Login to a MetaTrader 4 Account

Trading Account Login

Prior to opening any trade on the MT4 software, you'll be required to sign in to your MetaTrader Trading Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is confirming to see if the details you provide for User-name & Password are the correct details for your MetaTrader Account.

To begin trading on MT4, just click on 'File', then select & click 'Log In' button from the file drop down menu as shown below.

Indices MetaTrader Account Login

As a stock index trader once you click this login button, then a window pop up will pop up prompting you to in put your Username and Password as displayed & illustrated below:

Indices MetaTrader Account Login

Once you in put your User Name and Password you'll then have to select the server: because this is a demo trading account, for this instance you'll then choose 'Demo', if it was a live MetaTrader account/live account then you would have to choose 'Real' Server on this option by clicking on drop-down arrow on right side of the above text box.

Then tick the box 'Save Account Information'

Then Click 'Log 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 MetaTrader account you can start to trade & place new orders in the stock market on the Meta Trader 4 platform. If you don't have MetaTrader Account sign in details you can get these details by registering a practice trade account with a MetaTrader broker.

Once you sign in you can then check your account balance & set up your stock trades. To know that you have signed in to the correct MetaTrader Account you can check the details as shown below: (You will need to open Navigator Window: Short Cut Keyboard Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your keyboard)

Meta Trader 4 Practice Demo Trading Account Details

The above example Shows the details of your MetaTrader 4 demo account on the trade platform work space after you have logged in, whether it is a practice account or a live account as well as the account log in number & the account name.

A demo account will have a green cartoon icon while live account will have a indices cartoon icon, when you open a live account you'll know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there's a green cartoon you'll now see a Indices Cartoon.

If you have many Indices 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 sign in to from the place.

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Login to a MetaTrader 4 Account

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