Setting Up MT4 XAUUSD Platform

After you have signed up for a demo practice - you will use the account login details and you can then download and install MT4 software on your computer. If you have not installed any software before go to the folder where you downloaded it (don't know where that is, just do this Press both Ctrl & J i.e. CTRL+J or (CTRL+Y) Keys on your keyboard, and your downloads will pop up), double-click the download MetaTrader 4 file and click next, next until you finish installing.

After you've installed the MT4 software you will then open the platform software from the start menu of your computer. After you have opened the MetaTrader 4 platform you will see the interface you will be working with which might seem complicated at first but it is not. TheLearn MT4 software tutorials will be explained under the learn tutorial lessons section where you will get an explanation of how to use this MT4 platform in just one hours time.

At the 'top left corner' of MT4 platform software click on the 'File' Menu, a drop down menu appears, scroll to where you see 'Login' and click it. You will then be prompted to enter the 'username' and 'password' that you got when you registered for a practice trading account on your broker's site.' You are now logged in to your MetaTrader 4 platform & you are ready to start trading in the MetaTrader 4 platform.

After this you will see your account balance displayed just below the charts & you as a trader can use now begin using MetaTrader 4 platform to place demo trades on the xauusd market. But before you start trading on a real xauusd account, you need to know XAUUSD basics by going to lesson 2, at the right side navigation menu - under all XAUUSD topics or XAUUSD lessons Topics.