Picking a trading platform: MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView, and when to look at futures
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, and if you ever want to trade the same instruments as real futures rather than CFDs, NinjaTrader and Sierra Chart are where that road leads. Which one you end up on usually comes down to what you’re already running and what you’re actually trying to do, more than which interface you happen to prefer. ...