MetaTrader Australia

The current price shown on an MT4 chart is the bid price. When looking at a price bar or candle, you must add the spread to the high bid price to know what the high ask price would have been, or add the spread to the low bid price to know what the low ask [...]

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When placing orders from charts there is no need to remember which type of pending orders to use.

To place a pending order via a chart just right click with mouse on the desired point in the chart where you would like to place the order and select the “Trading” command in the menu. You will [...]

If you accidentally close a chart it can be reopened with all its settings using “File -> Open Deleted”.

Source: http://articles.mql4.com/189

Press F10 to open the Popup prices window.
To enable the popup window to be “Always on the Top” right mouse click in the popup window. This will enable you quotes while working with other applications.

You can also select “Properties…” in the right click menu of the popup prices window, which will allow you to [...]

The MQL programming opens new opportunities for the automated trading, many people all over the world already have appreciated it.
When we are writing an Expert Advisor for trading, we must be sure that it will work correctly.
Many newbies often have some questions when the results of some mathematical calculations differ from those expected. The program [...]

If news is disabled your internet traffic will be reduced.
To disable news simply open the “Tools -> Options” menu and un-tick the “Enable news” field in the “Server” tab.

Source: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/479/metatrader-tips-save-bandwidth-disable-news/

Double left click with your mouse button on the “Terminal” window title bar to minimize it to the bar of the current account status.
This is a quick and easy way to add some additional space for the charts.
To restore, double-click in the minimized window or select the “Restore” command in the context menu.

Source: http://www.metatraderglobal.com/467/metatrader-tips-minimize-terminal-window/

Recently, Alpari Russia announced the upcoming availability of MetaTrader 5 for its clients. Real trading accounts will be available after the general public beta testing of MetaTrader 5. As we know, the new version of MetaTrader will allow to trade not only forex but options, futures and equities. This means that brokers who offer trading [...]

The new Metatrader 5 platform and the MQL5 language are nearing the end of development and will be probably launched in fall 2009. MT5 will replace MT4 and the new code is completely written from scratch. The bad point is that MT5 will be not compatible with MT4. This means that every indicator and expert [...]