MetaTrader Global

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 an offline chart [...]

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.

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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 will [...]

If you have several trading accounts, you are able to create a special profile for each account.
When you switch between accounts, the profiles will be opened automatically.
To create a profile, you must save it under the name which is exactly the same as the account number.

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If you accidentally close a chart it can be reopened with all its settings using “File -> Open Deleted”.

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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

To modify a working order or create a new Stop Loss and/or Take Profit order, double-click on one of these fields in the order line.

When the order window appears, enter the necessary values.

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Press F10 to open the Popup prices window.
To enable the popup window to be “Always on the Top” right mouse click in the popup window. This will enable you quotes while working with other applications.

You can also select “Properties…” in the right click menu of the popup prices window, which will allow you to [...]

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.

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.

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 in the window that [...]

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 “Navigator” window.

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 chart auto scroll.
Precise positioning [...]

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 you wish.

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.

It is important to choose a forex trading platform that meets your requirements. There are different types of platforms that provide different facilities. The platform that you choose depends on your approach. Some platforms provide high level of details. They provide highly complex charts and indicators and complete information about the markets. If you are [...]