How to Add a Custom Indicator
How to Setup a Metals Custom Indicator to Your MT4 Metals Trading Platform
- Download the MetaTrader 4 custom indicator.
- Locate the Custom technical indicator & copy this MT4 custom indicator file.
- Open the data folder on MT4 platform.
- Open MQL4 file in MetaTrader 4.
- Locate the Navigator Window.
- On the navigator panel, find the Custom Trading Indicators option.
- Open your Custom indicator by double-clicking the indicator.
- The Custom Technical Indicator Properties window panel will popup.
- The Custom Indicator Will now be added to your MT4 metal trading platform.
How to install custom indicators on MT4 Platform
Metal Trading Add Custom Indicators to Metal Trading MetaTrader 4 Platform
MT4 Metal Software Meta-Editor Guide: Adding Custom Indicators
The Meta-Editor language Editor is a programming environment on the MT4 metals platform which metal traders can use to add new Custom Technical Indicators, Scripts, Libraries and Include Files which are used in coding. The MT4 metal platform Meta Editor is commonly used by Metals traders who use Automated Metals Trading EAs to place trades. This learn MT4 tutorial we shall look at how to add a custom indicator on the MetaTrader 4 platform using the MetaEditor, to learn how to add a new EA you can go to the: Adding a new MT4 Metals Trading Expert-Advisor MT4 Metals Trading Platform Guide.
The MT4 online metals trading platform Meta Editor environment is illustrated and shown below.
How to Add a Custom Indicator to MT4 Platform - Adding Custom Indicators
MetaEditor Menu
How to Setup a Metals Custom Indicator to Your MT4 Metals Trading Platform
On the MetaTrader 4 metal trading platform, after adding an Indicator a trader will need to compile this newly added item so that it can now be recognized by the MetaTrader 4 Metals Platform and start to appear on MT4 platform Navigator Panel.
Adding a New Custom Indicator in MT4 Platform
After you have opened the Meta Quotes Language MetaEditor on your MT4 metal trading platform as displayed above (Key board Short-Cut Key - Press F4), you can then follow the steps below:
Step1: Go To File Menu, Then Select 'New'
How to Add a Custom Indicator - Adding Custom Indicators in MT4 Platform
Step2: On the Popup window that appears on your screen choose 'Custom Technical Indicator' and then click next.
Adding Custom Indicators on The MT4 Online Metals Trading Platform
Step3: Choose & Enter a Name as Shown Below and then Click Next
Creating Custom Metals Indicator in MT4 Platform
Step4: Specify if it is to show on a separate panel or not, Then Click Finish
Creating Custom MetaTrader 4 Technical Indicator
For an MetaTrader 4 custom indicator that's a metals price overlay - don't check this box, and for an oscillator like the RSI or Stochastic Oscillator - check the above option.
Following Program will pop-up on the MT4 Metals trade platform MetaEditor Window
Adding Custom Indicator in MetaTrader 4 Platform
To program a customized MetaTrader 4 indicator it requires that you're a programmer who knows the C plus plus Object Oriented Programming Language, which is the programming language that the MQL4 programming language uses in the programming of the MT4 metals software. Or you can find the community of MQL4 Programmers & they can program the custom indicator for you.
Step4: Compile
Do not forget to compile, for MT4 Metals Trading custom indicator to be recognized by the MT4 metals trading platform: one must compile the program, then close and restart the MT4 metal trading platform, just like restarting your PC computer Desktop PC - you'll restart MetaTrader 4 metal trading platform so that the new added custom MT4 custom technical indicator can begin appearing & be listed on the MT4 Navigator Window.
Compile New Custom Indicator in MetaTrader 4 Platform
If there are no Errors, it will be compiled successfully without any error as displayed above.
Step5: Rebegin MT4 online metal software & it should now be listed on the MT4 Navigation Menu as illustrated and shown below and you can start trading with the new added custom trading technical indicator.
New MetaTrader 4 Metals Trading Indicator Added To The Metals Trading Platform
How to Add a Downloaded Custom Metal Technical Indicator on Metals Trading Platform
If you download an indicator from a source on the internet for example on www.tradegoldtrading.com, and it is now on your PC Desktop computer - to add it to the MetaTrader 4 metal platform, follow steps below:
Step1: On the MT4 Metals Software File Menu of the Meta-Editor, Choose 'Open'
Open a Downloaded Metals Technical Indicator Using MetaEditor
Step2: Locate the Download Folder from the Popup window that appears as illustrated and shown below.
Metals Trading Add Custom Indicators to Metals MetaTrader 4 Platform?
Step3: Once you open the downloaded custom technical indicator it'll be displayed in the MetaEditor Work Space - you can then follow the above procedure for compiling the downloaded MT4 indicator, once it's compiled without errors, restart your MetaTrader 4 metal software & it will now be added on the metals platform navigator menu & you can begin to trade with it on your MT4 Metals Trading Software.
