MetaTrader 4

Our custom-built bridge combines OANDA’s transparent pricing and quick execution with MetaTrader 4’s advanced charting. By upgrading to MT4 Premium, you gain access to a suite of professional enhancements, including additional indicators and Expert Advisors (EAs):

Mini charts and OCO orders

Tick-chart and keyboard tradin

Chart-ladder order entry and five minute orderbook to view market depth

Alarm manager to trigger automated notifications or trades based on your criteria

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UK | MetaTrader4 | New | Feature | Depth of market

Depth of market with mini terminal

Depth of market pricing allows you to take advantage of spreads starting from just 0.6 pips for typical EUR/USD order sizes. With depth of market, the smaller the size of your trade, the tighter the spread we can offer you. Access depth of market pricing using the OANDA MetaTrader 4 premium upgrade with the mini terminal.

Spreads from 0.6 pips on EUR/USD for standard retail trade sizes

Trade large sizes in one transaction

View pricing and spread for larger sizes

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Automated trading strategies

The MetaTrader 4 platform supports Expert Advisors (EAs) - software programs that automate your trading. You can either build your own or buy third-party developed EAs. With Expert Advisors, you can:

Build trading algorithms

Backtest your trading strategies

Use existing algorithms to enhance your trading strategy

Trade from charts

Use MetaTrader 4's advanced charting package to access:

Nine time frames and multiple displays

Five candles per week on the Daily NY Close Charts

Over 50 built-in indicators

Proprietary MT4 plug in

Our technical analysis packages can be added as a plug-in to your MetaTrader 4 platform. These plug-in packages will allow you to:

Execute trades directly from the interface

Access intraday market scanning

Configure automatic chart pattern recognition and pattern quality indicators

Use automated alerts for specified patterns

MT4 premium upgrade

Strengthen your forex trading experience with premium upgrades for MetaTrader 4:

Use one-cancels-the-other (OCO) for breakouts or reversions

Trigger actions including trades with alarm manager

Trader positions and orders updated every 5 minutes with our five-minute orderbook

Trigger trades on the cross of a trendline with smart lines

Capture market movements via the keyboard trading tick-chart trader

Access 28 new applications and indicators

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Enhance your trading capabilities with MetaTrader 4

The MT4 platform provides the tools required to access critical market information and manage your positions across desktop and mobile devices.

MetaTrader 4 charts

Directly monitor open orders and positions on your MT4 charts.

Frequent updates

Leverage indicator data refresh frequency of 5 minutes (with premium) and 20 minutes (with standard).

Valuable insights

View net and cumulative order information and gain insights into market trends using OANDA’s retail pricing sentiment data.

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Frequently asked questions

Smart answers to common questions

What is MetaTrader 4?

MetaTrader 4, or MT4, is a digital platform used by online traders to trade, analyse financial markets, and take advantage of automated trading tools.

What are the benefits of online CFD trading with MetaTrader 4?

With a MetaTrader 4 download, you can take advantage of a number of benefits, including real-time market pricing and trading, a wide range of technical and fundamental analysis tools, a variety of trading orders and execution modes, automated trading tools, and trusted platform stability and security.

Why use MetaTrader 4 instead of MetaTrader 5?

Despite the greater access to markets and more advanced technical abilities of MetaTrader 5 (MT5), many online traders prefer to use MetaTrader 4 because MT4 is relatively simple to learn and has a more established community of traders. Your choice will depend on your specific trading strategy and the financial instruments you intend to trade.

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Depth of market

Spreads start from 0.6 pips for typical EUR/USD order sizes. Available via OANDA web, MT5 or MT4 mini-terminal plug in.

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Trade forex CFDs

Take a position on over 70 forex CFD pairs using our OANDA platform, MT4, MT5 or TradingView.

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