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How Do You Use Parabolic SAR MT4 Technical Indicator?

Parabolic SAR Indicator Analysis Buy & Sell Signals

Created by J. Welles Wilder.

The Parabolic SAR is used to set trailing price stops. This indicator is usually referred to as the 'SAR' (stop-and-reversal) & it is used to follow price action closely.

  • In an Uptrend, the stop and reversal will trail below the market price
  • In a downtrend, the stop & reversal will trail above the market price

How Do You Add MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator? - How to Add MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator on MetaTrader 4 Charts

How to Add MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator in MT4 Charts

How to Generate Buy & Sell Signals

Parabolic SAR indicator provides excellent exit points.

Exit FX Signal for Buy Trades

traders should close buy trades when the price falls below Parabolic SAR.

If the trend is bullish - the price will be above the Parabolic SAR indicator, the Parabolic SAR indicator will move up every day, regardless of direction that price is moving. The movement of the Parabolic SAR indicator depends on the number of forex pips that prices move. When the Parabolic SAR indicator changes the direction then the trend also changes its direction to downward direction - this generates the exit trading signal for buy trade transactions.

Exit FX Signal for Sell Trades

traders should close sell trade when the price rises above the Parabolic SAR.

If the trend is bearish - the price will be below the Parabolic SAR indicator, the Parabolic SAR indicator will move down every day, regardless of direction that price is moving. The movement of the Parabolic SAR indicator depends on the number of forex pips that prices move. When the Parabolic SAR indicator changes the direction then the trend also changes its direction to upwards direction. This generates the exit trading signal for sell trades.

How Do I Use MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator? - How to Add MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator on MT4 Charts

Parabolic SAR Indicator Exit Forex Signal

How to Add MT4 Parabolic SAR Indicator in MT4 Charts

Step 1: Open MT4 Navigator Panel

Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator panel as illustrated below: Go to 'View' menu (click), then select 'Navigator' panel (click), or From Standard Tool Bar click the 'Navigator' button or press keyboard MT4 short-cut keys 'Ctrl+N'

On MT4 Navigator window, choose "Indicators", by Double Clicking

Parabolic SAR MT4 Indicator on MT4 Charts - How Do You Use MetaTrader 4 Parabolic SAR?

How Do You Use MetaTrader 4 Parabolic SAR?

How to Add Parabolic SAR MT4 Indicator

Expand the menu by clicking the expand button (+) or double click the 'indicators' menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and it will then display a list of MT4 indicators as shown below - choose the Parabolic SAR indicator from this list of MT4 indicators so that you can add the Parabolic SAR MT4 indicator on the MT4 chart.

Parabolic SAR MetaTrader 4 Indicator on MT4 Charts - How Do You Use MT4 Parabolic SAR?

How Do I Use MT4 Parabolic SAR?

How to Install and Place Custom Parabolic SAR Indicator Meta Trader 4

If the MT4 indicator that you want to add on the MT4 charts is a custom MetaTrader 4 indicator - for examples if the Parabolic SAR indicator that you want to add is a custom MT4 indicator you will need to first add this custom Parabolic SAR MT4 indicator on the MT4 platform and then compile this custom Parabolic SAR indicator so that this newly added Parabolic SAR MT4 custom indicator appears on the custom indicators list on the MetaTrader 4.

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