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saltwater

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  1. 22 hours ago, JohnnyRy said:

    A matter of perspective, I guess. I look at it this way...

    After thinking about this some more I think you are right about apps running in browsers. Looks like the IG web platform is written in JavaScript using a well-known framework.

    Makes sense to think of it was an app. 😊

     

    22 hours ago, JohnnyRy said:

    A client trading platform must be running somewhere in order for a person to execute trades on the broker-dealer's trade server. In browser trading, the app (platform) my be hosted on the broker-dealer's data server, but the website loads in the trader's browser.

    In contrast, a desktop MT4 platform (or a broker-dealer's ih-house platform) is hosted on the trader's local machine and communicates directly with the broker-dealer's data server and trade server. There is no browser involved. As a side note, broker-dealers offering MT4 generally have a separate trade server dedicated to MT4.

    I would think there wouldn't be much difference in terms of the messages which are sent between the app in the browser and a MT4 client?

    e.g. both would communicate with the broker's server such as sending request messages for price bar info to display and sending execute messages for buy/sell orders.

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