Sign in to a MT5 Account

MetaTrader Account Login

Before placing any trade on the MetaTrader 5 software, you will be required to log in to your Stocks MetaTrader Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is checking to see if the details you provide for User-name and Password are correct details for your Stocks MetaTrader Account.

To begin trading on MT5, just click on 'File', then tap and click 'Login ' button from the file drop down menu as shown below.

Log in to MT5 Online Stocks Platform - MetaTrader Account Log in

As a trader once you click this sign in button, then a pop up window will appear prompting you to input your Username and Password as shown below:

Stocks Platform Login - MetaTrader Account Log in

Once you in put your User Name & Password you'll then have to choose the server: because this is a demo account, for this instance you will then select 'Demo', if it was a real Stocks MetaTrader account/live account then you would have to choose 'Real' Server on This MT5 option by clicking the drop down arrow on the right side of the above text box.

Then tick box 'Save Account Information'

Then Click 'Login '

Once you click login your details will be authenticated & you'll then have access to your MT5 account and when logged in to your stocks MetaTrader MT5 account you can begin to trade and place new trade orders in the stocks market on the MetaTrader 5 Software. If you don't have Stocks MetaTrader Account login details you can get these details by registering a demo account with a MetaTrader broker.

Once you login you can then check your stocks MT5 account balance and set up your trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct Stocks MetaTrader Account you can check the details as shown below: (You will need to open Navigator Window: Keyboard Short Cut Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your keyboard)

MetaTrader 5 Demo Account Details

The above example Shows the details of your MT5 demo MT5 account on the trade platform workspace after you've logged in, whether it is a demo MT5 account or a live MT5 account as well as the MT5 account login number & the MT5 account name.

A demo MT5 account will have a green cartoon icon while live stock MT5 account will have a trading cartoon icon, when you open a real account you'll know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there is a green cartoon you'll now see a Stocks Cartoon.

If you have many Stocks MetaTrader Accounts on the same MT5 Platform, these will all be listed on This MT5 option, you can double click on the cartoon icon to select the one you want to sign in to from the place.