all but 2 of my mt4 terminals' signal tabs are gone after rebooting for the new week.

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I am running all accounts on the same broker and noticed all but 2 terminals are not longer showing signals tabs and cannot access settings in tools either 

What to make of this? if the broker turned signal subscription off why are a couple accounts still allowed?

 
i have logged into accounts that i know allow signals on a terminal where the signals tab has disappeared. same result no tab. 
 

Signals on demo or cent accounts are no longer allowed ...

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The Signals service is in decline

Renat Fatkhullin , 2024.01.17 12:07

Along with the release of MetaTrader 5 this Friday, there will be the following changes:

  1. Support for signals on any non-real accounts (demo, contest, cents, etc.) for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 is completely removed
  2. The ability to register demo or private signals on the site is removed
  3. The ability to create free signals is removed
  4. MQL5 functions SignalsXXXX are abolished; they return empty data and the code ERR_MQLAPI_FUNCTION_NOT_ALLOWED
  5. Signals can only be created by users who have received seller status


With these steps we will clear the service of garbage, free up a lot of resources and create a clean storefront.


The next step will be to reform the terms of the account with a signal subscription :

  1. Any copiers are prohibited - they are the ones who stole our signals service
  2. Connections with read only passwords are prohibited - this is how they are stolen from other people’s copy trading services
  3. All MQL5 functions will produce empty open positions/orders/trade history - copiers will be useless
  4. Inability to bypass these conditions by connecting from other copies of terminals

This will improve the quality of the service.

It was officially announced here:

4. Terminal: Disabled support for the Signals service for demo accounts. To access enhanced statistics on your training accounts, use the new trading report . It features a plethora of metrics characterizing your strategy profitability and risks, including growth, balance and equity graphs, diagrams of trade distribution by direction and instruments, and much more.

12. MQL5: Disabled and deprecated Signal* functions. They will now return empty signal sets.

 
Fernando Carreiro #:

Signals on demo or cent accounts are no longer allowed ...

It was officially announced here:

4. Terminal: Disabled support for the Signals service for demo accounts. To access enhanced statistics on your training accounts, use the new trading report . It features a plethora of metrics characterizing your strategy profitability and risks, including growth, balance and equity graphs, diagrams of trade distribution by direction and instruments, and much more.

12. MQL5: Disabled and deprecated Signal* functions. They will now return empty signal sets.


what am I to make of the demo accounts that still have signals available?

Will they still be able to subscribe if the terminal hasnt been updated?

 
Josh Hudson #: what am I to make of the demo accounts that still have signals available? Will they still be able to subscribe if the terminal hasnt been updated?

This is a recent development by MetaQuotes, so we still don't know exactly the full extend of the changes implemented by them.

Many demo signal providers have already reported that their signals are being deactivated automatically. The ones still active probably still have active subscriptions. They will probably also be disabled as soon as the subscriptions expire.

It is safe to assume that any remaining demo signals and their subscriptions will be disabled sooner rather later.

 
Fernando Carreiro #:

This is a recent development by MetaQuotes, so we still don't know exactly the full extend of the changes implemented by them.

Many demo signal providers have already reported that their signals are being deactivated automatically. The ones still active probably still have active subscriptions. They will probably also be disabled as soon as the subscriptions expire.

It is safe to assume that any remaining demo signals and their subscriptions will be disabled sooner rather later.

extremely disappointing.
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