Trade Stock Indices

Learn Stock Indices Trading for Beginners Tutorials

Learn MT4 Indices Platform

The following tutorials explain how to use the MetaTrader 4 software, each guide is accompanied by numerous screen-shots so as to help traders to understand concepts explained & make it easier to learn about this online indices trading platform.

Introduction

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Advanced Topics

How to Place Indices Technical Indicators

The MT4 is part of the online stock indices trading market. The MT4 software is installed on a client's computer.

The image below shows user inter-face of MT4.

Learn MT4 Indices Software Guide - MT4 Stock Index Platform Tutorial

MetaTrader 4 platform Workspace

According to indices trading platforms reviews, MT4 is the most widely used indices platform. This is because it is easy to learn & can do the following tasks.

The MT4 software is installed on a indices trader's PC Desktop computer and it is intended to accomplish the following:

  • Plot graphical Data about exchange rates in the form of a grid/chart
  • Receive streaming exchange quotes from the indices brokers
  • Perform indices trading transaction operations: buying and selling
  • Show the open indices trading transactions & orders within indices trading platform workspace
  • Perform technical analysis
  • Testing of strategies on practice practice stock indices trading accounts
  • Coding of custom indicators & Expert Advisors for the purpose of automated indices trading.
  • Provide statements of transaction history & a summary of profits/losses.

This is a free indices platform that is provided for by online indices brokers. You can download the platform from online brokers web sites, once you download it, you should then setup & install the platform on a Desktop computer which has an inter net connection and then connect to your stock indices broker & begin receiving streaming quotes.

The MetaTrader 4 online indices trading platform which is also referred to as MT4, is designed to provide technical tools that can be used by Indices traders to make buy or sell decisions. This indices software provides online quotes and streaming data about stock indices price movement drawn in the form of stock indices price charts. This information is delivered direct to the MT4 platform interface. This information that is delivered in form of real-time quotes is then interpreted using technical analysis tools which are provided for within this online trading platform.

The MT4 has different window & chart panels, each designed to deliver a different type of market information, starting with the exchange rate quotes used to draw indices trading graphs to the stock indices trading market data window, toolbars for attaching indicators & main menu bar used to navigate the platform.