Options Setting on Tools Menu on MetaTrader 4 Platform

The options button key is used for a variety of many different tasks on the MetaTrader 4. Option button key is listed within tools menu in MetaTrader 4 as shown below. The Short-cut key for this - Ctrl+O.

MT4 Options Settings

These are shown below: the list of various buttons are displayed as tabs as displayed on the image below. As a trader to edit anything on this window just click on any of these button keys & then change settings.

Server

The server settings for MetaTrader 4 are shown below. A trader can edit from the tab, but most of the times it's not necessary as these options are automatically preset to the brokers' server parameters by the broker & there's no need to re-adjust them. However, just for guide purposes, the Server will show the server of your broker & if it's a Demo or a Real Server. The account login and password will also be displayed below and as a trader you can change the password from this window for demo xauusd accounts, however be careful if you're changing passwords credentials make sure to remember them.

Other options are, enable proxy server, this isn't required, Keep personal data at startup, this is checked by default, that way the platform will automatically remember your log in and password so that you don't have to type & key them every time you sign in to your platform. Enable DDE server isn't required, Enable news is checked and you as a trader can use receive real time news data to your MetaTrader 4 on News options, located in Terminal window panel, (Shortcut Ctrl+T).

Chart

The following are marked on the Charts Options

Show Trade Levels - These lines will show levels where orders were placed, it'll also show levels where pending orders are placed. This will also show the Take Profit Order & SL Order areas. These trade levels lines appear as red broken lines marking these trade areas.

If there is no open trade, no level will be illustrated: if many trades have been placed, multiple lines will be displayed for these zones.

Use Alt key to drag trade levels is not a very suitable option to use, because if you place many orders you may change wrong order, therefore it's best to leave this as it's & not change it (Probability of this one losing you money is there so leave as it is)

Show OHCL - Show Opening, High, Closing & Low Prices for every candle

Show Ask Line - Show the Bid Price, (no need for this)

Show period separators - a separator will draw a line where the daily chart starts & ends, for example if you trade with 5 minutes, 15 minute or 1 Hour Charts the period separator will draw a vertical line when the market closes for each day. (4 Hour separator is Weekly, for Daily & Weekly separator is Monthly).

Color Print - To print in color & not black white which is set by default, use this option & then next time you print it will be a colored print & not black & white.

Save deleted charts to reopen - Save all charts which are deleted & these can be accessed later at any time within.

Max bars in History, Max bars in Chart - To save computer resources RAM, Processor Speed and Hard disk Space, these bars stored are limited to a specific number that's optimum, it is best to use default number selected.

Objects

These are:

Show properties after creation - immediately display indicator/line tool settings after it is added on chart to facilitate editing of their properties.

Choose Object after creation - an indicator/line tool can be selected by double-clicking on it once it is plotted, to facilitate editing of its properties.

Select object by single mouse click - select an indicator/line tool using single mouse click not double click, double clicking will display properties window of indicator/line tool

Magnet Sensitivity - immediately draw a line tool to the nearest low or high that's within 10 pixels of the point selected. This allows for lines plotted to more or less be placed on the levels they're intended without doing much editing by aligning these lines to the nearest high or low of price.

Trade

These are the default used by the platform to determine what xauusd instrument you buy & what amount you buy.

Symbol by Default - Automatically set to the open chart that you have open

Size by default - Automatically use last lot size, or set every trade to be default of 1 lot or 2 lots or 1 micro lot or 2 micro lots by select the default button & then selecting the number of lots from the drop don list next to this option.

Deviation - Set the allowed number of pips that can move away when executing an order for example 2 pips, or zero pips if you want to specify to place trades at the exact level where you click.

One Click trading - Place trades buy or sell with one click. (don't use this option as it is prone to mistakes and no time to correct, this option can lose you money.)

Expert Advisors

Expert Advisors window panel is shown below:

following options are used:

Enable Expert Advisors - Allow for Expert Advisor to be placed on chart for automated execution purposes

Disable experts when trading accounts have been changed - log in to a different account deactivates Expert-Advisors

Disable Experts when profile has been change - When you change profiles the Expert Advisors setting for allowing trading in new profile is deactivated until you allow and manually place an Expert-Advisor on this newly opened chart.

Allow Live Trading - Give Permission to Expert-Advisor to open trades on the live market.

(Ask Manual Confirmation - no needs for this if you're using EAs, leave this one as it's pictured without checking it.)

Allow DLL imports - Dynamic Link Libraries, which are external, unless this is required this should be left unticked. (External means that these libraries are referenced from a source external and outside your PC computer, so you should try to be careful with this one)

Confirm DLL functions calls - Exercise manual permission for each & every function call, either allow it or disallow it depending on your trade parameters.

Allow External Experts imports - This is used to allow your Expert-Advisor to reference some data from another EA that's in another place, away from your computer PC, (External means these EA Bots are referenced from an external source outside your Desktop PC computer, so be careful with this option)

Notifications

To receive notification on your phone from your MetaTrader 4 software, use the notifications option shown below. Not that you're required to have a registration sign up ID, from MetaQuotes to begin receiving the notifications that get sent to your mobile phone through text messages.

Check the option, Enable Push Notifications, put your ID, press test and you should get a test notification text message. You require to first sign-up for this ID, to do so, use the following panel on your MT4 and follow the instruction you will get from this Notification window panel.

Email Settings

Most traders might not need this, but if you are one of those that require, the settings can be placed below.

Lets use this company, that owns this website, www.tradeforextrading.com, click and check the button labeled 'Enable' the respective mail settings are shown below and the SMTP setting is 'SMTP: Port 465', Select and put these as shown below. Click test & check your inbox to confirm you receive the message.

Events

Events in MT4 are notifications, either sound notification, an email or SMS alert. The notifications can be set for different events such as timeout, connect, disconnect, news, Expert Advisor, EA confirmation, price level alert and requote alert.

Various types of alerts actions which can be set for any event can be chosen by double clicking on event action, pressing the dropdown arrow & then selecting the alert action that you want from the drop-down list illustrated & shown below.

MQL5 Gold Expert-Advisor Bots Community

The MQL5 forum is a forum where traders can find others & Exchange Expert-Advisors & Signals with each other. traders have to sign up to this forum & can then access services from their platform directly. To get details on how to access & sign-up in this forum, login to your MetaTrader 4 software and navigate to window panel shown below and follow the instructions.

MQL5 Signals

Trading signal settings are provided by MQL5, MQL5 is the owner of MetaTrader Software. The Signals service allows traders to adjust the following:

Signal - First Subscribe to a signal

Agree to Terms - Agree to the terms of using the signal service

Enable Real time signal subscription - allow real-time transmission of signals to your platform.

Use Trusted Execution Token( TET ) - Trusted execution token means you don't have to open your MT4 on your PC Desktop computer to have signals executed, Trusted Execution Token will allow signals to be executed even if your MetaTrader 4 isn't started on your computer Desktop PC.

Copy Stop Loss Order & Take-Profit Order Levels - Copy these levels from the signal provider automatically.

Use no more than - Option for xauusd money management, set an amount of 10% for aggressive traders & 5% for non aggressive traders, that way you limit your risk capital in your account.

Stop if equity is less than - Set a percentage to calculate this level for examples if your equity is $10,000 then use 70 %, that's $7,000 & set this amount: if the signal makes a loss up to this point the signal execution is stopped.

Deviation/Slippage - you can set a value like 2 so as to give some flexibility in case of slippage of a few pips here & there when executing trades with your broker, especially if your broker is one of those who re-quotes you. (Get an STP Broker with No-Requotes Policy to guarantee execution of your trades and avoid these slippages).