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The exceptional online trading tool - Meta Trader 4 | London Business News - London Loves Business


The exceptional online trading tool - Meta Trader 4 | London Business News - London Loves Business

Posted: 17 Jun 2020 09:27 AM PDT

Both retail and professional retail financial traders have a place to call home (MetaTrader 4).It is a trading platform that features a user-friendly interface. It was initiated in 2005 by MetaQuotes. It has a preference for forex trading, but It's open for use to a broad category of markets including cryptocurrencies, commodities, indices, and forex

The trading platform has gained momentum since it has striking features. Besides, traders can modify the platform to suit their trading preferences. Meta Trader 4 can also mechanize your trading with the help of opening and closing trade algorithms in line with set parameters. Its friendly user interface gives traders access to flexible trading systems and innovative technical analysis.

How to use Meta Trader 4

We are going to discuss on how to set-up Meta Trader 4 on different devices

Setting up MT4 on Windows

MT4 for Android is available on Google Play Store. Still, you can download it through the Admiral Markets.

The process of installing Meta Trader 4 on windows is simple. Also, the tool is compatible with a broad range of operating systems. After downloading MT4, you just have to open the .exe file and implement the on-screen instruction to install.

Process of installing Meta Trader 4 on Mac

Through Admiral Markets, Mac users use Meta Trader 4 with ease, just like Windows users. This is because admiral markets have a native OSX version. In fact, MT4 for windows have minimal difference with MT4 for Mac. All this is because of the admiral markets enhance easy access to the trading platform. That way, you access all features offered in the regular MT4 program. They include;

  • Modifiable indicators
  • Live Quotes
  • 1-Click-Trading
  • Multiple time frames and so on

Nevertheless, it is a challenge emulating Expert advisors. Therefore, it's best to refrain from using trading robots and custom indicators on your MT4 Mac application.

Installation process

Installing MT4on your Mac is effortless. The process is similar to other methods of installing different softwares unavailable in the Apple App Store.

First, download the app. It's a heavy app with its size ranging to 200Mb, but again the size depends on the version. After downloading, click on the downloaded file and add it to the application's directory. Complete all the necessary steps to install the tool on your Mac OSX. Since the application is not sourced from Apple App Store, then you have to enable unsigned applications on your Mac.

Using MT4 on iPhone

Visit Apple App Store and on the search bar type Admiral Markets Meta Trader 4. Make sure you download the appear. After downloading, hit the 'install' option to install the app on your iPhone. Ensure you have enough space. Having done that, open the app. Now log in to your account, and you will be good to go.

How to trade with MT4

If you want to start trading with MT4, use the 'order' window to place an order. That's the simplest method of opening a trade in MT4. To select a currency pair, 'hit' the Window option. You will find the tab at the top side on the Meta Trader 4 platform. Hit the 'new window' on the platform's toolbar. Alternatively, you can open an order page by pressing F9.

Symbol- this option allows you to select your preferred market. There are markets such as stock indices, gold, or forex.

Volume; volume allows you to select your trade size, such as the number of CDF or lots. One lot is equivalent to 100,000 base currency units.

Type; after pressing 'sell' or 'buy' select 'instant execution.' Furthermore, you can select 'pending order' to head to open trade.

Stop-loss; this a risk control tool. It is meant to minimize losses. It tracks pips and closes out trades once they hit a certain level.

Take-profit; Trades are excited the moment profits reach a set level.

Comment-this section allows you to write trade commentary. If you wish, you can add it to your trading journal.

Slippage; with 'deviation' setting, it's possible to control slippage.

Monitoring and closing positions

Select 'View' followed by 'terminal' to go to the MT4 terminal. Press the' trade' option. At this point, you can select 'x' to close a position. You will find 'x' on the right side of the profit section. To customize limits and stops, double click the position. Also, you can right-click the pending order if you wish to make any changes. After that, click the 'modify' option.

That said, experts and new traders have a smooth ride with Meta Trader 4. The tool has taken trade to new levels. You can download the tool on your device today to get started.

“Mind The Gap!” – The life and times of a man on the move Episode 97 - FinanceFeeds

Posted: 21 Jun 2020 09:44 AM PDT

Are your clients mug punters or astute? The recent comparisons open a very heated debate as my week became peppered with in depth discussions…..

In this weekly series, I look back on what stood out, what was bemusing, amusing and interesting during my weekly travels, interesting findings within the FX industry and interaction with an ever-shrinking big wide world. This is purely observational and for your enjoyment

A dog with a digital bone

It certainly appears that comparison tests between products are somewhat lacking within the electronic trading sector, however there is definitely value in comparing like with like, in the form of read-across systems from one manufacturer or software vendor against another.

