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MetaTrader 4 and MT5 were not designed with open API connectivity in mind. The native Manager API is powerful but complex, expensive to develop against, and difficult to maintain as platform versions change. Yet many brokers need exactly this - whether it is connecting a proprietary trading interface, integrating a third-party risk system, or linking MetaTrader to a CRM or back-office platform. This article explains how third-party connectivity to MetaTrader actually works under the hood, what the realistic build-versus-buy economics look like, and how brokers are going live with custom integrations in days rather than months using a ready-built API bridge.

Global capital markets technology provider Trading Technologies (TT) has become the latest infrastructure name to put its weight behind prediction markets, announcing today that it will give clients the ability to execute trades on a range of US-regulated event contract venues, starting with Kalshi.

Tools for Brokers (TFB) has launched DEXA, a SaaS risk management platform that unifies trader, position and server data across MT4 and MT5 in real time. Using AI to flag behavioural signals from a trader's third trade, DEXA aims to help dealing desks detect and respond to toxic flow faster.

Webull Canada has launched 24/5 Overnight Trading, giving users access to US stocks and ETFs around the clock with market data from Blue Ocean ATS and Bruce Markets. The session runs 8pm to 4am ET, Sunday to Friday, adding to existing pre-market, regular, and after-hours trading windows.

Sports prediction market Novig has secured designation from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Designated Contract Market (DCM), clearing the way for the company to operate as a federally regulated exchange and roll out across all 50 states from this summer.

New data from trade-flow analytics firm Tapaas ( ) tracks how traders across ten markets, grouped into five regions, were buying and selling two of the world's most closely watched assets, WTI crude oil and gold, over the four weeks to 16 June.

Ripple has made a strategic investment in Flutterwave's $3.2 billion Series E round, integrating RLUSD, the XRP Ledger and Ripple Payments into Flutterwave's African infrastructure to support cross-border settlement, remittance corridors and faster transaction clearing.

Fluctuations in borrowing costs have a direct impact on both corporate profitability and broader economic activity.

This week's German index outlook assessing cooling phase pertinent to industrial resilience.

Currency technology provider Integral has expanded its longstanding partnership with global financial services firm StoneX Group to establish connectivity at the Equinix SG1 data facility in Singapore, strengthening StoneX's ability to serve clients across the Asia Pacific region.