Installing and configuring Metatrader 4

[AstroElite]

List of the instruments available in AstroElite Financial via GCI Metatrader 4 free demo account as of March 19, 2014

1. 3M_Company 2. 3i_Group 3. AB_InBev 4. AIG_Inc 5. AMD 6. AMP_Limited 7. ANZ_Bank 8. AT&T_Corp 9. AUDCAD 10. AUDCHF 11. AUDJPY 12. AUDJPY.s 13. AUDJPY.x 14. AUDNZD 15. AUDUSD 16. AUDUSD.s 17. AUDUSD.x 18. AUD_FUT 19. AUXAUD.s 20. AXA_SA 21. Activision 22. Adidas_AG 23. Adobe_Sys 24. Aetna_Inc 25. Agilent_Tec 26. Alcatel-Luc 27. Alcoa_Inc 28. Allianz_AG 29. Altera_Corp 30. Altria_Grp 31. Amazon 32. Amer_Exp 33. Amgen_Int'l 34. Analog_Dev 35. Apple_Comp. 36. Applied_Mat 37. Arcelor_Mit 38. Astrazeneca 39. BAE_Systems 40. BAS_AG

41. BCOUSD.s 42. BMW_AG 43. BNP_Paribas 44. BP_Plc 45. BT_Group 46. Baidu 47. Bank_of_Amr 48. Barclays 49. Bayer_AG 50. Beiersdorf 51. Bha_Airtel 52. Boeing_Co 53. Bouygues 54. Bovespa 55. Brambles 56. Bristol_Myr 57. Broadcom 58. CAC_40 59. CADCHF 60. CADCHF.x 61. CADJPY 62. CAD_FUT 63. CHFJPY 64. CHFJPY.x 65. CHF_FUT 66. CME_Group 67. Canon 68. Carrefour 69. Caterpillar 70. Chevron 71. Chrls_Shwab 72. Cisco_Sys 73. Citigroup 74. Coca_Cola 75. Coffee 76. Comcast 77. Commerzbank 78. Conoco_Phil 79. Continental 80. Copper

81. Costco 82. Credit_Agr 83. Crude_Oil 84. DAX_30 85. DJ_EuroStox 86. Daimler_AG 87. Dell_Comp 88. Deut._Bank 89. Deut._Borse 90. Deut._Luft. 91. Deut._Post 92. Deut._Pstbk 93. Deut._Tel. 94. DirecTV 95. Disney 96. Dixons_Rtl 97. Dow_Jones 98. Dupont_Co 99. EADS 100. EMC_Corp 101. ETXEUR.s 102. EURAUD 103. EURAUD.s 104. EURAUD.x 105. EURCAD 106. EURCAD.x 107. EURCHF 108. EURCHF.s 109. EURCHF.x 110. EURCZK.x 111. EURGBP 112. EURGBP.s 113. EURGBP.x 114. EURINR 115. EURJPY 116. EURJPY.s 117. EURJPY.x 118. EURNOK 119. EURNOK.x 120. EURNZD

121. EURSEK 122. EURSEK.x 123. EURUSD 124. EURUSD.s 125. EURUSD.x 126. EUR_FUT 127. E_ON_AG 128. Ericsson 129. Etrade_Fin 130. ExxonMobil 131. FRXEUR.s 132. FTSE_100 133. Facebook 134. Fannie_Mae 135. First_Solar 136. Ford_Motor 137. France_Tele 138. Freddie_Mac 139. Fresenius 140. GBPAUD 141. GBPCAD 142. GBPCHF 143. GBPCHF.s 144. GBPCHF.x 145. GBPJPY 146. GBPJPY.s 147. GBPJPY.x 148. GBPNZD 149. GBPNZD.x 150. GBPUSD 151. GBPUSD.s 152. GBPUSD.x 153. GBP_FUT 154. GDF_Suez 155. GEA_Grp_AG 156. GRXEUR.s 157. General_Ele 158. General_Mtr 159. German_Bund 160. GlaxoSmithK

161. Gold 162. Goldman_Sch 163. Google_Inc 164. Groupon 165. Grp_Danone 166. HKXHKD.s 167. HSBC 168. Halliburton 169. Hang_Seng 170. Hdlbrg_Cemt 171. Henkel_AG 172. Hewlett-Pac 173. Home_Depot 174. Honda 175. Honeywell 176. IBEX_35 177. IBM 178. ING_Groep 179. Infineon 180. Infosys 181. Int'l_Paper 182. Int_Surgcl 183. Intel_Corp 184. Invensys 185. JDSUniphase 186. JPMrgn_Chas 187. JPXJPY.s 188. JPY_FUT 189. J_Sainsbury 190. Johnson&Jhn 191. K&S_AG 192. Kraft_Foods 193. LV_Sands 194. Lanxess_AG 195. Lehman_Bro 196. Level_3_Com 197. Linde_AG 198. LinkedIn 199. Lloyds_Bank 200. Lockheed

201. Lowe's 202. Lumber 203. MAN_AG 204. MGIC_Invest 205. MSCI_Taiwan 206. MUFG 207. Marks&Spenc 208. MasterCard 209. McDonalds 210. Merck_Co 211. Merck_KGaA 212. Metro_AG 213. Micron_Tech 214. Microsoft 215. Mizuho 216. Morgan_Stan 217. Motorola 218. Muenchener 219. NAB 220. NOKSEK.x 221. NSE_Nifty 222. NSXUSD.s 223. NTT 224. NZDCHF 225. NZDJPY 226. NZDUSD 227. NZDUSD.s 228. NZDUSD.x 229. NZD_FUT 230. Nasdaq_100 231. Natural_Gas 232. Newmont_Min 233. Nikkei_225 234. Nintendo 235. Nippon_Stl 236. Nissan 237. Nokia_Corp 238. Nvidia_Corp 239. ON_Semi 240. Oracle_Corp

