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If you want to change the traditional arrows drawn by your indicators, here is the symbols that you can use in MetaTrader with their respective code :
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – MetaTrader Symbols and view this post/page in full.How do stop orders work in MetaTrader? Buy stop, Sell stop and Stop loss orders do NOT guarantee an order will be filled at a certain price. Your specified price is known as the stop price. Once the stop price is met or exceeded, the order becomes a market order. Market orders instruct the broker [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Stop Orders and view this post/page in full.You are able to manually set scale charts in MetaTrader by pressing F8 -> click the Common tab -> then select Scale fix.
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Setting Chart Scales and view this post/page in full.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 [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Understanding MetaTrader Charts and view this post/page in full.You receive the “Trade context is busy” message when you try to process two or more orders at the same time. If you have placed a trade and do not wait until it processes completely and then try to place the same trade or a different trade, the commands go into a loop and you [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Trade Context is Busy Message and view this post/page in full.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
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Chart Templates and view this post/page in full.To back test an expert advisor (EA) follow the steps below. Open the Strategy Tester window by pressing Ctrl+R Select the expert advisor you wish to back test Select the symbol you wish to back test Select a testing model (every tick model recommended) Set a testing period Press Start
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Expert Advisor Back Testing and view this post/page in full.You can create several sets of symbols and switch between them. This can be very useful if you work with different groups of symbols (currency pairs, futures, etc.). This allows you to hide all “excessive” symbols and save your favourite symbols.
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Symbols Sets and view this post/page in full.If news is disabled your internet traffic will be reduced. To disable news simply open the “Tools -> Options” menu and un-tick the “Enable news” field in the “Server” tab.
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Save Bandwidth Disable News and view this post/page in full.Your internet traffic can be reduced if the unused symbols are hidden. You are able to hide symbols several ways: 1. Right mouse click in the “Market Watch” window then select ”Hide All”. 2. Select the symbol using the left mouse button then press Delete. 3. Right mouse click in the “Market Watch” window and select the “Symbols” command then hide/show symbols [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Save Bandwidth Unused Symbols and view this post/page in full.Frequently used indicators, scripts, experts and accounts can be added to the “Favorites” group to enable faster access. To add indicators, scripts, experts or accounts, click with the right mouse button on the name of the indicator, script, expert or account and select ”Add to favorites”. The listed items will be then available in the “Favorites” tab of the [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Favorites Group and view this post/page in full.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.
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Minimize Terminal Window and view this post/page in full.Indicators, experts and/or scripts can be promptly attached to the chart if hotkeys are preliminarily set for them. This can be very useful in the full-screen mode or to save time. It is two simple steps to assign hotkeys; Step 1: Select the “Set hotkey” option in the “Navigator” window context menu. Step 2: Select any keys combinations [...]
Read more about MetaTrader Tips – Attaching indicators, experts or scripts to charts using hotkeys and view this post/page in full.To enter full-screen mode simply press on F11 on your keyboard. Once in the full-screen mode, the below hotkeys can be used to open command windows: Ctrl+M – Market Watch Ctrl+N – Navigator Ctrl+T – Terminal Ctrl+D – Data window To return to the normal mode at anytime, just press F11 again.
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