If you're setting up a signal copier, one of the first decisions is MT4 or MT5. Both work with TradeJournal Pro — but they behave differently in ways that matter for copying. Here's a practical comparison.
Quick verdict
- Choose MT4 if your broker/prop firm is MT4-only, or you want the largest ecosystem of brokers and the simplest setup.
- Choose MT5 if you want more instruments (stocks, futures), faster backtesting, native partial-close handling, and economic-calendar integration.
For pure forex signal copying, either is fine. The copier abstracts most differences away.
Instruments
- MT4 — forex and CFDs, period. Great if you only trade FX and metals.
- MT5 — forex, metals, indices, stocks, futures, and crypto CFDs depending on broker.
Execution & order handling
- MT5 uses a netting or hedging model (broker-dependent); MT4 is always hedging. Many prop firms run hedging on both.
- Partial closes are native on MT5. On MT4 they're handled by the EA. TradeJournal Pro supports multi-TP partial closes on both.
Prop firms
Most funded programs offer both. Pick the platform your specific challenge uses. Either way, prop-firm mode (stealth delays, hidden SL/TP, drawdown guards) works identically.
Speed
MT5 is a more modern, multithreaded platform, but for signal copying the bottleneck is signal delivery and broker fill speed — not the platform. TradeJournal Pro places orders in well under a second on both.
What about cloud execution?
If you don't want to run either platform on a PC/VPS, the Cloud line runs MT4 or MT5 for you 24/7. You just pick which one your broker uses.
Bottom line
There's no wrong answer for FX signal copying. Match your broker/prop firm, and let the copier handle the platform-specific details.
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Not financial advice. Trading carries risk.