Options Settings Window on Tools Menu on MT4 Software

The options button is used for a variety of many numerous different tasks on the MT4. The options button is listed within the tools menu in the MT4 as shown below. The Shortcut keys for this - Ctrl+O.

MT4 Options Settings

These are shown below: the list of various buttons are displayed as tabs as displayed on the image below. As a trader to edit anything on this window just click on any of these button keys & then change settings.

Server

The server settings for MT4 are shown below. A trader can edit from the tab, but most of the times it is not necessary as these options are automatically preset to the brokers’ server settings by the broker & there is no need to re-adjust them. However, just for tutorial purposes, Server will illustrate the server of your broker and if it is a Demo or a Real Server. The account sign in & password will also be displayed below and as a trader you can change the password from this window for demo accounts, however be careful if you're changing passwords details make sure to remember them.

Other options are, enable proxy server, this isn't required, Keep personal data at startup, this is checked by default, that way the platform will automatically remember your sign in and password so that you do not have to type them every time you sign in to your platform. Enable DDE server isn't required, Enable news is checked & you as a trader can use receive real time news data reports to your MetaTrader 4 on the News options, located in Terminal window, (Short cut Key Ctrl+T).

Chart

The following are marked on Charts Options

Show Trade Levels - These lines will show levels where orders were placed, it will also explain levels where pending orders are placed. This will also show the Take Profit Trade Order and StopLoss Order areas. These trade zones lines appear as red broken lines marking these trade areas.

If there's no open trade, no level will be illustrated: if many trades have been placed, multiple lines will be displayed for these levels.

Use Alt key to drag trade levels isn't a very suitable option to use, because if you place many orders you might change wrong order, therefore it's best to leave this as it is and not change it (Probability of this one losing you money is there so leave as it is)

Show OHCL - Show Opening, High, Closing and Low Prices for every candle

Show Ask Line - Show the Bid Price, (no need for this)

Show period separators - a separator will draw a line where the daily chart starts and ends, for example if you trade with 5 minutes, 15 minute or 1 H charts the period separator will draw a vertical line when the market closes for each trading day. (4 Hour separator is Weekly, for Daily and Weekly separator is Monthly).

Color Print - To print in color & not black white which is set by default, use this option & then next time you print it'll be a colored print and not black & white.

Save deleted charts to reopen - Save all charts which are deleted and these can be accessed later at any time within.

Max bars in History, Max bars in Chart - To save computer resources RAM, Processor Speed and Hard disk Space, these bars stored are limited to a specific number that is optimum, it is better to use default number selected.

Objects

These are:

Show properties after creation - immediately show indicator/line tool settings after it is placed on chart to facilitate editing of their property settings.

Choose Object after creation - an indicator/line tool can be chosen by double-clicking on it once it's plotted, to facilitate editing of its properties.

Select object by single mouse click - select an indicator/line tool using single mouse click not double clicking, double clicking will show the properties window of indicator/line tool

Magnet Sensitivity - immediately draw a line tool to the nearest low or high that is within 10 pixels of the point selected. This allows for lines plotted to more or less be placed on the levels they are intended without much editing by aligning these lines to the nearest high or low of price.

Trade

These are default used by the platform to determine what instrument you buy & what amount you buy.

Symbol by Default - Automatically set to the open chart which you've open

Size by default - Automatically use last lot size, or set every trade to be a default of 1 lot or 2 lots or 1 micro lot or 2 micro lots by select the default button key & then selecting the number of lots from drop don list next to this option.

Deviation - Set the allowed number of pips that can move away when executing an order for examples 2 pips, or zero pips if you want to specify to place trades at the exact level where you click.

One Click trading - Place trades buy or sell with one click. (do not use this option as it's prone to mistakes & no time to correct, this option can lose you money.)

Expert Advisors

Expert Advisors window is illustrated below:

following options are used:

Enable Expert Advisors - Allow for Expert Advisor to be placed on the chart for automated execution purposes

Disable experts when trading accounts have been changed - sign in to a different account deactivates EAs

Disable Experts when profile has been change - When you change profiles the EAs setting for allowing trading in the new profile is deactivated until you allow and manually place an Automated EA on this newly opened chart.

Allow Live Trading - Give Permission to EA to open trades on the live market.

(Ask Manual Confirmation - no needs for this if you're using EAs, leave this as it is shown without checking it.)

Allow DLL imports - Dynamic Link Libraries, which are external, unless required this should be left unticked/unticked. (External means that these are libraries that are referenced from external sources outside your computer, therefore you should be careful with this one)

Confirm DLL functions calls - Exercise manual permission for each & every function call, either allow it or disallow it depending on your trade parameters.

Allow External Experts imports - This is used to allow your Automated EA to reference some data from another Automated EA that is in another place, away from your computer, (External means these EA Bots are referenced from an external source outside your computer, so you need to be careful with this option)

Notifications

To receive notification to your mobile phone from your MetaTrader 4 platform, use the notifications option shown below. Not that you require to have a registration ID, from Metaquotes to start receiving these notifications sent to your phone via text messages.

Check the option, Enable Push Notifications, put your ID, press test and you should get a test notification text message. You require to first register for this ID, to do so, use the following window panel on your MT4 & follow the instruction you'll get from this Notification window.

Email Settings

Most traders may not really require this, but if you're one of the ones that require, the setting can be placed below.

Lets use this company, that owns this website, www.tradegoldtrading.com, click & check the button key labeled "Enable" the respective mail settings are shown below & the SMTP setting is "SMTP: Port 465", Choose and put these as shown below. Click test & check your inbox to confirm you receive the message.

Events

Events in MT4 are notifications, either sound notification, an e-mail or SMS alert. The notifications can be set for different events such as timeout, connect, disconnect, news, Expert Advisor, EA confirmation, price level alert and re quote alert.

Various types of alerts actions that can be set for any event can be chosen by double clicking on event action, pressing the dropdown arrow & then selecting the alert action that you want from the dropdown list shown and illustrated below.

MQL5 XAGUSD Trading EA Bots Community

The MQL5 community is a community where traders can find others and Exchange EAs & Trading Signals with each other. traders have to register to this community forum & can then access services from their platform directly. To get details on how to access & register in this community forum, login to your MT4 software & navigate to the window shown below & follow the instructions.

MQL5 Trading Signals

The signal settings are provided by MQL5, MQL5 is the owner of MetaTrader Software. Signals service allows traders to adjust the following:

Signal - First Subscribe to a signal

Agree to Terms - Agree to the terms of using the signal service

Enable Real time signal subscription - allow realtime transmission of signals to your platform.

Use Trusted Execution Token( TET ) - Trusted execution token means you do not have to open your MT4 on your PC Desktop computer to have signals executed, Trusted Execution Token will allow signals to be executed even if your MetaTrader 4 is not started on your PC Desktop computer.

Copy Stop Loss Order and Take-Profit Order Levels - Copy these levels from signal provider automatically.

Use no more than - Option for money management, set an amount of 10% for the aggressive traders and 5% for the non aggressive traders, that way you limit your risk capital in your account.

Stop if equity is less than - Set a percent to calculate this level for example if your equity is $10,000 then use 70%, that is $7,000 & set this amount: if the signal makes a loss upto this point the signal execution is stopped.

Deviation/Slippage - you can set a value like 2 so as to give some flexibility in case of slippage of a few pips here and there when executing trades with your broker, especially if your broker is one of those who re-quotes you. (Get an STP Broker with No-Requotes Policy to guarantee execution of your trades & avoid these slippages).