Connecting to an MT4 Server and Objects and classes

Has anyone ever seen a way to link to a MetaTrader server from an EA but from a different broker. I'm using a service that does a similar thing but I'm trying to find a better way for my personal use.

I'm sure it would require an external DLL or something to do it.

The idea is that even though an MT4 Application is with broker 1 (and connected to broker 1's MT$ server), an EA on that same MT4 Appliation could connect to Broker 2's Server and pull data from that one too.

I'm guessing that one would need to know the object model to make the connection to the broker 2 server so that you could call say an array of trades running or the incoming Bid or account balance etc.

Anyone heard of anyone doing this or have you done this?

Thanks in advance.

Pete

Just add .srv files.

So how do you call the srv file into the EA?

Do you have any information on the Object model? Classes? Properties etc.

I wonder if you understood my questions? SRV files is at the application level? I want the MT4 to be connected to one broker server but the EA loaded on a chart in that MT4 to be able to link to and call properties from another brokers server. all at the same time.

In theory one MT4 could have 6 EA's loaded on 6 different charts calling data from 6 different brokers all at once. Not that I want 6 but I'm just trying to make the point clearer.

i think you have no chance of doing it how you want to.

my guess is you would need to have 2 separate mt4's running and have them connected to their respective servers, and have some form of messaging system between them (dll i guess is the only feasible way to accomplish this).

http://tinyurl.com/3xhu5qv

nooo.

he doesn't want to log into two different servers.
he wants to log into two different servers... at the same time.

well, that's my understanding, and ronald's most-generous google help linked to a thread that says this isn't possible. funny how i already mentioned that previously.

I have already done extensive Google searches, which yeilded no answer, I have not found anything on this or other forums. I have spent hours searching.

Mr Ronald Raygun has not understood what I'm asking for. I find it a little arrogant really. I dont mind people telling me to search on Google if I have genuinely asked a stupid question but my question has NOTHING to do with srv files. If Mr Raygun really wants to help, try reading my question instead.

Thanks to nubcake, for reading my question and responding. I'm sure it can be done personally by calling in a DLL. I have made connections to different servers from different EA's but not to an MT4 server.

All I was really looking for is if somebody knew the connection protocol and the Classes for the MT4 server.

My apologies petebird, I meant that link in jest.

If what you're trying to do is get multiple broker feeds to one Metatrader terminal, you'll probably want Metatrader MultiTerminal (http://www.metaquotes.net/en/metatrader4/news/3465).

I haven't played around with this as extensively as the more widely known option, but as I understand the documentation, you can manage multiple accounts across multiple brokers. You will definitely need the .srv files of a broker that you intend to connect to.

As for writing custom connection code, Metatrader is a relatively closed platform. There is no API to directly connect to the broker's server. Anything you want to do has to be done in the terminal. The only real solution you have left is a third party application which you write which pulls data generated by multiple metatrader terminals. It's something similar to the tick database I set up a few months ago. Currently, I have 2,000 unique instances of my [TD] enabled EAs sending tick data into that database from 22 different brokers in 34 different securities. The data was relatively useless in metatrader, but now that I have the ability to generate my own fxt files for builds 225 and 226, my backtesting is far more accurate.

Thanks Ronald, I have not been on the forum for a while so I only just saw your reply.