The long wait is over! You can now download the first publicly available version of the MetaTrader 5 client terminal from the MQL4 forum.
Unfortunately it sounds as though you'll have to wait another 6 months before you will be able to use it in anger on a live account. "The nearest future" that Alpari Russia were talking about last week doesn't mean this week or even this month as far as demo accounts are concerned. A live account certainly sounds as though it won't be arriving until some time next year.
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MetaQuotes announced today on the MQL4 forum that the long awaited MetaTrader 5 client terminal will finally be available for testing by the general public in the very near future. According to the announcement:
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With the benefit of an apparently hasty translation from the Russian original the MQL4 community website has just published an English language review by one of the MT5 closed beta testers that includes some pictures of the beta version of the MetaTrader 5 client terminal in action.
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On September 9th, which they refer to as a "Red-Letter Day", MetaQuotes announced on the MQL forum that the arrival of the long awaited MetaTrader 5 has just got one step closer. They have now started "closed beta-testing of the MetaTrader 5 terminal":
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