MT4 XAUUSD Software Guide
XAUUSD Account Sign In
Before placing any trade on the MetaTrader 4 software, you will be required to log in to your XAUUSD Trading MetaTrader Account & get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is checking to see if the details you provide for User-name and Password are the correct details for your XAUUSD TradingMetaTrader Account.
To begin trading on MT4, just click on "File", then choose and click "Sign in" button from the file drop down menu as shown below.
Log in to MT4 Online Platform - XAUUSD MetaTrader Account Login
As a trader once you click this login button, then a popup window will pop-up prompting you to in put your User Name & Password as illustrated and shown below:
XAUUSD Platform Login - XAUUSD MetaTrader Account Login
Once you in put your Username & Password you will then have to select the server: because this is a demo trading account, for this instance you will then choose "Demo", if it was a real XAUUSD Trading MetaTrader account/live trading account then you would have to select "Real" Server on this option by clicking on the dropdown arrow on right side of the above text box.
Then tick the box "Save Account Information"
Then Press 'Sign in'
Once you click sign in your details will be authenticated and you will then have access to your MetaTrader 4 xauusd account and when logged in to your xauusd MetaTrader account you can start to trade and place new trade orders in the market on MT4 platform. If you do not have XAUUSD Trading MetaTrader Account login details you can get these details by registering a practice trading account with a MetaTrader broker.
Once you log in you can then check your account balance & set up your trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct XAUUSD MetaTrader Account you can check the details as illustrated below: (You'll need to open Navigator Window: Short Cut Key-board Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your key board)
MT4 Demo Account Details
The above example Shows the details of your MT4 demo account on the trade platform work space after you have logged in, whether it's a practice account or a live account as well as the account sign in number & the account name.
A demo account will have a green cartoon icon while live trading account will have a xauusd trading cartoon icon, when you open a live account you will know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there is a green cartoon you will now see a XAUUSD Cartoon.
If you have many XAUUSD Trading MetaTrader Accounts on the same MetaTrader 4 platform, these will all be listed on this option, you can double click on the cartoon icon to select the one you want to sign in to from the place.