After developing a strategy, the next step is to have the strategy actually send the orders. MultiCharts automated trading platform can automate the trading process and seamlessly integrate with any of the following supported order execution gatewaysinfrastructures: FXCM, Interactive Brokers, Patsystems, Rithmic Trader, Trading Technologies, and Zen-Fire[[Broker Profiles Overview]].
Implementing automated trade execution involves using a program that serves as the order execution gateway on the computer and configuring the link between MultiCharts and the gateway program. Orders, generated by a trading strategy in MultiCharts, are passed to the gateway program for execution. The gateway program is also often used to provide the data feed for MultiCharts, although it is possible and sometimes advantageous to use a different data source.