MT4

Each platform is built for a different job. MT4 has the deepest EA and indicator ecosystem, MT5 adds more built-in tooling on top of that, cTrader is built around ECN-style execution, and TradingView is the strongest charting layer of the four. Which one you end up on usually comes down to what you’re already running rather than which interface you prefer. MT4 MT4 is still the most widely supported platform among the brokers on our Brokers compare tool, and two decades of MQL4 development have made it the default target for most third-party EAs and indicators. Advanced Trade Manager, the trade management tool I use myself, is MT4-only for exactly this reason: that ecosystem depth is the main reason MT4 has stayed the standard rather than being replaced by its own successor. The interface hasn’t changed much over the years, which also means it’s lightweight, stable, and familiar to almost anyone who’s used a MetaTrader platform before. ...