MetaTrader Global

You are able to manually set scale charts in MetaTrader by pressing F8 -> click the Common tab -> then select Scale fix.

The current price shown on an MT4 chart is the bid price. When looking at a price bar or candle, you must add the spread to the high bid price to know what the high ask price would have been, or add the spread to the low bid price to know what the low ask [...]

Templates can also be created for charts opened from the Strategy Tester and for charts opened independently. To create a default template for charts opened from the Strategy Tester, you will need to save a template as “tester.tpl”. For offline charts, the default template must be “offline.tpl”. If the “offline.tpl” template is not found when [...]

Use F12 to move through a chart bar by bar. This function can be very useful when you develop and test your own trading strategies. Simply open a chart at the very beginning of the history (press Home) and move through it bar by bar. Shift+F12 will move through the chart backwards. Source: http://articles.mql4.com/189

By using Chart Templates the chart background, bars colors, indicators and objects can be saved and used on other charts. To do this, setup any chart as you wish: set colors, superpose objects, attach indicators, etc. Then select the “Charts -> Template -> Save Template…” menu and save the obtained template as default.tpl

When placing orders from charts there is no need to remember which type of pending orders to use. To place a pending order via a chart just right click with mouse on the desired point in the chart where you would like to place the order and select the “Trading” command in the menu. You [...]

Introduction What is an indicator? It is a tool intended for displaying a certain type of data. Usually it is information about the price series properties, exactly this type of indicators will be considered further. Each indicator also has its own properties and characteristics: for example, the range of values, the overbuying/overselling zones, the line [...]

If you accidentally close a chart it can be reopened with all its settings using “File -> Open Deleted”. Source: http://articles.mql4.com/189

You can check the price range and the number of bars between two points using the ruler. To do so, select the “Crosshair” object, click with the left mouse button on the first point in the chart and drag the cursor to the second point. The first number (23) is the count of bars, the [...]

To print a chart, Press Ctrl+P. By default the charts are printed in black and white, but they can also be printed in color. Just check the “Color print” field in the “Charts” tab of the “Tools -> Options” menu. Source: http://articles.mql4.com/189

Not so long ago – at the dawn of technical analysis when by far not all traders had computers – people appeared that tried to predict future prices using formulas and regularities invented by them. They were often called charlatans. Time went on, methods of information processing became more complicated, and now there can hardly [...]

Double left click with your mouse button on the “Terminal” window title bar to minimize it to the bar of the current account status. This is a quick and easy way to add some additional space for the charts. To restore, double-click in the minimized window or select the “Restore” command in the context menu.

For better positioning of the chart on the necessary time, you can use the Fast Navigation line. To access the fast navigation line; Press the spacebar or Enter or move the cursor to the left bottom part of the chart After the sign  appears, double-click with the left mouse button Note: Don’t forget to disable the [...]

A short time ago some traders posted first indicators and scripts for the Metatrader 5 platform written in the new MQL5 language. Two of them are really impressive and show the real power and new possibilities of MQL5. 1. Slideshow Indicator for Metatrader 5 (by Rosh) This indicator will place custom background pictures behind the [...]

Analytics is one of the most important components of trading. Based on analytical data, a trader can decide what operation to execute, when to do it and the profit/loss of the trade. The MetaTrader 5 platform offers you wide analytical possibilities! Charts Charts constitute a work field for technical analysis. This is where dynamics of security [...]

The new Metatrader 5 platform and the MQL5 language are nearing the end of development and will be probably launched in fall 2009. MT5 will replace MT4 and the new code is completely written from scratch. The bad point is that MT5 will be not compatible with MT4. This means that every indicator and expert [...]

MetaTrader 4 is a professional online trading software platform which is designed to help traders by providing them broker services in the Forex, Futures and CFD markets. It is stand alone software platform and no other platform is required while using this software. This software doesn’t operate on Windows 95. The platform is renowned worldwide for its high standards [...]