of files from 1 format into another. If Metaquotes would offer such facilities, then I think MT5 will be voluntarily embraced by all concerned, and we could all move on.
Without backward compatibility, traders are most likely to strongly withstand the addition of MT5, which will make life hard for brokers who, in turn, would probably also strongly withstand the addition of MT5. If Metaquotes attempts to inflict MT5 unilaterally, without a backward compatibility for indiors, EA's and scripts, it'd most likely spell the end of Metaquotes over time, and for many brokers as well, as traders ramble off to alternative platforms/brokers, which would be in nobody's best interests. No company in any field has lived in the long run by unilaterally imposing changes which are not desired by the end user.
Here's the most recent. This smacks of desperation to me :-
https://www.nigeriaforextrading.com/...e-journal.html
Discuss about carrying a sledge hammer to crack a nut!




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