MetaTrader 4
The original MetaQuotes terminal, still one of the most common platforms at retail forex brokers. It installs on Windows and Mac and has apps for iPhone and Android.
Where it runs
WindowsMacLinuxWebiOSAndroid
Who it suits
Traders who want the platform their broker most likely already offers, and who may want to automate later. Strategies and indicators are written in MQL4. There is no browser version on our list, so on a borrowed computer you would use the phone app instead.
Trading one of these? Fund a prop account
VFunded is the house pick: simulated capital, four routes, up to 90% split, rules published before checkout. See VFunded routes.
Checked against the maker's own page, www.metatrader4.com, on 23 September 2026.