How to Navigate In MetaTrader 4

How to Show Terminal in MetaTrader 4

You can open or close the ‘Terminal’ window using the shortcut ‘CTRL+T’.

How to Show Trade History in MetaTrader 4

You can view trade history in MT4 via the ‘Terminal’ window, which you can open and close using the shortcut ‘CTRL+T’. In the ‘Terminal’ window, click on the ‘Account History’ tab. Right-click anywhere in this window and you will see a menu providing you with a choice of options, including ‘All History’, ‘Last 3 Months’, and ‘Last Month’. You can also choose to save a ‘Detailed Report’.

This includes all the trading information you might need, such as prize, size, MetaTrader 4 trade execution time, and profit/loss. If you want to know how to print your account history within MetaTrader 4, simply choose ‘Save as Report’ or ‘Save as Detailed Report’. This will save the report as a ‘HTML’ file. If you open the file, it will open in your web browser. In your web browser, click the ‘Edit’ tab and choose ‘Select All’ (or use the shortcut CTRL+A).

Once you have selected all, right-click and choose ‘Copy’. Now, open a word processing application, such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, and paste the copied data. You can then format the account balance data as you desire, and you can then print using the application’s print function.

How to Show Trading History on a Chart in MetaTrader 4

It’s simple to display a trade from your account history directly on a chart in MT4. Open the ‘Terminal’ window (CTRL+T to open and close) and select the ‘Account History’ tab. Click on a trade in the window and drag it to a chart window. The chart will now display the instrument of the trade, and the opening and closing levels will be marked on the chart with small arrows, joined by a dashed line. If you hold the cursor over the arrows, the trade information will appear as hover text.

How to View Open Trades in MetaTrader 4

As with above, you can view open trades by using the ‘Terminal’ window. You can see your open trades by clicking on the ‘Trade’ tab.

How to Check How Much Money I Have with MetaTrader 4

To check the balance of your trading account, open the ‘Terminal’ window (CTRL+T to open and close) and select the ‘Trade’ tab. You will be able to see your ‘Balance’ displayed along with ‘Equity’ and your amount of ‘Free Margin’.

How to Withdraw Money from MetaTrader 4

Withdrawing money from MT4 is simple, and takes just a few easy steps, using Trader’s Room:

• Log in to your Trader’s Room
• Go to ‘Money Operation’ and click ‘Withdraw Funds’
• Select the withdrawal option and then fill in your details

How to Change the Colour of Trade Levels in MetaTrader 4

As a default setting, MT4 will display levels on a price chart for any open trades you have in a position. The defaults are a green dotted line for entry level, and a red dotted line for both a stop-loss level and a limit (take-profit) level. Changing the colour of trade levels is the same process as customising any other colours in MT4 – in other words, it is completed by accessing ‘Properties’.

To do this, right-click on your price chart and select ‘Properties’ (or use F8 as a shortcut). From here, you can customise the colour of the stop levels. You can also choose to turn these order level lines off entirely. To do this, choose ‘Tools’ from the menu bar at the top of the platform and then select ‘Options’. In the ‘Options’ window, uncheck ‘Show’ trade levels if you wish to switch this function off.

How to Change Chart Background in MetaTrader 4

Once again, this is controlled from the ‘Properties’ section in MT4. Press F8 to open ‘Properties’ and ensure you have the ‘Colors’ tab selected. The first item on the list is the background colour. Just click on the dropdown menu and make your choice.

How to Install MetaTrader 4 Indicators

MT4 comes bundled with a large number of core trading indicators. You can see these listed in the ‘Indicators’ folder in the ‘Navigator’ window. You can expand the number of indicators available in your trading platform by installing custom indicators.

The easiest way to expand your list of indicators is by installing MetaTrader Supreme Edition. MTSE is a custom plugin for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, developed by industry professionals, with a handpicked selection of additional indicators and trading tools that boosts the capabilities of your MetaTrader trading platform. You can also download individual custom indicators that other developers have coded within this platform.