ECN brokers provide direct access to the Forex market without using a dealing desk.


When running an Expert Advisor, MetaTrader ECN brokers do not allow trades to be opened with non-zero limits.  The takeprofit and the stoploss must be equal to zero or the order will fail to open.


All Expert Advisors created by VTS provide an ECN input parameter.


If the ECN input parameter is set to true:





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Multi Trade Plug-in
Multi Trade on a MetaTrader Price Chart
Debug Manager Plug-in
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Event Manager Plug-in
MQL Event Documentation