Steps on How to Set a Currency Pair Trade in MetaTrader 4
Currency Pair Trade Setup Tutorial Guide for New Traders
To setup a buy or sell trade in MT4 after learning what are currency pairs and choosing which are the best currency pairs to trade follow the steps listed on this tutorial.
Steps to Setup a Currency Pair Trade
- Open MetaTrader 4 platform
- Open MetaTrader 4 Market Watch Panel Window Panel shown below
- Choose & Select the Currency Pair you want to trade - for example open EURUSD
- Open the Currency Pair Trade order and select "Buy" order or "Sell" order like shown below depending on what type of trade order (buy order or sell order) you as the trader want to open.
MT4 MarketWatch Window
All the currency pairs symbols available on the MT4 software will be pictured the same way as the example below:

Listing of all Available Currency Pairs Trade Symbols Shown on the MT4 Platform
Opening Buy or Sell Order using Trade Order Window on the MT4
MetaTrader 4 platform is the software which is provided by a broker to help traders set their currency pair trades.
Once you download and installs this MT4 on your Desktop computer Desktop PC you as a trader can then begin to trade in the online trading market. All currency pair trades are executed through this MetaTrader platform. If you want to learn a platform, MT4 FX Software is a good platform to start with.
To set these currency pair trade orders, open MT4, open a "fx chart", rightclick in "forex chart', select the 'New Order', then choose order you want to open - either sell order or buy order like as shown below. (MT4 Short-Cut Keys for MT4 new order panel - Press "F9")

Opening Buy or Sell Currency Pair Order using Trade Order Window on MT4
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