MT4 Platform Connection Bars

One quick method to check the real time internet connection between your MT4 platform & the server of your online broker is to check the MetaTrader 4 status bars on the MetaTrader 4 platform interface - MetaTrader 4 Connection Bar on MetaTrader 4 Status Bar.

On the example explained and illustrated below the MT4 Connection Bars on MetaTrader 4 Status Bar is Shown:

The MT4 status bar is used to show if there is a connection to the servers or not, if there is a connection to the server, then a trader can place trades to the online market using MetaTrader 4 charts. When there is a connection MetaTrader 4 charts can then keep updating - if MT4 Charts on your trading platform are Not Updating - you should first check the connectivity using the MT4 Connection bars in MT4 Status Bar.

Green Bars - on the Connection bars in MetaTrader 4 Status Bar shows there's a connection, next to the green bars there will also be the kilobytes downloaded and uploaded indicated as a figure.

Red Bars - Connection bars in MT4 Status Bar show that there is no connection & trades to the online brokers' server cannot be opened.

Red bars might also mean that your internet connection is down, henceforth if you are using a connection like dial up & red bars come up, then maybe it is your internet connection, & not necessarily the broker's server. A common question by traders is - Why are MT4 Charts Not Updating? if your MetaTrader 4 charts are not updating then you may need to first check the connection of the MetaTrader 4 software to your broker using this MetaTrader 4 connection bars on MetaTrader 4 status bar - MT4 Charts Not Updating.

To show the status bars on the MT4 software, a trader needs to use the "Status Bar" button on the 'View' menu options as illustrated below, Click to check, once the option is checked the MetaTrader 4 status bar will appear at the bottom right corner of your MT4 Software.

How to check if there is an online connection on the MT4 Software Platform

MT4 Software Connection Bars on the Status Bar - Green Bars indicate that the connection is online and Red Bars show that the connection is offline. The connection might be either your internet service provider or broker server. Most of the time it'll be your internet service provider as the brokers have 2 to 3 simultaneous servers and there's no way all of them can be offline even if it's for 1 second.

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