What's so good about metatrader 4?

[trade321]

Detached Charts for Metatrader

Hi, everyone new to this forum but noticed this thread about the metatrader platform.
Ive been using meta for a while now and it does have its drawbacks but one of the most annoying for me was tha lack of ability to be able to detach your charts form the meta program so could move them anywhere on screen or on other mulitiple screens etc.

i was recomended this site tools4meta.com by a friend, it has a program called detached charts, once downloaded it allows you to detach any and multiple charts from meta and place outside meta anywhere on your screens. after using for a while now i must say this is a very nice program, it also saves the positions of each detached chart etc so you dont have to constantly move them again everytime you start meta and you can also save different positions and charts etc via profiles etc
it also assigns the time frame tabs and crosshair tabs etc to each seperate chart, which is very handy.
check it out!

youtube.com/user/tools4meta]YouTube - tools4meta’s Channel

[lpburke86]

Yes, I think daydreamer65 hit the nail on the head when he says that a winning system is more important than what package you use.

I appreciate that many people like MT4 - the fact that is runs across several brokers is great.

To answer Tonymand :

Since I trade candles, I can set them out anyway I like with the GFT program. I can put the candles right next to each other with no spaces - this is great. The sizes of the candles can be altered with borders added to them. Many charts can be seen on the screen at once. Then with the click of a mouse you can see another screen full of charts. All charts maximise and minimise with one mouse click

You can load umpteen versions of the one [U]same [/U]indicator - and each one of those in a different colour if you like. The Guppy multiple moving average is one such case in point.

The method of loading chart details by using a window within a window is, to me, the most logical way of loading complex data. GFT had done this in a marvelous way - it is so user friendly.

Your equity, cash, margin, profit/loss and immediate floating profit loss are all displayed and computed instantly as the price action varies. This is done in your base currency or any other currency you like. As such, you can see your money being made - I like it. A pip calculator is standard.

The number of time frame is enormous. This is good for me looking for candle patterns. You can go 1,2,3,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 minutes, 1,2,3,4 hour, daily etc etc. What other program offers these time frames AND lets you see them all at once on one screen - and set out exactly the way you like, each with it own indicators.

You can edit and click little icons at the bottom (as many as you like), and these will take you to any chart set or anything else you have set up in the program.

To sum up, the GFT program will do asolutely anything you like - and does it in a user friendly way. So simple is the program that I learnt by myself without input from anywhere else.

Hope this helps.

with the exception of the candle alterations, (placing them next to eachother is pointless anyway in my opinion) and the numerous time frames (which are also pointless imo)… you can do every one of those things in MT4