New in MetaTrader 5 build 1860 for EA users

On June 18, a new update for the platform was released MetaTrader 5, which brought a lot of advantages for traders using automatic strategies (EA - Expert Advisors). The latest version of the application is marked with MetaTrader 5 build 1860, and information about the possibility of updating pops up automatically after starting MT5. Below are the 5 most important news.

Transfer function from MQL4

In response to comments made by traders, the developers added the following features for the operation:

• ITIM,
• iOpen,
• IHIGH,
• ILOW
• iClose,
• iVolume,
• Ibars,
• iBarShift,
• iLowest,
• iHighest,
• iRealVolume,
• iTickVolume,
• iSpread.

Thanks to the introduced modifications, programmers can now easily transfer their code from tools dedicated to MT4 to the version marked with "5".

Build optimization in MetaTrader 5

Tools created for MQL5 can now run faster thanks to additional source code optimization during compilation. Just compile your programs with the new version MetaEditorto improve their performance.

Faster optimization caching

The optimization caching operation in the Strategy Testers. In earlier releases, the optimization cache was stored as a single XML file. All Expert Advisor optimizations, with the specified test settings, have been saved in this file. Therefore, the same optimization results were stored in files with different input parameters. Now MT5 stores the optimization cache as separate binaries for each set of optimized parameters. Strategy testing operations, including the optimization cache, have become much faster due to the new format and smaller file size. This may be noticeable after resuming a paused optimization transition.

MetaTrader 5 build 1860 and the choice of currency and leverage

The new version allows manual selection of account currency and leverage used during testing and optimization. In earlier versions, these parameters were set according to the linked account, so you could change them only by switching to other accounts.