MT4 Live Charts

Once you've opened a practice account the next thing is to open a chart so as to begin trading.

For this examples let's begin with a blank screen on the MT4 software interface.

To open a new stock chart from the example explained and illustrated below, click the 'File' tab at the tops left corner of the MetaTrader 4 software as shown below, then choose the option 'New Chart'.

After clicking the 'New Chart' button a drop-down menu will pop-up with list of trading instruments that as a trader you can choose which chart to open. For example clicking the selection for Indices, clicking Indices will open the chart.

The following stock chart will then be opened on MT4 platform as illustrated below.

You as a trader can maximize chart as shown below & you can then open trades from the charts or you can place technical analysis indicators to analyze the price movement.

This is how to open a new stock chart on the platform. You can open as many charts as possible & these will be ordered in form of chart tabs & you as a trader can use navigate using these chart tabs as displayed below.