New to MT4 and need instructions to load mq4 files

Hello:

Just dumped my dealer/broker and signed up with EFX Group. Decided to use the infamous Metatrader software and have set it up to work with my system. I just don't know how to import all your various mq4 files to my charts.
Could someone please give me step by step instructions on how to do so. Greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Don

Start here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=8984 http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=7637

1 - Download the .mq4 file to your computer

2 - Make sure MT4 is not running. If it is an EA, place it in the 'experts' folder of your MT4 installation. (Usually: C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 4\experts) If it is an indicator or a script then place it in the appropriate folder within the expert folder mentioned above. For the rest of this example we will assume it is an EA.

3 - Start MT4. You will notice the new EA in the navigator window on the left under "Expert Advisors"

4 - Drag-and-drop the icon of the EA to the chart you wan to run it on. This will result in a pop-up box that will allow you to enter any external variables that may be needed on the "inputs" tab. Also make sure you click on "Allow live trading" under the 'common' tab of that box so the EA will work.

Click OK. If you did everything right you will see a little smiling face at the top right hand corner of the chart with the name of the EA you are running next to it. Sit back and let it go to town.

NOTE: If the little face is not smiling, (if it has a frown ) it means you did not check the "allow live trading" check box when you attached it (common mistake) to fix this simply left click anywhere on the chart, and select "expert advisors" from the drop down menu and then "properties" to get to the current EAs properties. Once there, on the common tab, click to allow live trading and click OK. The face is now SMILING! Hopefully you are too!

Halcyon

Thank you for the very comprehensive explination. I did figure out how to import mq4 files now. Quite easy. I didn't see any smiling face or froaning face but the indicatore did work.

Also I don't see the directory for "indictors" in my harddrive. I do see "expert" indicators however. Is there another folder somewhere labeled "indicators" siince I have that as a drop down on the software?

Thanks again!

Yes.

The "indicators" folders lives inside the "experts" folder. So does the "scripts" folder.

Hal -