How to Login to a MT4 Forex Account - MT4 Software Tutorial - Forex MetaTrader Account
MetaTrader Forex Account Login - Forex Trading Account Sign In - Forex Trading MetaTrader Accounts Login
Before placing any trade on the MT4 Forex trading platform, you will be required to log in to your Forex MetaTrader Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is checking to see if the details you provide for User-name & Password are correct details for your Forex MetaTrader Account.
To start trading in MT4 platform, just click on "File", then select and click "Login" button from the file drop down menu as shown below.
Log in to MetaTrader 4 Online Platform - Forex MetaTrader Account Log in
As a trader once you click this login button, then a popup window will appear prompting you to in put your Username and Password as shown & illustrated below:
Forex Platform Login - Forex MetaTrader Account Log in
Once you in put your Username & Password you will then have to choose the server: because this is a demo trading account, for this instance you will then choose "Demo", if it was a real Forex MetaTrader account/live forex account then you would have to choose "Real" Server on this option by clicking the drop down arrow on the right side of the above text box.
Then tick box "Save Account Information"
Then Click 'Sign in'
Once you click login your details will be authenticated & you'll then have access to your MT4 account and when logged in to your forex MetaTrader account you can begin to trade & place new forex orders in the market on the MetaTrader 4 platform. If you do not have Forex MetaTrader Account login details you can get these details by registering a practice trading account with a MetaTrader broker.
Once you sign in you can then check your forex account balance and set up your forex currency trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct Forex MetaTrader Account you can check the details as shown below: (You will need to open Navigator Window: Short Cut Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your keyboard)
MetaTrader 4 Demo Account Details
The above example Shows the details of your MetaTrader 4 demo account on the Forex trade platform work-space after you have logged in, whether it is a practice account or a live account as well as the account login number and the account name.
A demo account will have a green cartoon icon while live Forex trading account will have a gold cartoon icon, when you open a live trading account you'll know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there is a green cartoon you will now see a Gold Cartoon.
If you have many Forex MetaTrader Accounts on the same MT4 platform, these will all be listed on this option, you can double click on the cartoon icon to select the one you want to login to from this place.
