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CHART PROPERTIES Properties Button on MetaTrader 4 Charts Menu for Editing Forex Candlestick Charts Properties In order to change the properties of a chart, you can do the following steps: * Go to the "CHARTS” menu, then choose "PROPERTIES" button...
CHARTS TOOLBAR Charts are valuable instruments for analyzing the financial markets. That is why a great attention is paid to them. Chart toolbar is located on the top of your terminal. In order to make this option visible, go to the “VIEW” menu, then cl...
Connection status   In order to check if your MT4 terminal is connected to the server, you need to check the connection status on the "STATUS BAR". It is located in the lower part of the terminal, below all service windows. To make status bar visib...
EXPERT ADVISOR An Expert Advisor is a program which is written specifically for the MetaTrader Platform. They are written in their own proprietary programming language called MetaQuotes Language Version 4. An Expert Advisor can execute trades with speci...
In this text you will find out about how to add indicators to your chart while using the MetaTrader 4. Within the Navigator window, you will find the list of Indicators. * In order to add an Indicator to your chart, simply choose your desired Indica...
First of all, log in to your MT4.Then in the Menu bar, you can see the " TOOLS " part. Click on it. Please choose " OPTIONS". Here are your login username and password, so click on the " CHANGE" button. Now you can change both the Master password and Inve...
To delete an indicator from your MetaTrader 4 chart, right click on the chosen indicator and choose “DELETE INDICATOR”. In case you don't find the answer for a question that interests you in this section or in the Knowledgebase, please contact the Clien...
If you can not see all the symbols available on your MT4, you just need to right click on the "Market watch" window and then click on “SHOW ALL”. That is all you need! Now you have the complete list of all the symbols on your MT4. In case you don't find t...
HOW TO ARRANGE CHART WINDOWS * CASCADE Click on the "WINDOW” from the top menu, you will be able to arrange the chart windows so that they overlap by selecting "CASCADE" option. * TILE WINDOWS By selecting the "TILE WINDOWS" option from the "WIN...
HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE IN METATRADER 4? You can see the menu bar at the top of MetaTrader 4 platform. Select the "VIEW" menu, then in the drop down list, click on the "LANGUAGES" where you can change the language of your MetaTrader 4 platform. In c...
The "TRADE" tab contains information about the current status of the trading account, open positions and about pending orders placed. You can show/hide the panel by pressing the shortcut keys <>. This tab allows not only to view the open posit...
How to customize the Chart Toolbar?   On the MetaTrader 4 platform, the "CHART TOOLBAR" is located on the top. Right click on the "CHART TOOLBAR" and from the drop down list select "CUSTOMIZE…". Now you are able to see the "CUSTOMIZING TOOLBAR" wi...
HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL METATRADER 4 ON A PC   1. Click on the “DOWNLOAD METATRADER 4 CLIENT TERMINAL [HTTPS://FXGLORY.COM/DOWNLOAD.PHP?FILE=METATRADER4WIN]” button in order to start downloading the program which is located on the first page of ou...
HOW TO FIX THE “COMMON ERROR” IN METATRADER 4? There are different reasons for occurring the "Common Error" message in MetaTrader 4. It occurs mostly due to slow internet connection or no connection. MetaTrader 4 always needs a direct internet connectio...
1. LOCATE AND COPY THE _MT4 CUSTOM INDICATOR_ FILE ON YOUR COMPUTER. THESE ARE THE MT4 INDICATOR FILES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DOWNLOADED. 2. OPEN THE _DATA FOLDER_ 3. OPEN _MQL4_ FILE 4. OPEN THE _INDICATORS_ FOLDER 5. PASTE THE FILES 6. RESTART ...
Log in to your MT4 trading account and go to "File" > "Open Data Folder". New window, which is your MT4 data folder, will pop up and here you can find folder called "Logs". If you want to check logs from EAs, click on "MQL4". In MQL4 folder you can ...
How to log in to MetaTrader 4 After registration, you will receive an e-mail containing your passwords and account number. Click on “FILE” from the top menu, by selecting “LOGIN” option from the drop down list you will be able to log in to your MetaTr...
HOW TO OPEN A NEW CHART?      1. USING THE STANDARD TOOLBAR If the standard toolbar is not shown in your MetaTrader 4, you need to open it. In order to see how to open the toolbar you can follow the instruction below: * Click on the "VIEW" from...
HOW TO READ CHARTS IN METATRADER 4? To become a successful Forex trader and to make a profit, you must know how to read charts which are very important and essential factors for any traders. The charts can be placed into three different categories: ...
