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Corporate Actions – Cash Dividends

Using Corporate Actions – Cash Dividends you have the ability to calculate and pay dividends to shareholders according to the number of shares each of them has in possession.

Cash Dividends Parameters:

Field Description
Server The name of the MT4 server on which you wish to calculate the dividends
Symbol The mt symbol on which you wish to calculate and pay the dividends
Groups The groups of the MT server where you wish to calculate and pay the dividends
Settled Date Automatic balance operation after EOD of specified settled date
Amount per share The amount of dividend per share to be paid
Tax % The Tax field allows you to enter a percentage value to be deducted from a payment
Calculate using net positions A volume of short and long positions in lots is displayed for each client. If hedging accounts are present among others,
use a net volume for calculating payments (volume difference between buy and sell positions)
Check margin and balance checking free margin in the MT4 account, return warning of insufficient free margin with MT4 account logins
Comment for the balance operation comment (free text) if needed for operation

Corporate Actions – Cash Dividends data fields description:

Field Description
Server Name of the MT Server
Login MT login account
Name MT name account
Group MT group name
Symbol MT symbol name
Quote Currency The quote currency of the symbol as it is configured on the MT Server
Settled Currency The currency in which the dividend should be paid
Conversion Rate The conversion rate of the symbol currency to the currency in which the dividend should be paid in case it differs
Buy Volume Long Position Volume
Sell Volume Short Position Volume
Dividend paid (long) Gross dividend amount including the tax
Tax deducted The tax amount deducted from the dividend payment, based on Tax %.
Dividend deducted (Short) Deduct gross dividends
Net Amount Net dividend amount minus the tax
Result Confirmation of the operation performed:

Calculated
Adjusted
Error Error message in case the corporate action operation was not successful