MT4 navigational tips and techniques

is anybody there who gives me demo live MCX charts (like copper, crude oil, silver and gold etc.) on Metatrader 4 platform??????? please reply me i m waiting.............. thanks

You could perhaps try http://www.activtrades.co.uk/index.aspx

offline charts are created by indicators - therefore you can code an EA to run on a normal chart that will read the info etc from any indicator.

you need a firm set of rules and a good coder - but it can be done.

i downloaded an mt4 platform, connected to the net, it stays. the moment i installed some custom indicators, the platform just disappeared. i reopened it by double clicking the short cut on my desk top. once connection to the internet is established, the plat form disappeared. i thought the problen was with the broker's platform , so i downloaded two more platform from two different brokers. tha same thing happended. does any have an experience of disappearing platform due to installed custom indicators? ineed some help. thannks

custom indi = virus

would be my guess, i've never heard of it before. delete all and start again, check the source of the indi.

Running MetaTrader in Windows 7 or Vista, Solving Permissions Issue

If you are operating windows Vista or Windows 7 your MetaTrader plattform might not be running correctly. The most common issues include:

* Metatrader won’t update to the most current version

* Charts / indicators / experts will not save when Metatrader restarts.

* It can’t save history to run back testing.

* Expert advisors won’t run.

* It cannot open a demo account.

* Username and password doesn’t get saved on restart.

* User are unable to save files on Expert folder.

The cause for these issues is that beginning with Windows Vista Microsoft changed the default security settings for the “Program Files” folder, making it so MetaTrader might not be able to save all necessary data to the Hard Drive, this new characteristic on Windows is called User Account Control or UAC.

Note: Windows Vista protects “systemroot” files and folders with permissions created for Windows Resource Protection (WRP), which may only be accessed by the System service. Administrators can read system files and folders but cannot write to them. Note that this differs from previous versions of Windows.

Source: Microsoft Web Site about UAC

There are several ways to fix this issue. Some require you to reinstall MetaTrader on a different folder and some require you to run complex command prompt tasks:

Option 1) The best way to resolve the UAC issue is to install MetaTrader in a different folder from its default location. When installing MetaTrader 4 just after the license agreement, it is possible to change the installation folder for example from Crogram FilesBestDirectMT4 to C: MetaTrader : MT4

Then continue with the installation as usual and your MetaTrader 4 will run with no issues.

Option 2) Change the folder permission of the folder where MetaTrader is already installed, this is usually a good option if you have many instances of MetaTrader installed in your system and don’t wish to reinstall them.

a) Find in the windows explorer the folder where you have installed MetaTrader 4, right-click the folder and then click Properties.

b) This will open the property screen for this folder and on the Security tab click on Edit

c) A new screen will open, choose Users, check Full control (Allow) and then Apply.

Choose Trusted Installer, check Full control (Allow) and then Apply.

Select Administrators, check Full control (Allow) and then Apply.

d) Click all OK and you are done.

Option 3) Change the folder permission utilizing the command prompt, this is the most difficult option for non experienced users.

a) Press the Win keyboard key or click on Start button.

b) Type cmd into the Start/Search textbox.

c) Just before pressing enter press and hold Ctrl+Shift then hit the Enter key.

Ctrl+Shift+Enter is the keyboard shortcut that triggers the user elevation to “Run as Administrator”

d) Press continue to confirm the UAC elevation warning prompt.

e) Type the text below in the the command prompt window, substitute the text in “quotes” with the folder path of your MetaTrader installation:

icacls “Crogram Files (x86)FXCM MT4 powered by BT” /t /grant %UserDomain%%UserName%OI)(CI)F

f) Hit enter and the command will run for a couple of seconds and it should end with a success message.

It is vital for expert advisors to be able to save information to the hard drive; we highly suggest you follow this tutorial to have your MetaTrader Installation running smoothly.

Unable to place new order on MT4 platform . Pressed F9 nothing happens
Also new order button not highlighted Any one with advice
Thank you

I think I have seen this before.... has to do with your broker activating the account.... is it live or demo?

If new live account, check with your broker perhaps?

Live account it do trade EA Auto but can not trade manual
thank for the reply
old account

Thanks for the tips?
are you a spambot or from Metaquotes I wonder?

Hi, there, could anybody told me which corporation is good with MT4 Platform? Many thanks.

New Version of MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal Build 416

Today we release the new MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal build 416, which was announced earlier.

Important: From June 1, 2012 client terminals older than build 416 will be no longer supported. We strongly recommend you to update your terminals to build 416.

MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal build 416

Terminal: Increased operating speed of all components through the use of SSE commands set and some other methods.
Terminal: Fixed interface translations into Russian, Moldovan and Polish.
Terminal: Fixed highlighting of SL and TP in the trading history.
Terminal: In the terminal journal, added display of a network address, from which the last connection with the main password was established.
Terminal: Fixed calculation of drawdown in the extended trading report.
Terminal: Added support for UAC enabled LiveUpdate in build 416. To update to build 416, download and install a new terminal with UAC enabled on top of an existing one or run it using the "Run as administrator" command.
Terminal: Fixed sorting of trading history in case it contains credit records.
Terminal: Fixed display of pending order modes in symbol properties.
Terminal: We have completely switched to using Web installers.
MQL4: Fixed the stop of looped scripts.
MQL4: Fixed binding of MQL4 extensions.
Tester: Fixed input data normalization during generation of ticks.
Tester: Fixed comments in orders after partial closure.
Tester: Fixed setting of anchor points for graphical objects "in the future" during testing visualization.
Fixed errors reported on the forum and in crash logs.

The update is available through the LiveUpdate system from March 9, 2012.

Anyone have any problems to report with that update?

Got this from my adviser.....

Dear Clients

Over the weekend, Metaquotes released an update to MT4. This update is Build 416 dated March 6, and was to replace Builds 406 through 414.

If you haven't already, DO NOT UPDATE TO Build 416. If the Live Update window appears, simply click on the Close box in the top right corner to stop the update.

Unfortunately this update has broken the links (or at best, messed them up) to the DLL files which allow communication between the EAs, and MetaTrader. This is entirely out of our control until Metaquotes repairs the update. At this stage we don't know when that might be. In the meantime, those who haven't as yet updated don't have to do anything - your strategies will run correctly. For those of you who, like me, have already updated to Build 416, the best thing to do is install a new MT4, but don't start the update process when the Live Update window appears.

If you are unsure what Build you are using, open MT4 and click on Help > About. The Current Build number will be displayed.

If you have any problems, please contact support@

Automatic update can be avoided by renaming or deleting liveupdate.exe in the mt4 folder. so you must not always close the appearing window.

Unfortunately I did not scan for bug reports or advice before I hit the upgrade button. I have been using a 4-line MTF HA indi which now all of a sudden, since the upgrade to build 416, displays 5 lines. In principle this should not be possible because MT4 only provides 8 indicator buffers and two buffers are needed per line to display the two possible states. See attached.

Going back to build 406 (latest prior to 416 I could find) fixes the problem so I have little doubt that it is a freshly introduced problem.

I have a similar problem with another EA. Where did you find an older version of MT4 to download or did you already have it saved?

Had it saved! Do not know how to find it otherwise as brokers will only provide latest. Maybe should take snapshot of complete installation folder before upgrading. Maybe some tools that can do it??

Ok - thanks anyway. I will look more into it.

Try downloading and installing the broker's MT4 package. My live account is not yet liveupdated only the demos. (rename or delete liveupdate.exe.)

Maybe other broker's terminal.exe is OK.

Would be interesting to hear if this is a general problem or specific to some brokers only???