MT4 Platform Connection Bars

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

On the illustration explained & illustrated below the MT4 Connection Bars on MT4 Status Bar is Shown:

The MT4 software status bar is used to display if there is a connection to the servers or not, if there is a connection to the server, then a trader can place trade positions to the online market using MetaTrader 4 charts. When there is a connection MT4 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 MT4 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 & trade positions to the online brokers' server can not 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 MT4 charts are not updating then you may need to first check the connection of the MetaTrader 4 software to your broker using this MT4 connection bars on MT4 status bar - MT4 Charts Not Updating.

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

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 is no way all of them can be offline even if it's for 1 second.

More Topics and Courses:

Trade Stock Indices

MT4 Platform Connection Bars

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