How to Save MT4 Template Trading Strategy

On MT4, you might want to save the your workspace or the the trade system that you're trading with so that to easily load it the next time you sign in.

Also Check : Saving a Template on MetaTrader 4

On the Platform Software There are Two Ways for Saving

The Work-Space - The work-space is the charts which you have opened along with the information on these trading charts such as the attached trading systems. Saving a workspace will save all this data and you as a gold trader can use easily load this information any other time in your software.

On the workspace button on the MetaTrader 4 (shown below) a trader can save several different work spaces & load them at another time.

Template - The template in other words is the trade system you are using to trade with. For example you have just placed a set of 4 indicators on your chart, but you also trade other charts & you do not want to redo all the work of putting the same technical indicators on the other charts all over again, so what do you do? You save it as a template and then load it on the other charts. But how does a trader do this on the Platform MetaTrader 4.

Template and Work Space in MetaTrader 4

Method of How Do I Save a Workspace or System in MT4?

Saving a System as a Template MT4

From screenshot below all a xauusd trader has to do is to click the buttons below Templates Icon and select the "Save Templates" Button.

Saving a Template on MetaTrader 4

Method of How to Save a Workspace or System in MT4 - How Do I Save Trading Strategy as a MT4 Template?

Saving a Template on MetaTrader 4 - How to Save MT4 Template Trading Strategy

If as a trader you want to save the above gold strategy on your MetaTrader 4 platform, press the templates button as illustrated above, then select "Save Template" as illustrated above, then specify the "name" of the trading system & click the "okay".

To load a template on another chart, click the "Load Template Button" as shown above, then select the path of where to load the trading system from. You can even choose to download a trade system template, if you have downloaded, or want to select a trading template that is saved from another MT4 of another broker within your PC computer drive C: / Programs / MT4 / templates / Name of System.

To load a template, there is a shortcut listing of saved templates press on item on the short-cut listed to load it.

Saving a Work-Space

To save a workspace (not a template) which is a collection of the open charts & all the indicators attached to these trading charts on the Software, Click the "Save Work-Space" button key illustrated below.

MT4 Workspace - How to Save MT4 Work Space Charts

Method of How Do I Save a Workspace or Strategy in MT4? - How Do I Save Trading System as MT4 Template?

Load a Workspace on MT4

Saving the above Work-Space - Press "Save Profile", and choose the profile with the name "Euro"

To load this Workspace anytime, press the short-cut above that's marked "Euro"

To load the British Pound Workspace, press the above short-cut that is marked "British Pound"

When trading you can "load" or "save" a template or workspace and then place it on another chart by simply clicking on one platform button provided as shown above, this makes it is easier to trade with the MetaTrader 4 Software.

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On the Platform Software There are Two Ways for Saving

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