MetaTrader 4 User Guide - Alpari UK

MT4 User GuideAbout This DocumentThe MT4 User Guide provides an overview of MT4 and step-by-step procedures for using it to performtrading activities.AudienceThe audience for this document is MT4 end users.AssumptionsThis User Guide assumes that the user has a basic familiarity with the Windows operating system. Theuser guide refers to windows functions such as context menus, on text menus can be accessed byselecting the right click button on the mouse on the object the user desires the menu for. FinancialInstruments traded using MT4, whether FX, Stocks or Commodities are all referred to as “Symbols”. MT4is also referred to in this user guide as the “Terminal or Client Terminal”ScopeThis guide contains the information and procedures for all the major MT4 features and functions.Typographical ConventionsThis User Guide has a few typographical conventions that you should be aware of.ListsSequential procedures are numbered lists.Simple lists of items (ordered or not) are bolded.Interface NamingThe names of interface elements (such as field names, button names, links, etc.), appear inspeech marked.For example:Click either “Buy” or “Sell” in the “Instrument Panel”, whichever is appropriate.About the ProceduresAll procedures start with logging in and continue through the completion of the procedure.Copyright © 2011 Alpari (UK) Ltd, 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AB, United Kingdom Page 11 of 179