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What is Metatrader plugin? I have seen the term in several promotions and articles. What was described in these articles was a species expert with inserts of libraries in other languages ​​(not MQL4 / 5).

Stanislav Kralin
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A plugin is usually referred to as a c++ extension that runs in the MT server it self.

Just like the meta manager api, that allows you to extend the operations of the platform as a manager, an MT plugin allows you to extent the actual trading logic of the server. Of course it goes without saying you would need access to the actual server to deploy one.

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  • So, it means you should be a broker to develop MT plugins? – user1749081 Feb 19 '13 at 11:09
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    Yep, pretty much. Or you can be a developer selling plugins to brokers, however, you would still need to get your hands on a server somehow at least for testing. – Dmitry Feb 19 '13 at 15:24
  • Is it possible to do trading via a MT plugin? It doesnt seem possible using the MT manager api. – Magick Nov 04 '17 at 12:35
  • You can do trading with both. The server being more perfomat. Also depends on your definition of trading in this scenario – Dmitry Nov 04 '17 at 16:55