Lex MetaTrader / Knowledge Index
Understand what lies
behind the trade.
MetaTrader, MetaQuotes and market anatomy: understand functions, distinguish roles and test statements based on their sources.
Search in the full text of the contained articles · Status 30.09.2026
Eight areas of knowledge
Find your starting point.
Understanding trading
Terms, instruments and the mechanics of a trading decision.
02 / Platform guides↗Technical MetaTrader wiki
MT4 and MT5, understand functions and systematically limit errors.
03 / Market structure↗Market anatomy & service providers
Contracts, money, data and risk: Who does what for whom?
04 / Strategies↗Strategies & delegated trading
Managers, signals and software: transferring trading decisions and assigning responsibility.
05 / Calculators↗Costs, risk & calculators
Make costs transparent, calculate sizes and check assumptions.
06 / Regulation↗Regulation & consumer protection
Permission, obligations and legal prosecution from the perspective of the user.
07 / Dossiers↗Dossiers & case studies
Documented investigations with separate allegations, findings and open questions.
08 / History↗Industry & platform history
Retail margin trading, early players, MetaQuotes and the development of the platform ecosystem.
Virtual Dealer Plugin
Historical server mechanics, all documented parameters, execution examples and regulatory cases placed in context.
Read the investigative dossier →Our editorial principle
Transparency requires clear boundaries.
A manufacturer’s statement, a court accusation and an authority statement are different sources. We show what is documented, which version is affected and what remains open.
Source standard and processing status →
The encyclopedia includes selected in-depth articles and continues to grow.