MT4 is short for MetaTrader 4 — a popular Forex trading platform developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp back in 2005. Posts presented below are somehow related to the software. Mostly, you will find blog posts regarding custom indicators, expert advisors (EAs), and scripts coded for MT4. Occasionally, the posts will discuss some important changes to how the trading platform functions or will give some useful tips regarding its use.
2021
2020
- Right Side Histogram Display for Market Profile Indicator
- PSC Update — Stop-Limit Orders and Script Confirmation Window
- MT4/MT5 Indicator to Plot TD Sequential Setup, Countdown, and Support/Resistance Levels
- Basic Scheduling EA for MetaTrader
- Control Panel for Price Alert Indicator in MT4/MT5
- Arbitrary Rectangle Sessions with Market Profile Indicator
- Divide Your Position into Multiple Trades with Several Take-Profit Levels with New Position Size Calculator
- Account Protector Gets New Conditions, Actions, and Control
- Highly Customizable Indicator to Trade Round Numbers
- Most Trending Currency Pairs in Forex + TrendStats Script
2019
- New Indicator to Trade Price Action — Basing Candlesticks
- Color Market Profile Based on Bullish/Bearish Bars
- My sRs Trend Rider 2.0 Test and Review
- Switch ATR Timeframes and Move SL/TP Lines Freely in New PSC
- [Poll] What Is the Best Way to Backtest?
- PSC Now Supports ATR SL/TP and Reverse Risk Calculation
2018
- Ignore or Append Saturday/Sunday Hours in Market Profile
- PSC Gets Ready for Volumes with 8 Decimal Places in Crypto
- New Market Profile Indicator — Focus on Stability and Performance
- New Position Size Calculator: SL and TP Which Follow Entry Line and Are Set in Pips
- Display Market Profile for Intraday Sessions in MetaTrader
2017
- Profile Persistence and Pip Value Display in Position Size Calculator
- Spread Display and Take-Profit Multiplier in Position Size Calculator
- Free Order Management EA with a Graphic Control Panel
2016
- PSC Panel Scaling for High-DPI Displays
- New: See Swaps Info, Control Trading Script via PSC Panel
- Major Fixing of Position Size Calculator + Symbol Leverage Display
- MetaTrader Panel for Position Size Calculator
- See Currency Rate Change in Percents on Your Chart
- MetaTrader Templates Tutorial — Copying Settings Between Charts and Platforms
- Will Hedging and Real Ticks Backtesting Sway You Toward MT5?
- How to Add Alerts to MetaTrader Indicators
- Display Weekly and Monthly Market Profile in MetaTrader
2015
- Another Expert Advisor to Trade the News
- Schaff Trend Cycle Converted for cTrader (+ Alerts)
- Pips Display in Position Size Calculator Indicator
- Traders Dynamic Index (TDI) Converted to MT5 and cTrader
- Tickmill Adds Custom macOS MT4 Platform
- Calculate Maximum Potential Loss in MetaTrader
- Instant Execution vs. Market Execution
- Script to Place Orders with Position Size Calculator
- Position Size Calculator Is Now a Separate Window Indicator
- Margin Warnings When Calculating Position Size in MetaTrader
2014
- Track Portfolio Risk with Position Size Calculator
- Finally — Automated Way to Detect Channels
- ChannelPattern Script Update — One-Sided Breakouts
- Improving Wide Range Bars Indicator with Alerts
- Testing Weekly Range Breakout Opportunities with EA
- MetaTrader 4 Build 600 Is MetaTrader 5 in Disguise!
2013
- Brute-Forcing Heiken Ashi EA Ideas
- Is MetaQuotes Doing a Right Thing by Merging MQL4 and MQL5?
- Tool for Measuring Daily and Weekly Gains
- Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Expert Advisor
- Backtesting Reversible Expert Advisor Based on Trend Persistence
- Get Alerted on Local Minimum/Maximum Breakout
- New Expert Advisor Can Help You Trade Chart Patterns
- MetaTrader Script to Add Parallel Channels
- Calculating Position Size for Any Trading Instrument
- Breakout Indicator for MetaTrader
2012
- Forex VPS Infographic
- Free Expert Advisor to Trade Forex Price Spikes
- Display Dollar Index in MetaTrader
- Forex Point-and-Figure Charting Solutions
- MetaTrader Expert Advisors ECN-Compatibility
- Calculate Forex Position Size in MetaTrader
2011
- Detect Pin-Bar Patterns with MetaTrader
- New Moving Average Expert Advisor — with 3rd Generation MA!
- Better MA — 3rd Generation of the Most Popular Indicator
- ATR Trailing Stop Expert Advisor
- Bears vs. Bulls Forex Indicator
- Trend Indicator with Filtering Option
- Candle Wicks Length Display Indicator — MT4/MT5
- Unmatched Data Error
- Classical Technical Indicator Based on Price and Volatility
- OrderSend Error 4107 (Backtesting)
- Doug Schaff’s Trend Cycle (STC) — Now for MetaTrader!
2010
- Tom DeMark’s Oscillator — REI
- See Moving Average as Japanese Candlesticks
- OrderSend Error 134 (No Enough Money)
- OrderSend Error 138 (Requote)
- Detrended Price Oscillator Indicator
- Bereavements and Mourning in Forex Trading? Yes, Since 1962!
- Market Profile Coded in MQL4 and MQL5
- OrderSend Error 148
- How Does VPS Work in Forex Trading?
2009
- Forex Expert Advisor on Customizable Moving Average Cross
- Otkat Pull-Back EA — Now in MetaTrader 5
- Displaying Variable Spread on Chart
- Web Interface for MetaTrader 4
- MetaTrader 5 New Position System
- My First Histogram Indicator for MT5
- Price Alert Indicator Conversion to MT5
- Position System in MT5 vs. MT4
- The Biggest Problem of MetaTrader 5?
- My Experience with MetaTrader 5 Indicator Coding
- Alma Forex and Its Easy Entry Requirements
- OrderSend Error 129 — What to Do?
- Trailing Stop in MetaTrader 4 (Plus MT4 Expert Advisor)
2008
- InvestTechFX — Canadian MT4 Forex Broker
- Band Moving Average — Pull-Back Indicator
- Pattern Recognition Master for Japanese Candlesticks
- Range Pull-Back Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 4
- OrderSend Error 130 — What to Do?
- Statistical Forex System — Example MT4 Expert Advisor
- Trade Assistant — Multi-Timeframe Forex Indicator
- Handling OrderSend Error 131 in MetaTrader 4
- InstaForex — MetaTrader Broker with PayPal
- Minor Fixing in MT4 Indicators
- MetaTrader Indicators Update
- 6 Digit Forex Quotes and MetaTrader Expert Advisors
- MT4 Brokers Accused in Being Scam?
- Pivot Points Indicator for MetaTrader
- Traders Dynamic Index — MetaTrader Indicator
- Float — New Addition to MT4 Indicators
- MetaTrader Indicators — User’s Tutorial
2007
- Automated Trading Championship 2007 Came to End
- ActiveTrades — Multipurpose Forex Broker
- New Metatrader Broker — iTradeFX
- MT4 and MT3 Broker
- Swissnetbroker — Double Platform Broker
- MetaTrader Expert Advisors — User’s Tutorial
- Socially Responsible Forex Broker — MIG Investments
- Real Trade — Forex Broker from Latvia
- FXcast — e-gold Forex Broker with MetaTrader 4 Platform
- Additon to MT4 Expert Advisors
- 4 New Forex Brokers Descriptions
- LiteForex — a Really Good Forex Broker