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How to open multiple MT5 instances on Mac?

Good morning, hope you're doing well. Quick question — how can I open multiple MT5 instances on a Mac? Here's the issue: on Windows, there's a "destination selection" option that lets me rename the installation folder, so I can have multiple MT5 copies with custom names like "MT5 Clear," "MT5 [edit]

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MQL5 doesn’t allow posting multiple "versions" of the same robot.

I ran into issues trying to post different versions of my robots (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and so on). I had to reach out to support because even other robots that had nothing to do with it got taken down from the marketplace. If we’re not allowed to post updates or versions, how do you guys go about posting

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Is it common for some brokers to block the installation and use of the MT5 software they provide on their official website when we try to install it?

Is it common for some brokers to block the installation and use of the MT5 software they provide on their official website when we try to install it

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Is it common for code to "change on its own" after being idle for a long time?

Is it common for code to "change on its own" after being idle for a long time? Whenever I make a new update, I create a new version of this code, thus generating several versions (1.01, 1.02, 1.03... etc)... and I keep them saved for future reference. The problem is when I go to check later and the

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How do I know how many MT5 servers are connected to a trading account?

How can I find out how many MT5 accounts are connected to a trading account? Is there any way to know this? The proprietary trading desk I'm using (Fundscap) doesn't allow changing the MT5 password, and I believe my data has been leaked. However, Fundscap itself, through various forms of contact

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Why does a broker/proprietary trading firm disable "autotrading"?

Why does a broker/proprietary trading firm disable "autotrading"? First, I was facing the problem of having the trailing stop disabled, as I mentioned in the post: And now that I've started developing my own trailing stop, I'm facing the fact that all brokers are disabling my "autotrading," as if

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Has trailing stop been banned?

In all my projects, a crucial factor is the trailing stop. Without a trailing stop, we can't create robots that take "partial" profits, which significantly reduces our profitability rate. But I've noticed that trailing stops are being restricted, removed by all brokers. Does anyone know why this is

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Why is there no native MetaTrader for Mac?

I understand that it exists for iPhone, but for Mac, it's still through wine.hq... but why has the MQL team never made a native version for Mac

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Multiple MT5 on the same desktop - problem

Hello mql5 community, how are you? Please, lately I have had difficulty installing multiple MT5 on my devices (2 desktops and 1 VPS) and it simply no longer allows multiple MT5 from the same broker. What I always did was go to "settings" and create a folder with a new one (as in the screenshot). The

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Is MT4 still used?

I've been noticing more and more that MT4 is no longer used or talked about... but some brokers still only have MT4, while some have both MT4 and MT5. Is MT5 the "evolution" of MT4 or not