How to know if the asset is Fx, CFD, Futures?

[Reza nasimi]

Hi

I need to recognize if the symbol belongs to fx, CFD or Futures.

Should I used this?

MarketInfo(_Symbol, MODE_PROFITCALCMODE)

Is profit calc mode the correct way to figure it out?

Please note that I want to do it programmatically.

Any help would be appreciated.

Added later:

Let me explain more about my question.

in the document I see this:

MODE_PROFITCALCMODE

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Profit calculation mode. 0 - Forex; 1 - CFD; 2 - Futures

And it seems to me that it gives me what I can see in the specification window of MT4 under the same title.

But when I checked another broker's MT4 where the futures are provided too, I realized that for the futures the Profit Calculation mode is CFD  in the specification window. (For all the symbols that I have checked, maybe not correct for everything).

I also have found :

SYMBOL_PATH

Path in the symbol tree

string

But in some cases the path name does not contain any of the words FX/Forex, CFD or futures.

My question is what is the trustable way of recognizing if it is FX, CFD or Futures.

Regards

[Marco vd Heijden]

It's best to ask your broker about this directly.

[Reza nasimi]

Marco vd Heijden:
It's best to ask your broker about this directly.

Thank you very much for replying.

The EA might work on different brokers MT4.

But, I think your answer means there is no direct method to having this info working for all the brokers.

Then I think I have to work on a combination of SYMBOL_PATH and MODE_PROFITCALCMODE checking.

Tank you very much Marco vd Heijden