Issue with speed of MT4

Hi Guys,

I'm having serious issues with running MT4 whilst trading. It is working with a delay; I seriously feel like I'm on a 400Mhz computer from 1995. My laptop has the latest specs, and I have no issues when anything else is running. Windows Task Manager says that the application is using up 840,000 memory, about 10 times as much as any other program I'm running.

I have 16 charts open, but I seriously don't see how it should be running THIS slowly. I also have my FXCM platform open which I actually place my trades on. All this, in addition to a couple of Word/excel documents and 3-4 Internet Explorer windows. Is it a memory problem, or am I running something in MT4 thats just ridiculously foolish, and unneeded?

Regards,

BDtrading

Please note:

This has never been happening since I've been using MT4, going on 3 months now.

Also, I just closed it down, and tried reloading it. It has been 'trying' to load on 'Not Responding' for around 5 minutes now.

Have you increased the history data or the chart data? Have you added any indicators or EAs about the time the memory usage increased? One badly written indicator can cause a large increase in memory usage. Certain versions of b213 compiled indicators and EAs incorrectly. Did the problem start after an update?

I still run a few MT4 platforms on two Dell 333mh Dims. with 192m of ram running W2000 server with no problems. I don't allow much history nor many indicators. Just one EA per chart. About 8 charts per platform. My point is it should not take much ram.

If all else fails download a fresh copy of MT to a new folder. Move over your old stuff with care to see if there is a problem.

Thank you for your reply nvwine. The only indicators I thought I was running were RSI, MACD and EMA's, however I had indeed left an indicator running which I was working on last week on my weekly chart. I took it off, and so far all appears to be back to normal. MT4 is only using up approx. 100k memory now.

Thanks for your help!

How many bars do you set for your charts/history, respectively??