MT4 is Basic like, with C Structure, which works better for me, not coding in C in atleast 20years and never really liked it, it's a making something harder for no reason, kinda language.
There are a few brokers listed on https://fx-list.com/brokers-for-us-traders that claim to support MT4 and MT5 and accept U.S. traders.
It is free. I didn’t have to pay a penny for it, just downloaded it onto my PC. using it for my ig and fxview accounts. Even on the phone it works fine.
And for trading other assets then you might be using some other platform, because mt4 does not support much.
That’s true, but I am only interested in forex as of now so for that I am getting perky returns on mt4 on fxview so I am good. Spending costs are low, my strategy seems to be working, why bother going into a different direction
For forex trading, I only use MT4. I think it is simple, flexible, and I can customize it in accordance with my requirements.