Steps on How to Set a Stocks Instrument Trade Stock Trading in MetaTrader 4

Stocks Instrument Stocks Trade Setup Tutorial for Beginner Traders

To setup a buy or sell stocks trade in MT4 platform after learning what are stocks instruments & choosing which are the best stocks instruments to trade follow the steps listed on this tutorial.

Steps to Setup a Stocks Instrument Trade

1. Open MT4 stock platform
2. Open MetaTrader 4 Market Watch Window shown below
3. Select the Stocks Instrument you want to trade
4. Open the Stocks Instrument Trade order and select "Buy" order or "Sell" order as shown below depending on what type of trade order (buy order or sell order) you want to open.

MT4 Market Watch Window

All the stocks instruments symbols available on the MT4 platform will be shown the same way as the stocks example illustrated and explained below:

List of all Available Stocks Instruments Trade Symbols Shown on the MT4 Platform

Opening Buy or Sell Order using Trade Order Window on MetaTrader 4

MetaTrader 4 stock platform is the software which is provided by a broker to help stocks traders place their stocks instrument trade transactions.

Once you download and installs this MT4 stocks software on your computer you can then begin to trade in the online stocks market. All stocks instrument trade trades are executed through this MetaTrader stocks platform. If you want to learn a stocks platform, MT4 Stocks Platform is a good platform to begin with.

To set these stocks instrument trade orders, open MT4, open a "stocks chart", right click on the "stocks chart", choose "New Order" and then select the order you want to open - either sell order or buy order as shown below. (MetaTrader 4 Keyboard Short Cut Keys for MT4 new order window panel - Press F9 Key)

Opening Buy or Sell Stocks Instrument Order using Trade Order Window on MetaTrader 4