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A stop loss is one of the most basic pieces of risk management on any trading platform, and the MetaTrader 4 mobile app makes it available wherever you are. Whether you are placing a new orde...

A forex trader shows how to set a top loss on MT4 mobile.

How to Set a Stop Loss on MT4 Mobile

Getting MetaTrader 5 running on a Mac is a common question among TIOmarkets clients, and the answer follows the same pattern as MT4: there is no native macOS installer on the TIOmarkets MT5 p...

A forex trader shows how to install MT5 on Mac. 

How to Install MT5 on Mac

Running MetaTrader 4 on a Mac is something many TIOmarkets clients ask about, and the answer is less straightforward than on Windows. MT4 is fundamentally a Windows application, and the TIOma...

A forex trader shows how to install MT4 on a Mac. 

How to Install MT4 on Mac

Moving MetaTrader 4 to a new computer is straightforward in principle: install the platform, log in to your TIOmarkets account, and you are trading again. In practice, most traders also want ...

A forex trader shows how to set up MT4 on a new computer. 

How to Set Up MT4 on a New Computer

MetaTrader 4 is a trading platform built by MetaQuotes, but it does not connect to any market by itself. To place real trades or view live prices, MT4 needs to be connected to a broker's serv...

A forex trader shows how to connect M4 to a broker. 

How to Connect MT4 to a Broker

MetaTrader 4 is designed to handle more than one trading account from a single installation. Whether you are switching between a demo and a live account, running parallel strategies across di...

A forex trader shows how to switch between accounts on MT4.

How to Switch Between Accounts on MT4

Adding a new account to MetaTrader 4 is something most traders do at some point: a demo alongside a live account, a second live account for a different strategy, or a clean account after a lo...

A forex trader shows how to add a new account on MT4.

How to Add a New Account to MT4

The password for your MetaTrader 4 trading account is issued by TIOmarkets at the time of registration. If you want to change it for security reasons, or if you have forgotten the current pas...

A forex trader shows how to reset your MT4 password. 

How to Reset Your MT4 Password

The MT4 server name is the address MetaTrader 4 uses to connect to TIOmarkets's trading infrastructure. It is paired with your account number and password as the three pieces of information n...

A forex trader shows how to find your MT4 server name. 

How to Find Your MT4 Server Name

Your MT4 account number, also called the login, is the unique identifier for your trading account. It is needed when logging in for the first time, when adding the account to a different comp...

A forex trader shows how to find your MT4 account number. 

How to Find Your MT4 Account Number

Logging into MetaTrader 4 for the first time is a short process, but the first attempt is where most setup problems occur. The server name, login number, and password all have to be exactly r...

A forex trader shows how to log into MT4 for the first time. 

How to Log Into MT4 for the First Time

Backtesting an Expert Advisor on MetaTrader 4 is the process of running an EA's logic against historical price data to see how it would have performed during a past period. The Strategy Teste...

A screen shows how to back test an EA on MT4. 

How to Backtest an EA on MT4

The Strategy Tester is a built-in tool in MetaTrader 4 that lets you run a trading strategy against historical data. It is primarily used to backtest Expert Advisors (EAs), but custom indicat...

A forex trader shows how to use the MT4 strategy tester. 

How to Use the MT4 Strategy Tester

Price alerts in MetaTrader 5 let you be notified when a market reaches a defined level, when a specific time arrives, or when volume conditions are met. Instead of having to watch the screen ...

Forex traders show how to set up price alerts on MT5.

How to Set Up Price Alerts on MT5

Alerts in MetaTrader 4 are a way to be notified when a market reaches a defined price level, when a specific time arrives, or when certain volume conditions are met. Instead of having to watc...

A forex trader shows how to set up alerts on MT4. 

How to Set Up Alerts on MT4

Adding indicators to a chart is straightforward in MetaTrader 4, but charts can quickly become crowded if old indicators are left in place. Knowing how to remove an indicator cleanly, or how ...

A forex trader demonstrates how to remove an indicator from MT4. 

How to Remove an Indicator from MT4

Fibonacci retracement is one of the most widely-used drawing tools in technical analysis. It is rooted in the Fibonacci number sequence and the ratios derived from it, and traders apply it to...

A forex trader shows how to add Fibonacci Retracement on MT4.

How to Add Fibonacci Retracement on MT4

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator, commonly known as MACD, is one of the most widely-used momentum indicators in technical analysis. It is built into MetaTrader 4 as a stand...

A forex trader shows how to add MACD on MT4. 

How to Add MACD on MT4

The Relative Strength Index, commonly known as RSI, is one of the most widely-used oscillators in technical analysis. It measures the magnitude of recent price changes to evaluate whether an ...

A forex trader shows how to add RSI on MT4. 

How to Add RSI on MT4

Bollinger Bands are a popular volatility indicator developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s. The indicator plots three lines on the chart: a middle band that is a simple moving average of pri...

Forex trader displays how to add Bollinger Bands on MT4.

How to Add Bollinger Bands on MT4

A moving average is one of the most widely used technical indicators in trading. It smooths price action by averaging the price over a defined number of bars, producing a single line that fol...

Forex traders showing how to add a moving average on MT4. 