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Development of applications for the MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal requires the knowledge of MQL4. This programming language MetaQuotes Language 4 is a fourth-generation language that has also been developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. from their own many years experience. MQL4 is the first programming language to consider all niceties of trading on financial markets.

This present textbook will help you create your own Expert Advisors, scripts and indicators and incarnate in them your ideas – your trading algorithms. The textbook is intended for a large number of readers without experience in programming that want to learn how to develop automated trading applications for MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal. The textbook is designed in such a method that to make learning MQL4 as convenient and consequent as possible.

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The main difference between MQL4 and MQL5 is the appearance of the object oriented programming. So you can start learning MQL4 now, because:

1. If You know MQL4 the only thing in MQL5 to change in your programs will be names of a couple of start() init() deinit() functions;
2. If you know MQL4 the transition to MQL5 will be smooth;
3. If you know MQL5 you will know C language as well because they are VERY close;
4. Due to providing structures and other improvements in MQL5, there will be a LOT of new possibilities to merge MQL5 with any database, math, statistical packages etc.

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