I could not get the latest bars... below is the h4 chart and its still showing as at yesterday on the date space and even if I type in today's date it goes back to yesterday.


Metatrader does not update historical files, used with AE Trader, while running. It saves those only when it close.



Go to your MT4, select H4 time frame for the instrument and close MT4. Then click AE Trader Forward button (blue right arrow) and you will see a latest bar.



You may read available bars dates in AE program status bar (window bottom/left)