FinanceFeeds has recently been evaluating some ancillary services, choosing certain criteria within which to evaluate and provide comparative opinion on similar products from different vendors, with quite a response, some angst-filled, some concurrent and some interested in what is effectively a third party looking from an impartial point of view at rival products which are used by traders and brokers alike.

Recently, we looked at analytics and charting software, picking out areas which brokers may consider when using different analytics and charting companies to provide content, calls to action and technical analysis as a retention and engagement tool for their clients.

One such reply from an opinionated but experienced FX industry technologist gave quite an abstract but worthwhile view.

"Andrew, I thought your summary on platform selection regarding charting systems very good. You know my view. Usually, use of this type of system doesnt budge the win: loss ratio of retail traders in the aggregate, because most technical analysis platforms don't show the probability of the trade being successful and given most patterns are not, they generate more noise than signal" he said.

"I suppose you could certainly say that engagement tools prevent or slow down some of the churn, you have to approach it as though you are there for the arrival and not the joruney if you are a retail trader" he said.

"I think that the immutable LAW is that 80 to 90% of traders will lose money in order for the few successful to reap the rewards if we look at some of the smaller to medium sized retail brokers as having totally embraced the b-book, and hey, we live in the illusion of a free world or freedom in thinking but, ultimately it is their money to lose" said our commenter.

"It is my view that the retail industry deserves the freedom to be able to manipulate and exploit these vulnerabilities, as much as FaceBook's dumbos give away their data for free, and I recently saw the Finance Magnates virtual conference which got me thinking about all of this even more, however given your insights, why not compare, say Synthetix.exchange v MT4 platform, or trade.connect v Thinkmarkets MT4, which means DLT or DeFi v centralised MT4" – was the nugget of wisdom here.

I actually think that is a very good idea. MetaTrader 4 is absolutely obsolete, and was never really designed as a bona fide trading platform, it was designed as an affiliate marketing medium, with a dealing desk at one end and the trader who had been a novice, or perhaps deposited into one of the early-2000s dodgy casinos, and then the same marketing company calls the same leads and tries to manipulate them into thinking they are traders, when there was never a live market.

Those days of course are thankfully gone, however the MetaTrader 4 in more or less the same guise at the front end that it had in 2004, is still an onboarding tool rather than a de facto trading software. You can't compare it to professional platforms such as Trading Technologies, a company that is equally as old as the hills which surround its Illinois home, but is constantly providing new and dynamic upgrades because its users are actual traders rather than leads.

Retail firms can only empower themselves and elevate their client base if they either invest heavily in developing and supporting their own trading infastructure, something I have been an advocate of for many years – for example I showed dismay when IC Markets, one of the largest and most profitable electronic trading companies in the world, upped sticks and went offshore when they could easily have invested a bit of the $500 million monthly revenues into developing a rival stockbroking or personal wealth platform for the Australian market and beat all of the challenger banks at their own game due to having no debts or VC shareholders, plus own their own IP and list on a public exchange, something that is not possible with everything outsourced to MetaQuotes.

For brokers with slightly less expendible resources who still wish to bring their standard of client up and increase loyalty, a custom platform from firms like Devexperts, such as the new dxTrade system, would be an answer. Devexperts' client base consists mainly of banks and professional trading firms in North America, so instead of being subservient to an affilate marketing system and a white label of MetaTrader, your brokerage would be able to offer services to high standards of trader as the software vendor you choose seriously affects how business is conducted.

Our intreped commenter went on to ask me "Are DLT or DeFi platforms the new trading platform [smart contract, digitalise any asset / broker offering tokens such as synthetix SNX or Binance's BNB as useful tools for the platform, for trading or as speculative tokens in themselves?"

He said "This seems the path of the future, but the old grey suits still talk about tools for brokers, spreads to zero, fragmented liquidity, PoP v BS-PoP, and to think that rented technology tied up in MT4, evolving to multi asset MT5 brokers are the front end of the industry, when in the sandpit out at the back, all this interesting stuff is going on: P2P trading, stable coins allow staking to earn returns, tokens as collateral, client money in wallets not in the broker, which may happen much more so let the children play and the adults sit on their fat arses are discuss important things."

"All the so called media reporting, in my opinion, are that these platforms are outliers, limited to cryptopunks or geeks if mentioned at all, mentioned in passing so I recommend to think of Christenson's disruption cycle, that being the pattern that incumbents wont take notice of these DeFi platforms until to late" he said.

