MT4 Platform Connection Bars - MT4 Status Bar

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

On the example below the MT4 Connection Bars on MT4 Status Bar is Shown:

The MT4 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 a trader can place trades to the online trading market using MT4 charts. When there is a connection MT4 charts can then keep updating - if MT4 Charts on your platform are Not Updating - you should first check the connectivity using the MT4 Connection bars on MT4 Status Bar.

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

Red Bars - Connection bars on MT4 Status Bar show that there is no connection & trades to the brokers' server can't be opened.

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

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

How to check if there is a connection on the MT4 Software

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 may be either your internet service provider or broker server. Most of the time it'll be your internet service provider as the brokers have 2 to 3 simultaneous servers and there no way all of them can be offline even if it's for 1 second.