MT4 Platform Connection Bars - MT4 Status Bar

One quick method to check the real time internet connection between your MT4 platform software & the server of your broker is to check the MT4 status bars on the MT4 platform interface - MT4 Connection Bar in MT4 Status Bar.

On the example below the MetaTrader 4 Connection Bars in MetaTrader 4 Status Bar is Shown:

The MT4 software status bar is used to show if there is a connection to the trading servers or not, if there is a connection to the trading server, then one can place trade positions to the market using MetaTrader 4 charts. When there's a connection MetaTrader 4 charts can then keep updating - if MT4 Charts on your software are Not Updating - you should first check the connectivity using the MT4 Connection bars on MetaTrader 4 Status Bar.

Green Bars - on the Connection bars in MT4 Status Bar shows there's a connection, next to the green bars there also will be the kilobytes downloaded and uploaded indicated as a figure.

Red Bars - Connection bars on MT4 Status Bar show that there's no connection and trade positions to the brokers' server can not be opened.

Red bars may also mean your internet connection is down, thence if you're using a connection like dial up & red bars come up, then maybe it's your online connection, and not necessarily the broker's server. A common question by traders is - Why are MetaTrader 4 Charts Not Updating? if your MetaTrader 4 charts aren't updating then you may need to first check the connection of the MT4 software to your broker using this MT4 connection bars on MetaTrader 4 status bar - MT4 Charts Not Updating.

To show the status bars on the MT4 software, a trader needs to use the "Status Bar" button on the 'View' menu options like is shown below, Press to check, once the option is checked the MT4 status bar will be shown at the bottom right corner of your MT4 Software.

How to check if there is a connection on the MetaTrader 4 Software Platform

MT4 Software Connection Bars in Status Bar - Green Bars indicate that the internet connection is online and Red Bars show that the connection is offline. The connection might be either your internet services provider - ISP or broker server. Most of the time it will be your internet service provider as the online brokers have 2 to 3 simultaneous servers & there is no way all of them can be offline even if it's for 1 second.

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How to check if there is a connection on the MetaTrader 4 Software Platform