Learn MetaTrader 5 Indices Trading Software

The following tutorials explain how to use the MT5 Indices Trading Platform, each tutorial is accompanied by numerous screen shots so as to help traders to understand the concepts explained and make it easier to learn about this online indices trading platform.

Introduction

• Indices Trading Platform Introduction
• Installing MT5 Online Indices Trading Platform

File

• Opening a Demo Account Procedure
• Open a Indices Chart
• Opening Offline Chart
• Opening a Deleted Chart
• Saving a Profile
• Login to an Account
• Printing Indices Charts

View

• Changing Language
• Tool Bars
• Connection Bars
• Charts Bar
• Market Watch Window
• Data Window
• Navigator Window
• MetaTrader 5 Terminal Window
• Indices Trading Strategy Tester

Insert

• Indicators Insert Menu
• Insert Line Studies
• Placing Channels
• Gann Lines
• Placing Fibonacci Lines
• Insert Shapes
• Placing Arrows
• Insert Andrew's Pitchfork, Cycle Lines, Text Label

Charts

• Indicators List
• Objects List
• Bar Indices Chart
• Line Indices Chart
• Candlesticks
• Time frames - Periodicity
• Saving a Template
• Grid, Volumes, Auto Scroll and Shift
• Zoom in, Zoom Out and Indices Trading Step by Step
• Setting Properties

Tools

• Place New Order
• History Center on Tools Menu
• Options Settings
• MetaEditor Custom Indicators
• MetaEditor Automated Indices Expert Advisors

Window Menu

• Charts Window Menu

Help Menu

• Help Menu

Tool Bars

• Customizing Layout
• Charts Toolbars
• Standard Toolbar
• Line Studies Toolbar
• Periodicity Toolbar

Advanced Topics

• MQL5 Signals - Copy Top MetaTrader 5 Traders
• Advantages MQL5 Signals
• Signal Seller Advantages
• MQL5 Automated Indices Expert Advisors

How to Place Indices Indicators

• Accelerator Oscillator
• Accumulation Distribution
• Alligator
• ADX
• Average True Range
• Awesome Oscillator
• Bears Power
• Bollinger Bands
• Bulls Power
• CCI
• Demarker
• Force Index
• Fractals
• Gator Oscillator
• Heiken Ashi
• Ichimoku
• MACD
• Market Facilitation Index
• Momentum
• Money Flow Index
• Moving Average Envelopes
• Moving Average
• Moving Average Oscillator
• On Balance Volume
• Parabolic SAR
• Relative Strength Index
• Relative Vigor Index
• Standard Deviation
• Stochastic Oscillator
• Volumes
• Williams Percentage Range
• Zigzag

The most popular search is how to save a MT5 work space in MT5, or how to save a system/MetaTrader 5 stock indices chart template. Before starting the tutorial, the screen shot below shows how to save a MetaTrader 5 stock indices chart template or a stock indices trading system and also how to save a MT5 work space. The same MetaTrader 5 buttons are also used to load the MetaTrader 5 stock indices chart template on another separate chart. (click on these MetaTrader 5 buttons to get options on your MetaTrader 5 Indices Trading Platform)

How to Save a MT5 Work Space, How to Save a Template - Indices Trading Platform Tutorials

The MetaTrader 5 is part of the online stock indices market. The MT5 software is installed on a client's computer.

The screenshot below shows the user interface of the MetaTrader 5.

MetaTrader 5 platform Workspace

According to indices trading platforms reviews, MT5 is the most widely used indices trading platform. This is because it is easy to learn and can do the following tasks.

The MT5 software is installed on a indices trader's computer and it is intended to do the following:

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

The MT5 online indices trading platform which is also known as MetaTrader 5, is designed to provide technical tools that can be used by Indices traders to make buy or sell decisions. This indices trading platform provides online quotes and streaming data about stock indices price movement drawn in the form of stock indices price charts. This information is delivered directly to the MT5 Indices Trading Platform interface. This information that is delivered in the form of real time quotes is then analyzed using the technical tools provided for within this online trading platform.

This is a free indices trading software that is provided for by online indices brokers. You can download the platform from online brokers websites, once you download it, you should then install the platform on a computer that has an internet connection and then connect to your stock indices trading broker and start receiving streaming quotes.

The MT5 has different windows and 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, MetaTrader 5 tool bars for attaching technical indicators and the main menu bar used to navigate the platform.