MT4 Platform Connection Bars - MetaTrader 4 Status Bar

One quick method to check the real time internet connection between your MT4 forex platform and the server of your online Forex broker is to check the MetaTrader 4 status bars on the MT4 platform interface - MetaTrader 4 Connection Bar in MT4 Status Bar.

On the example below the MT4 Connection Bars in MetaTrader 4 Status Bar is Shown:

The MT4 status bar is used to show if there is a connection to the trading servers or not, if there's a connectivity to the trading server, then a trader can place trades to the online forex market using MetaTrader 4 charts. When there is a connection MetaTrader 4 charts can then keep updating - if MT4 Charts on your forex platform are Not Updating - you should first check the connection using the MT4 Trading Platform Connection bars in MetaTrader 4 Status Bar.

Green Bars - on the Connection bars in MT4 Status Bar shows there is a connection, next to the green bars there will also be the kilobytes downloaded and uploaded indicated as a figure.

Red Bars - Connection bars in MT4 Status Bar show that there is no connection and trades to the brokers' server cannot be opened.

Red bars may also mean that your internet connection is down, therefore if you are using a connection like dial up and red bars come up, then maybe it is your internet connection, and not necessarily the Forex broker's server. A common question by traders is - Why are MT4 Charts Not Updating? if your MetaTrader 4 charts are not updating then you may need to first check the connection of the MT4 trading platform to your forex broker using this MetaTrader 4 connection bars in MetaTrader 4 status bar - MT4 Charts Not Updating.

To show the status bars on the MT4 platform, a trader needs to use the "Status Bar" button on the "View" menu options as shown below, Click to check, once the option is checked the MetaTrader 4 status bar will appear at the bottom right corner of your MT4 Trading Platform.

How to check if there is a connection on the MT4 Platform

MT4 Platform Connection Bars on Status Bar - Green Bars indicate that the connection is online and Red Bars show that the connection is offline. The connection might be either your internet service provider or Forex broker server. Most of the time it will be your internet service provider as the Forex brokers have 2 to Three simultaneous servers and there is no way all of them can be offline even if it is for 1 second.