Yeah, I know.....sorry, what was the question again, Fido and hedges? Here, you might be better off with this
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The biggest concern I see for MT4 is how expert advisors will work in a FIFO world without any individual order management. I've heard estimates that up to 80% of EA's won't work due to FIFO order management.
I think it's too hasty to speak of an end to MT4 in general as so many traders use expert advisors on it. I think a more plausible scenario is traders moving from US brokers to overseas brokers that use MT4 so that expert advisors will continue to work without interruption. Plus Metaquotes from a business perspective has an interest in continuing MT4 otherwise they stand to lose out on the money they're making from licensing MT4 to those brokers.