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From 2004 to today: a thank-you to everyone who trusts MAFX Solutions

21 October 2026, 06:12

Alexey Minkov

Hi everyone,

I don't write blog posts very often. Most of my days are code editor, MetaTrader and support, so please forgive me if this comes out a bit messy. But today I wanted to say something in my own words, not in a polished announcement.

October is my birthday month. Mine, personally, the founder of MAFX Solutions. And today I decided to speak to you, to all of you, as a part of MAFX Solutions.

A little bit of history. I've been on the Forex market since 2004. First as a trader, then as an investor, and more and more as a developer, because writing code turned out to be the thing I enjoy most. In 2008 I took part in the Automated Trading Championship and ended up in the Top 10 of trading programmers. I remember how nervous I was checking the results every day. It felt like following a Formula 1 race, as if you own one of the teams. I think you know what I mean. Except here you own the code you place big hopes on. No neural networks or artificial intelligence back then, only my own head. And I'm proud of that. By the way, even though AI is everywhere now, I'm also proud that I use it only as a helper for routine tasks, not to create anything key or important. Some may say I'm old-fashioned, and maybe partly yes, but I'm for the warm and personal, for people and human intelligence. For natural passions, for the natural beauty of real women, not generated by AI, for knowledge gained the natural way. In short, I'm for real life!

I also remember getting my first review, back then still in a private message. It was simple and short: "Sir, thank you for your product." But it did the most important thing: I understood that I can be useful, that my products are needed not only by me.

Today there are 2050+ products sold, in 112 countries. I look at these numbers and honestly I find them very inspiring. Behind every one of them is a real person who installed something I wrote and gave it a chance. Some of you have been with me for many years. Some are new. All of you matter to me.

What I enjoy the most are your messages. Your thanks, which often stay behind the scenes (for some reason I've noticed that some people feel shy about writing reviews on product pages). But it doesn't matter. For a creator who shares his experience, any feedback is pleasant and valuable. For me, creating a product is like sharing something personal. I used this strategy back then, that one at another moment. I remember those moments and they are truly something personal, something lived through. My own experience, which no neural network can replace. But besides the thanks, of course, there are also questions, bug reports, "can you add this?", screenshots of setups. That's great. A lot of features exist only because one of you asked for them, and a few times a suggestion turned into a new version within days. That's the best part of this job.

So thank you:

- to everyone who bought a tool, whether it's your first or your fifth;

- to everyone who wrote a review, good or critical;

- to those who politely told me what didn't work for them (this is gold, really);

- to the ones who simply wrote "it works, thanks". You made my day more than you think.

And a few words about what's coming. There is a lot. Really a lot. More is in development right now than I've ever had running at the same time: new tools, updates for the existing ones, more guides and videos. I won't name dates (I've learned not to promise them), but I'm working on it every day, and I can't wait to show you. Free updates are my main idea, and that's not changing.

I'll keep doing it the same way: practical tools, clear visuals, documented workflows. Trading without magic. No holy grail, no empty promises, just tools I would be happy to use myself. Trading is hard and risky, and no indicator changes that, but a good tool can help you see things more clearly.

P.S. To celebrate my birthday, there's a small sale right now: 25% off six of my tools until October 31. If you were thinking about something, now is a nice moment. And if you already own it, thank you again, that's the best gift for me.