Same symbol on MT4 yet one with quote and other without quote

[Rudi Hartono]

Hi, i have login on 2 different broker in MT4. one broker symbol is not using a quote and other is using quote 
IE : 

XAUUSD'

vs

XAUUSD

I wonder what is the difference between these 2 of them.

I also noticed when we are adding symbol. their root for us to choose is kind of different. please see attached photos for comparison

Thank you

[William Roeder]

You will have to ask them.

Broker's use a variety of naming patterns: EURUSD, EURUSDc, EURUSDcheck, EURUSDct, EURUSDecn, EURUSDf, EURUSDi, EURUSDm, EURUSDme, EURUSDpro, EURUSDt, “EUR.USD”, “EUR/USD”, “EURUSD!”, “EURUSD#”, “EURUSD..”, “EURUSD.”, “EURUSD.c”, “EURUSD.cfx”, “EURUSD.G”, “EURUSD.i”, “EURUSD.r”, “EURUSD.SBe”, “EURUSD.stp”, “EURUSD'”, “EURUSD@”, “EURUSD_i”, “EURUSD-5”, “EURUSD-g”, “EURUSD-m”, “EURUSD-sb”, etc., “#FB”, “#TSLA”, and Financial symbols with “-”, “=”, “_”, and “+”

If the pattern your broker uses doesn't match the pattern of your signal provider's broker, you can't copy the signal/open a trade. Switch brokers to one that has that adornment.

If the naming pattern of your charts isn't exactly “BasQuo” then hard coded symbols fails. Don't hard code things; just use the predefined _Symbol, or add/remove the adornments during processing.
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[PhilVirginiaTrade]

Rudi Hartono:

Hi, i have login on 2 different broker in MT4. one broker symbol is not using a quote and other is using quote 
IE : 

XAUUSD'

vs

XAUUSD

I wonder what is the difference between these 2 of them.

I also noticed when we are adding symbol. their root for us to choose is kind of different. please see attached photos for comparison

Thank you

Rudi   I to wondered about the different symbol names. To be honest I use what they have and do a check on another platform for say 5 minutes to make sure price data is correct.

In Australia we have new laws on leverage so we have virtually a new set of symbols.

Hope this helps