"If you can wipe out operational costs to zero, what sort of competitor do you have – think what Plus500 did to the incumbents in simple low cost automated marketing – therefore it is worth thinking about what a DeFi platform can do using smart contracts, oracles, unlimited liquidity pools, creating any synthetic or digitalised asset to trade [mint and burn ] and perhaps in the future the use of stable coins on the platform where no fiat is required, however where is all this talk among the grey suits of the industry on these points?" he asked.

"I may bang on about 'retail' mug punters losing money to these 10 + year old neanderthal institutions using rented technology based around marketing machines, their end point has been decided and the tech has evolved to replace them but in the end, in this dog-eat-dog world, retail traders will still lose money, and there will be more of em, but the percentages never change" he said.

"Hence the industry will survive and proposer, but in an evolving space, which is good news for the firms that build shovels for miners (pun intended) – the cycle continues. Here is a sticky wicket question: what is the difference between a scam platform like the-bitcoinrevolution.com and a FX margin broker that offers 500:1 leverage to trade FX, when 80% of their client lose money?.. Answer: One presumably has a license to operate!"

Wishing you all a super week ahead!

How to Use Metatrader 4 for Trading - News Anyway

Posted: 13 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST

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Thanks to Forex brokers, currency exchange is now easily accessible to any individual in the UK and other countries. Platforms are indispensable elements of trading, as all operations are conducted through the software. Read on for a brief comparison of Metatrader 4 vs Metatrader 5 and key aspects of working with the older system.

Why Choose MT4

Despite being relatively old, this platform remains the top pick for many traders around the world. MT4 has a modern interface allowing easy navigation, and it may be installed for free from the FXTM website. A broker conducting legal business in the UK, the company provides clients with comprehensive guidance and support at every step of the way.

Main Features of the Platform

The program comes with a range of visual aids that facilitate trading decisions. These include:

  • customizable indicators;
  • quotes in the live mode;
  • 1-click-trading;
  • range of time frames, and
  • unlimited charts.

Naturally, since Forex trading takes place on different continents, the software has been adapted to different languages and currencies. You may trade major currency pairs, cross pairs, or exotic combinations, and get support in the language you speak. Overall, MT4 arms you with all key tools necessary for a currency trader. If you are willing to diversify your portfolio with CFDs, stocks or commodities, you should switch to MetaTrader 5.

How to Install

Neither Windows nor Mac users should experience any difficulties. Download the package from your broker's website and run the wizard. In case of Mac, you may have to follow the standard procedures for any software from outside the App Store.

The mobile version allows tracking of finance trends and management of trades wherever you are. Software for portable devices may be easily found in the Google Play Store and App Store. There are also thousands of user reviews.

Sign In and Log Out

Signing in is the first step after the initial run. If you are not prompted to do it automatically, head to the 'File' tab and use the 'Login to Trade Account' button. Here, the details you enter may relate to a demo or a live account. The former serves training purposes, and it should be used by every rookie at the beginning of their Forex journey.

Do not look for the logout button, as it does not exist. If you wish to prevent the program from saving your login details, this is achieved through setting adjustment. Make sure the 'Save Account Information' box is left unchecked.

Trading Procedures: The Basics

The platform operates using an order-based system language (MQ4). Hence, opening a trade requires you to place an order. This is done via the 'Order' window, which allows instant placement. Just choose the desired currency pair on the top 'Window' tab, activate 'New Window' and 'New Order' on the toolbar.

This window specifies all the required data: the pair, the volume (in lots), the Stop Loss and Take Profit values, and type of trade. There are also graphs with the latest shifts of Bid and Ask prices. The second way to open a trade is with the 'Order' window summoned by F9.

How soon do you want the trade to be executed? For an immediate result, choose the 'Market Execution' type. Otherwise, select the so-called "limit" or "stop" order. This way, execution is programmed to take place at a certain predefined level different from the current market price. Short positions (when you sell currency to buy more of it back once the price falls), the procedure is particularly simple — you just place a sell trade to open.

How to Exit

Find the 'Trade' tab in the 'Terminal' window (activated via CTRL+T). All the current open trades are in the 'Trade' section. Right-click on any order to finalize it via 'Close Order'. This manual approach is best when there are several trades open simultaneously.

Stop or Limit Orders

Use the 'Take Profit' option in the 'Order" window and enter the target price level. Choose 'Pending Order' as position type and choose 'Buy Limit' or 'Sell Limit' from the drop-down menu.

MT: Key features and advantages of trading with MetaTrader 4

MD: MetaTrader 4 is a popular platform tailored to currency trading. Discover the functions and benefits making it a top choice.

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