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AlgoDeal – the Career Companion for the Retail Quant

AlgoDeal – the Career Companion for the Retail Quant

When I entitled the site “MQLmagazine” I had in mind, of course, MetaTrader. But I’m not a fundamentalist. If any free multiasset backtesting tool emerges, it is welcomed to MQLmagazine. And I was pleasantly surprised to find AlgoDeal… Never forget to roam LinkedIn groups, you never know what’s...
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Will MetaTrader5 fill the job void?

Didn’t you ever find job posts for financial markets & trading a bit awkward? So, as I see, things are a bit like this: there are two categories of jobs. First category, jobs for traders. These guys are manual ,...
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Forex, the Awesome Deception of the Trading World

“If I don’t seek to understand what’s happening here then I’ve got peanuts in my head!” Sheikh Imran N. Hosein As many of you might guess, it is the documentaries “The Arrivals” and “Phase 3″ that inspired me to write...
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Orders , positions and deals . Part II

Orders , positions and deals . Part II

In the precedent article we talked about how the positional system differs from the old order system used in MT4. This article will...
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Distinguishing quasi simultaneous fills – class to report last deals

Distinguishing quasi simultaneous fills – class to report last deals

It’s said that you’re a magician if you can make a woman laugh. I think you should try this with Irene Aldridge. Tell...
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Tick events in MQL5: complicated for now, but functional

Some time ago I asked MetaQuotes about the OnBookEvent(). The reason for me was that the OnTick() event works only for the current...
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Intro to Options. Part III : Designing Option Strategies

I could have entitled this article simply “Option Strategies”. But it’s not the case. This article will not be a presentation of option...
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Orders , positions and deals . Part I

This article is dedicated to working with orders, positions and deals. In this article we will discuss the general principles and passing to the...
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Intro to Options. Part II : Option valuation and greeks

Intro to Options. Part II : Option valuation and greeks

The evolution of option valuation models in time Like any other assets transacted on a market, options go thru a valuation process. Traders of...
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Virtual methods in MQL5 – an application on options

Virtual methods in MQL5 – an application on options

This is a continuation of our article Intro to Options. Part II : Option valuation and greeks . However, it can be viewed...
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