South African broker QuickTrade launches MetaTrader 5 and offers JSE stock trading

Desktop and web platform versions, as well as mobile apps for Android and iOS, have become available to the company's clients. The offering incorporates 190 trading symbols, including Forex pairs, international stock indices, commodity contracts and Johannesburg Stock Exchange instruments.

QuickTrade is an FSCA (the Financial Sector Conduct Authority) regulated broker which started providing services back in 2014.

The QuickTrade MetaTrader 5 offering includes:

1. Hedging accounts
2. Negative balance protection functionality
3. One-click trading
4. Quotes archive and advanced Strategy Tester
5. Built-in technical analysis tools

Mr. Hardus Van Pletsen, Managing Director of QuickTrade, commented: "Operating MetaTrader 5 opens more and better trading opportunities for our clients and it keeps us in line with the latest technologies in trading. We now have an open door in providing our clients with a higher number of financial instruments."