Place Moving Average Indicator in Forex Chart in MT4

This Tutorial will explain how to place the Moving Average Indicator in a Chart in the MetaTrader 4 Platform. For technical analysis: Technical analysis of Moving Average.

How to Place Forex Indicators on MetaTrader 4 Trading Charts

Step 1: Open Navigator Window on Forex Software

Open Navigator window as shown and illustrated below: Go to "View" menu (click on it), then select "Navigator" window (click), or From Standard Tool Bar click "Navigator" button or press keyboard short cut keys "Ctrl+N"

On Navigator panel, select 'Indicators', (Double-Click)

Step 2: Expand the Indicators Menu on the Navigator

Expand the menu by clicking expand button marker (+) or double click "indicators" menu, after this the button will then now appear as (-) and will now be shown as a list as illustrated below.

From the Above window you can then place any indicator you want on the chart.

Placing MA on Chart

Step 1: Select the Moving Average button on the MetaTrader 4 list of indicators as illustrated below:

Step 2: Double click Moving Average Button, & click okay to insert the indicator on forex chart as shown and illustrated below:

Edit Technical Indicator Settings

To Change Settings, right click in Indicator, select properties & then edit properties of indicator using pop up menu which appears & click ok button after you've changed settings.

The following pop up appears and Indicator settings can be edited from this pop up panel.