MetaTrader 4 Trading Platform

Available to Alpari (US) Standard, Pro and Demo account holders.

Get one of the best solutions for online forex trading, technical analysis, and automated trading with the MetaTrader 4 platform.

MetaTrader 4 (MT4), one of the most popular trading platforms in the world, is used by retail investors to buy and sell currencies. This user-friendly interface is used by traders of all experience levels looking to access the foreign exchange market and is recognized for its advanced charting package, technical analysis and automated trading.

Features of Metatrader 4 Include:

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  Complete technical analysis suite

  • Wide range of technical indicators (50+) and charting tools
  • Ability to create custom indicators
  • View different trading time frames (minutes to months)
  • Trading Central technical alerts
  • Autochartist chart-pattern recognition tool
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  Various execution technologies and order types

  • Market Order- commitment to buy or sell a currency pair at the current price
  • Pending Order- commitment to buy or sell a currency pair at a pre-defined price in the future
    • Buy Limit - buy provided the future "ASK" price is equal to the pre-defined value.
      The current price level is higher than the value of the placed order.
    • Buy Stop - buy provided the future "ASK" price is equal to the pre-defined value.
      The current price level is lower than the value of the placed order.
    • Sell Limit - sell provided the future "BID" price is equal to the pre-defined value.
      The current price level is lower than the value of the placed order.
    • Sell Stop - sell provided the future "BID" price is equal to the pre-defined value.
      The current price level is higher than the value of the placed order.
  • Stop Loss - limits loss by automatically closing the position if the currency pair price reaches a predefined level
  • Take Profit - intended for gaining profit by automatically closing the position when the currency pair price reaches a certain level.
  • Trailing Stop - automates the process of manually shifting a Stop Loss to a break even level if the position becomes profitable
  • Execution on Request - market order is executed at the price previously received from the broker
  • Execution by Market - with advance consent from the trader, the broker makes a decision about the order execution price without any additional discussion with the trader
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  Access to 48+ currency pairs

  Users have the possibility to trade micro lots. Minimum contract size for Alpari Standard account is 0.01 of a lot and minimum step is also 0.01 of a lot (1,000 units of base currency).

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  Expert Advisors (EA) for fully automated trading

  Eliminate everyday manual routines and electronically:

  • Analyze current market conditions
  • Open/close positions
  • Place/modify/delete orders
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  Write EA's with Metaquotes Language 4 (MQL 4)

  MetaQuotes Language 4 (MQL 4), the language for programming trading strategies, is built into the client terminal and allows users to write custom expert advisors, create custom indicators, scripts and DLL's that automate trade processes and execute traders' strategies

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  Evaluate EA Strategies

  • Optimize, trade, and back test effectiveness of EA strategies (on historical data)
  • Allows users to start automated trading with full knowledge of EA performance under different market conditions
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  Secure VPS hosting service for EA's

  • Take advantage of 24 hour market opportunities with real time trade management from any computer
  • No download required - 100% web-based MT4 access
  • Compatible with any operating system with a web browser (with Java support) and active internet connection
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  Spreads from 1 pip*

  • Competitive trading terms minimize your costs and increase your potential profit
  • *Under normal market conditions.
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  Import/Export Data

  • Real time data export to Metastock and Omega Prosuite 2000
  • Import/export facility of historical database management
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  MetaTrader 4 Mobile on the go

  Trade from essentially anywhere on iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, and PDA

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  Market news and commentary

  • Dow Jones News alerts
  • Alpari Squawk- live audio market commentary covering all the major asset classes
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  Alpari (US) Netting Plug-in

  This proprietary netting option plug-in addresses trading under the previously imposed NFA rule, "First In First Out (FIFO)." This technology allows traders to buy, sell and place opposite-side pending orders and net positions as one aggregate position.

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  Multilingual platform interface

  18+ languages including English, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Farsi, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Polish, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian, Bulgarian, and more

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  Inbuilt help guides

  Step by step Metatrader4 and Meta Quotes Language 4 help guides

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  Internal mail

  Receive account updates, notifications and important service alerts within the MT4 platform

Alpari accepts major credit cards. Not all cards are available in all regions.

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