In this video, you will learn about how to download additional historical data in the MetaTrader 4 platform. There are 2 reasons why you may want to download some additional data. If you go to longer term charts, like the monthly charts, you want to see more monthly data. In addition, if you are doing back testing in MetaTrader platform, then you may want to download as much historical data as possible.
In order to do that, we have to first go to Tools and then select Historic Center option. Then find the pair that you want to download the data for. In this case, we select the USD/CHF pair. Double clicking on this pair will bring the various time-frames, from which you can download. Pressing the ‘Download’ button will download the historical data. Now launching the monthly chart will have the historical data downloaded from the period you chose. There is a lot more data for you to work with, for back testing.