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Metatrader "killing" 3rd party developers?

  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 17, 2013 12:01am Apr 17, 2013 12:01am
Link: http://forexmagnates.com/3rd-party-d...uotes-re-acts/

Does this mean me, as a trader and not a broker, can no longer develop EA's and add-in's for MT4? The statement is really confusing.
  • #2
  • Apr 17, 2013 12:45am Apr 17, 2013 12:45am
You can use dll´s in your EAs and whatever you want.
The whole statement refers only to the setup.exe file which brokers provide when you click on "Download Mt4".
Some brokers have modified the file and that is forbidden.
  • #3
  • Apr 17, 2013 7:20am Apr 17, 2013 7:20am
Quoting fxtr51
You can use dll´s in your EAs and whatever you want. The whole statement refers only to the setup.exe file which brokers provide when you click on "Download Mt4". Some brokers have modified the file and that is forbidden.
yes I have the same understanding about this article.
been there done that, Good Bye
  • #4
  • Apr 17, 2013 10:29am Apr 17, 2013 10:29am
so this MT4i download contains a differnt setup.exe, is that it?
Quoting WhiteHorse
yes I have the same understanding about this article.
  • #5
  • Apr 17, 2013 4:08pm Apr 17, 2013 4:08pm
Quoting Lucrativ
so this MT4i download contains a differnt setup.exe, is that it?
No. Apparently MT4i sold code to some Brokers, the Brokers included that code and DLLs in with their MT4 package, allegedly . . . . this is not permissible under the MetaQuotes license agreement.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #6
  • Edited 12:36am Apr 18, 2013 12:29am | Edited 12:36am
I assume that means this broker will have to let go of the one click trade perk?

http://www.ibfx.com/Platform/Compare-Platforms


This constant annoyance with the spot brokers breaking down bit by bit from external sources is sad. This market spawned a bit over a decade ago to retail participants and has been dwindling down since the past 5 years.
Trading currency futures used to be not so lucrative. That has changed quite a bit in the past couple years.
The margin is comparable to the 50:1 in effect these days.
"Look Left Think Right"
  • #7
  • Last Post: Apr 23, 2013 6:11am Apr 23, 2013 6:11am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} No. Apparently MT4i sold code to some Brokers, the Brokers included that code and DLLs in with their MT4 package, allegedly . . . . this is not permissible under the MetaQuotes license agreement.
I have also heard something similar.
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