Steps on How to Set a Indices Trade Stock Indices on MT4

Stock Indices Trade Setup Tutorial for New Traders

To setup a buy or sell trade on MT4 after learning what are instruments and choosing which are the best trading instruments to trade follow the steps listed on this lesson.

Steps to Setup a Indices Trade

1. Open Meta Trader 4 platform
2. Open MetaTrader 4 Market Watch Window Panel shown below
3. Select the Trading Instrument you want to trade
4. Open the Trade order and select "Buy" order or "Sell" order as shown below depending on what type of trade order (buy order or sell order) you want to open.

Meta Trader 4 Market Watch Window

All the indices instruments symbols available on the Meta Trader 4 software will be shown the same way as the stock example explained below:

List of all Available Trading Instruments Trade Symbols Shown in Meta Trader 4 Software

Opening Buy or Sell Order using Trade Order Window on Meta Trader 4

Meta Trader 4 software is the software which is provided by a broker to help stock traders place their trade transactions.

Once you download and installs this MT4 software on your computer you can then begin to trade in the online stock market. All trade trades are executed through this MetaTrader platform. If you want to learn a trading platform, MT4 Stock Indices Software is a good platform to begin with.

To set these trade orders, open MT4, open a " chart', right-click on ' chart', select 'New Order' and then choose order you want to open - either sell order or buy order as shown below. (MT4 Short Cut Keyboard Keys for MetaTrader 4 new order window panel - Press F9)

Opening Buy or Sell Order using Trade Order Window in MetaTrader 4