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How to Read Buy & Sell Orders in MT5 Charts

How Do You Interpret Buy & Sell Orders in MetaTrader 5 Charts?

To open a buy or a sell trade in MT5 platform - open the Market Watch Window, Select the XAUUSD Quote you want to open a Trade with, open the chart of the instrument symbol by double clicking on the quote, then from the chart open a buy or sell trade using the MT5 order window pictured below:

Place New Order on Tools Menu on MT5 Software

A new buy or sell order to buy or sell xauusd can be found on the tools menu that's found in the MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform. The "New Order" button for placing a new trade transaction on the MT5 platform is pictured below. (MetaTrader 5 Short Cut Keyboard Keys 'F9')

Buy & Sell Orders on MT5 Charts - Buy Order vs Sell Order - How to Open a Order on Platform

How Do You Read Buy & Sell Orders on MetaTrader 5 Charts

Placing a New Order

As a trader, once you choose the new order button as shown above the following trade order pop up window will appear. This pop up includes settings for placing a new trade.

Select Buy to open a Buy Trade

Select Sell to open a Sell Trade

Buy & Sell Orders on MT5 Charts - Gold Trading Trade Set Order in Software

How Do I Read Buy and Sell Orders in MT5 Charts

The Following Setting are specified for setting new trade order:

  1. Quote - Specify the trading instrument to be traded.
  2. Volume - The Number of Lots to be transacted
  3. Stop Loss - Set StopLoss, This option can be set after opening a trade transaction, or for pending orders
  4. TP Order - Set Take Profit, This option can be set after opening a trade, or for pending orders
  5. Type: Market Execution or Pending Order
  6. Sell by Market - Open Sell Trade
  7. Buy by Market - Open Buy Trade

To Buy at current price select Buy by Market button

To Sell at current price choose Sell by Market button

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