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What is MT4?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MT4 is the acronym for MetaTrader4, the revolutionary platform that was developed by Metaquotes Inc. in 2005 for the trading of FX and CFDs. The platform was specifically developed for the retail end of the market, offering traders a simple trading platform which is easy-to-use and has a pleasant user interface (UI). The MT4 has gained massive popularity over the years. Indeed it has been so successful that its successor (MT5) has been unable to gain traction among traders.<\/p>\n

An MT4 forex broker<\/a> is principally a market maker\/dealing broker that offers its clients access to place FX and CFD orders using the MT4 platform. Execution of these orders are performed in-house by the broker’s dealing desk department. The trader’s orders usually do not get to the interbank market.<\/p>\n

<\/i> MT4 forex brokers<\/a> offer the dealing desk (DD) brokerage model to their clients. The structure of the dealing desk environment is as follows:\n
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  1. There is the originating point for all clients’ orders, and this is the MetaTrader4 platform. The front-end of this platform exists as a web-based platform, a desktop client and a mobile app.<\/li>\n
  2. The back-end of the MT4 is fed to the execution venue, which happens to be a department within the brokerage firm known as the dealing desk. This is where all orders placed on the MT4 trading terminals arrive.<\/li>\n
  3. The dealing desk department has a unit which hedges orders that poses large risk to the brokerage by passing them to the interbank market, and another unit which fills trade orders of clients directly. Pricing is derived by a mark-up from pricing obtained from the hedged trades with the liquidity providers in the interbank market. If the MT4 order can be filled at a price that will generate a small profit for the broker, the order gets filled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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