MetaTrader 4 Platform Overview

How to run back test on MT4 forex platform

MT4 exporting settings from Metatrader

MetaTrader4 Overview Part 1 File Menu

How to Draw Fibonacci Retracements on Metatrader4

Fibonacci retracements are a favorite of many Forex traders. And yes, the Fibonacci retracement levels of 38.2%, 50% and 61.8% can be very helpful for profit taking and entry.

Starting a Career in Trading

How would you start a career in trading today? I think it is more important for people to want to work with you than you to have any specific talents! I was a trainee stock dealer. Trading on your own is much more difficult - it is much easier to trade as part of a community.

MetaTrader 4 How to guide for Android

MetaTrader 4 How-to guide for iPhone




MetaTrader 4 for iPhone Has Been Released!

Recently we have reported about the upcoming release of the long-awaited MetaTrader 4 mobile platform for iPhone.

And it has finally happened. Beginning from this day the most powerful online trading tool is available to all users of iOS powered devices. Now it is possible to use MetaTrader 4 on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for Forex trading. It will be quite easy to find or select a suitable broker for trading: the platform already supports over 350 brokerage firms and that is not the final list yet.

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Updated MetaTrader 4 iPhone Features Chat with MQL5.com Users, Classification of Messages and Other Innovations

A few days ago, MetaTrader 5 iPhone users received an opportunity to arrange a chat conversation with any MQL5.community member. This feature has become a great alternative to paid SMS messages. Now, the same functionality is available for MetaTrader 4 iPhone mobile terminal users.
Implementation of MetaQuotes ID (a unique and randomly generated identifier) ensures that this type of messaging is secure and prevents spam. Each user receives MetaQuotes ID when installing the mobile version of the terminal. It may look like this: 8B4E6A3D, or like this: F7ACA7F2. You can find your ID in Settings->Messages section.
The advantages of the chat in MetaTrader 4 mobile version include instant delivery and free messages. The most important thing is that you are not tied to your phone number, as you can always use your MetaQuotes ID on any device.


Specify the desired user's login in a message recipient's section to send a message directly to this user's MQL5.com profile or a mobile device. To do this, both you and your recipient should have MetaQuotes IDs specified in MQL5.com profiles. Thus, you can communicate with any MQL5.community member at any time and at any place via mql5.com web site or a mobile device.

Speed, convenience and security - these are the main advantages of MetaTrader 4 iPhone and MetaTrader 5 iPhone internal chat. Download the latest version of MetaTrader 4 for iOS via AppStore and try it.

Another new feature of MetaTrader 4 iPhone is classification of messages. Now, all messages received from the system are divided into five types according to their senders:

• Chat – conversation with MQL5.com users
• Broker – broker's messages
• Terminal – alerts and notifications from launched Expert Advisors
• Community – various messages from MQL5.com, including depositing funds on the account or execution of an ordered work
• Other – anything that is not related to the previous 4 types.

MetaTrader 4 How to place and manage trades

Gold and silver

Trading Gold and Silver is a great way to increase your portfolio diversification by including exposure to another asset class. Gold and silver have long been effective stores of value and are heavily influenced by macro-economic fundamentals. Precious metals can be analyzed with the same technical and fundamental methods forex traders use on the major currency pairs. This means it is a great market to trade in today's global economy. Access to gold and silver in a spot platform makes trading these instruments much more convenient and flexible than the traditional formats on the futures market.

Introduction to fundamental analysis

From the authors of the video :

We have found that forex traders tend to focus on one type of analysis or the other (fundamental or technical) in their trading and will often completely dismiss other types.

We encourage traders to spend the time it takes to understand the underlying forces moving the market (fundamental analysis) as well as what is happening in price, volume and volatility (technical analysis).

We separate fundamental forces into two categories:

Trade Fundamentals

Of course trade number themselves are obviously the key announcement that we pay attention to when analyzing this fundamental. Trade data is released in most economies once a month and the trend of that information is important. If exports are increasing over time, we would expect the currency to appreciate versus other currencies whose, exports or net exports are shrinking.

Other announcements will affect trade numbers indirectly. For example, if producer prices are increasing, it can make an country's exports more expensive and therefore could hurt trade export numbers. Similarly, falling commodity prices could damage exporter profitability and in turn hurt a currency's value.

Whether you are looking at the actual trade numbers from an economy or supplemental trade information like producer prices and commodity values, trade fundamentals will have a bigger impact on the commodity currencies. Make sure you place the right fundamental emphasis on the right currencies.

Capital Flow Fundamentals

Capital flows are a measure of the pace of investment in an economy. The US traditionally attracts the most investment in government debt amongst the major economies and is therefore sensitive to relative interest rate yields from one economy to another. If rates and other yields are high in one economy compared to others then that currency is likely to appreciate in value.

Besides the benchmark interest rates, stock market performance and market volatility will also affect capital flows. These factors will impact currencies most sensitive to capital flows.

We have found that forex traders tend to focus on one type of analysis or the other (fundamental or technical) in their trading and will often completely dismiss other types.