241. Origin_Ener 242. Palladium 243. Panasonic 244. Pepsico 245. Pfizer_Inc 246. Platinum 247. Proctor&Gam 248. Prudential 249. Puma_AG 250. QBE_Ins. 251. QQQQ_NSD100 252. Qualcomm 253. Quantas_Air 254. RBS 255. RSA_Ins_Grp 256. RWE_AG 257. Rel_Comm 258. Rel_Ind 259. Rel_Infra 260. Renault 261. Resrch_In_M 262. Rolls-Royce 263. Russel_2000 264. Ryl_Dtch_Sh 265. S&P_500 266. SABMiller 267. SAP_AG 268. SGL_Carbon 269. SMFG 270. SPI200_ASX 271. SPXUSD.s 272. Sanfi_Avnts 273. Schering_Pl 274. Sears 275. Siemens_AG 276. Silver 277. Sony 278. Soybeans 279. Sprint_Next 280. Stada_Arz

281. Staples 282. Starbucks 283. State_Bank 284. Swiss_SMI 285. Symantec 286. Sysco_Corp 287. TUI_AG 288. Target_Corp 289. Tata_Motors 290. Tata_Power 291. Tata_Steel 292. Telstra 293. Tesco_Plc 294. Teva_Pharma 295. Texas_Instr 296. ThyssenKrup 297. Time_Warner 298. Toyota 299. UDXUSD.s 300. USDCAD 301. USDCAD.s 302. USDCAD.x 303. USDCHF 304. USDCHF.s 305. USDCHF.x 306. USDDKK.x 307. USDHKD.x 308. USDILS.x 309. USDINR 310. USDJPY 311. USDJPY.s 312. USDJPY.x 313. USDMXN.x 314. USDNOK 315. USDNOK.x 316. USDPLN.x 317. USDSEK 318. USDSEK.x 319. USDSGD.x 320. USDTRY.x

321. USDZAR 322. USDZAR.x 323. US_10Y_Note 324. US_30Y_Bond 325. US_Steel 326. Unilever 327. United_Tech 328. Utd_Thrptcs 329. Valero_Ener 330. Verizon_Com 331. Visa_Inc 332. Vivendi 333. Vodafone 334. Volkswagen 335. WTIUSD.s 336. Wachovia 337. Walmart 338. Wells_Fargo 339. Westfield 340. Westpac_Bnk 341. Wipro 342. Woolworth's 343. XAGUSD.s 344. XAGUSD.x 345. XAUEUR.s 346. XAUUSD.s 347. XAUUSD.x 348. Xstrata 349. Yahoo_Inc 350. Yelp 351. Zynga 352. eBay_Inc

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How to register Metatrader 4 free demo account

[AstroElite]

To add a new instrument in Metatrader 4

Run Metatrader 4 Go to View->Market Watch main menu item

Click right mouse button to pop-up a context menu Select Show all Click to File->New Chart and select the instrument you need financial data for, Goldman Sachs in the case.

Select in MT4 a time frame you need data for, for example D1 or H4 Close Metatrader. Remember, MT4 saves refreshed data into files only on close.

Now the instrument that was grayed out in AstroElite Financial will appear in a list in black text that means a data availability.

[AstroElite]

A. Get path to Metatrader data historical files

1. Run Metatrader 4 and open Navigator. Note a server name, GCI-Demo in our case
   
   
2. Click File->Open Data Folder
   
   
3. Windows Explorer will open
4. Click history folder and then a folder with the same name as server (GCI-Demo in our case)
5. Click with a mouse right button on the last path item and select Copy address in context menu
   
   
6. A full path to MT4 data folder (P:\GCI\history\GCI-Demo) now is on clipboard.
7. If UAC (User Account Control) is active on your computer the path will be long and ugly like C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Termina l\1DAFD9A7C67DC84FE37EAA1FC1E5CF75\history\ICMarke ts-Live01\. That's how MT4 developers decided to treat the data "for you security". If you don't like it, deactivate UAC.
8. Don't close Metatrader

B. Set path to Metatrader data historical files in AE Trader/Financial

1. Run AE Trader/Financial
2. Go to Preferences-> Fin.data.
3. Paste a data path string that is on clipboard now into Path to MT4 *.hst files box
4. If the path is correct, an Instruments list will be filled with stocks, currency pairs and commodities names available from your broker. The existing files are in black text, those that may be added are grayed out.

C. Alternative way to get and set MT4 data files path

1. Run Metatrader, open a Terminal window (CTL+T) and go to Journal tab. Find a line with Data Folder information. Note that (P:\GCI).
   
   
2. Note current MT4 server name. This will be also a name of the folder where historical data files (*.hst) are stored. In our case it is GCI-Demo.
   
   
3. Run AE Trader/Financial. In main menu select Preferences and switch to Fin.data tab.
   
   
4. Click ellipsis (...) button next to Path to MT4 *.hst files field, navigate to MT4 data folder and in history folder select the folder with server name. In our example it is GCI-Demo.

If everything been done correctly, you will see a list of available instruments. Grayed out items are those available from your broker but not added to any chart. Data files for them are missing yet.

[AstroElite]

Windows User Account Control (UAC) and Metatrader files location

In your examples MT4 data folder location is pretty short like C:\Program Files (86)\TradeKing ..., but in my case MT4 Open data folder point to very long path
C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Termina l\1DAFD9A7C67DC84FE37EAA1FC1E5CF75\history\ICMarke ts-Live01\

That's because on my computer UAC is off.



UAC is a well-known troublemaker for all programs, so if you don't mind about UAC status you also may deactivate that.

[AstroElite]

How to register Metatrader 4 free demo account