Identifying the account, client, server, and broker

Perhaps the most important properties of an account are its number and identification data: the name of the server and the broker's company, as well as the name of the client. All of these properties, except for the number, are string properties.

Identifier	Description
ACCOUNT_LOGIN	Account number (long)
ACCOUNT_NAME	Client name
ACCOUNT_SERVER	Trade server name
ACCOUNT_COMPANY	Name of the company servicing the account

Let's use the AccountMonitor class from the previous section to log these and many other properties that will be discussed in a moment. Let's create the corresponding object and call its properties in the script AccountInfo.mq5.

#include <MQL5Book/AccountMonitor.mqh>

void OnStart()
{
   AccountMonitor m;
   m.list2log<ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_INTEGER>();
   m.list2log<ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_DOUBLE>();
   m.list2log<ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_STRING>();
}

Here is an example of a possible result of the script.

ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_INTEGER Count=10
  0 ACCOUNT_LOGIN=30000003
  1 ACCOUNT_TRADE_MODE=ACCOUNT_TRADE_MODE_DEMO
  2 ACCOUNT_TRADE_ALLOWED=true
  3 ACCOUNT_TRADE_EXPERT=true
  4 ACCOUNT_LEVERAGE=100
  5 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_SO_MODE=ACCOUNT_STOPOUT_MODE_PERCENT
  6 ACCOUNT_LIMIT_ORDERS=200
  7 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE=ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE_RETAIL_HEDGING
  8 ACCOUNT_CURRENCY_DIGITS=2
  9 ACCOUNT_FIFO_CLOSE=false
ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_DOUBLE Count=14
  0 ACCOUNT_BALANCE=10000.00
  1 ACCOUNT_CREDIT=0.00
  2 ACCOUNT_PROFIT=-78.76
  3 ACCOUNT_EQUITY=9921.24
  4 ACCOUNT_MARGIN=1000.00
  5 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_FREE=8921.24
  6 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_LEVEL=992.12
  7 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_SO_CALL=50.00
  8 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_SO_SO=30.00
  9 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_INITIAL=0.00
10 ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MAINTENANCE=0.00
11 ACCOUNT_ASSETS=0.00
12 ACCOUNT_LIABILITIES=0.00
13 ACCOUNT_COMMISSION_BLOCKED=0.00
ENUM_ACCOUNT_INFO_STRING Count=4
  0 ACCOUNT_NAME=Vincent Silver
  1 ACCOUNT_COMPANY=MetaQuotes Software Corp.
  2 ACCOUNT_SERVER=MetaQuotes-Demo
  3 ACCOUNT_CURRENCY=USD

Pay attention to the properties of this section (ACCOUNT_LOGIN, ACCOUNT_NAME, ACCOUNT_COMPANY, ACCOUNT_SERVER). In this case, the script was executed on the account of the demo server "MetaQuotes-Demo". Obviously, this should be a demo account, and this is indicated not only by the name of the server but also by another property, ACCOUNT_TRADE_MODE, which will be discussed in the next section.

Account identifiers are usually used to link MQL programs to a specific trading environment. An example of such an algorithm was presented in the Services section.

Overview of functions for getting account properties

Account type: real, demo or contest