AS YOU MAY KNOW, USUALLY ON MT4’S CHARTS YOU CAN SEE ONLY _BID_ (SELL) PRICE. Adding _Ask_ price to chart is possible and it's pretty easy. Right click on the chart window and from sub-menu choose "PROPERTIES". ON POP UP WINDOW CLICK ON “COMMON" and...
HOW TO SEE THE PROPERTIES OF EACH SYMBOL? In order to start viewing properties of a symbol, you must right click on the “MARKET WATCH” window and choose the “SYMBOLS” option from the menu that appears. The following window will be opened after clickin...
The way to set a default chart is by right-clicking on it and selecting "TEMPLATE", followed by "SAVE TEMPLATE". If you wish to save template as your default, you can right-click on the chart, select "TEMPLATE", "SAVE AS" and then "DEFAULT". In case you...
To set up alerts, right-click on chart, select "TRADING" and then "ALERT". In case you don't find the answer for a question that interests you in this section or in the Knowledgebase, please contact the Client support department via live chat [http://su...
HOW TO UNINSTALL THE METATRDAER4 PROGRAM If for any reason you need to uninstall MetaTrader4 from your Personal Computer, follow the illustrated instructions below in order to remove it from your system. 1. Make sure that your application is closed. ...
1. Find Fxglory MetaTrader 4 icon on your desktop. 2. By right clicking on it, you will be able to choose "OPEN FILE LOCATION" option from drop down list. 3. Then click on “MQL4” folder >> “EXPERTS” and upload your EA by dragging and dropping the fil...
1. Open your _MetaTrader 4 platform._ 2. Locate the _Navigator panel_, as below:  3. ON THE NAVIGATOR, find _Custom Indicators._ 4. Click _Custom Indicators_, and you should see your _newly installed indicator._ 5. Double click on the indicator an...
INSTALL TERMINAL ON LINUX Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. Linux systems are widely used in smartphones and server hardware. Many home PC users prefer...
INSTALL TERMINAL ON MAC OS The client terminal can be installed and run on computers with Mac OS using Wine. Wine [http://www.winehq.org/] is a free software that allows users of the Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft W...
LINE STUDIES Line studies are lines and various geometrical shapes that can be imposed into a price or indicator chart. They include support/resistance lines, trend lines, as well as Fibonacci's, Gann's, and Andrews' tools, etc. The Lines menu of the ...
MARKET WATCH WINDOW On the MetaTrader 4 platform, at the left side of the screen, there is the "MARKET WATCH" window which lists a variety of currency pairs along with corresponding bid and ask prices. Two tabs are located at the bottom of the "MARKET W...
MetaTrader 4 Time Frames Different time frames can be applied to a chart either by clicking on the "PERIODS" icon or by selecting the desired time frame from the charts toolbar. "PERIODICITY" is the name to describe these chart time frames. You can obse...
When you place pending orders the open price you set differs from the market price by the pips which vary depending on the currency pair you choose. For example, for EUR/USD the open price you set must differ from the market price by at least 2 pips or 20...
MODIFY OR DELETE ORDER Go to the "TERMINAL" window at the bottom of your MetaTrader 4, choose the “TRADE” tab which you want to set or change the Stop Loss or/and Take Profit, right click on it and choose "MODIFY OR DELETE ORDER" from the menu that appe...
To place an order (Sell or Buy), you have to open the "ORDER" window. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS HOW TO OPEN THE ORDER WINDOW: * By pressing the shortcut keys, the order window will be opened according to the terminal settings. * Select a symbol ...
PLACING PENDING ORDERS Pending order is the client's commitment to the brokerage company to buy or sell a security at a predefined price in the future. This type of pending orders is used for opening of a position in the future when quotes reach the pre...
STRATEGY TESTER MetaTrader 4 is the most popular trading platform these days which allows a trader to perform trading operations and technical analysis for the Forex markets, CFD, and Futures. There is integrated MQL languages program (MetaQuotes Lang...
TRADING ON CHART The client MetaTrader 4 terminal allows traders to manage trading operations right on the symbol chart. With one-click-trading function users can open, modify and close positions quickly as well as managing pending orders. * ONE-CLI...
TRAILING STOP A Trailing Stop is a strategy to manage Stop Loss orders. It allows you to set Stop Loss with an automatic update to move beyond the market price. This function helps you to be in profit with less risk. How to set this action, it is shown ...
- Please, make sure that you have entered all the details correctly.- "LOGIN" is your real account number, which consists of 5 digits.- "PASSWORD" is your real account master password. PLEASE NOTE: If you have forgotten your "Master Password", you can set...
In order to avoid the load of trading server your trading history is archived every 35 days. Just right click on "Account History" in your MT4 terminal section and choose "All History" from the drop down list. You also can manage presented time frame by...