Gold MetaTrader Account
Account Log In
Before opening any trade on the MT4 software, you'll be required to sign in and login to your MetaTrader Trade Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is confirming to see if the authorization login credentials/details you provide for User-name and Password are correct authorization login credentials/details for your MetaTrader Trade Account.
To start trading on the MT4, just press on 'File', then choose and click "Log in" button from the file drop down menu as depicted below.
Sign in to MT4 Software - MetaTrader Account Log in
As a gold trader once you press this login button, then a pop up panel will appear requesting you to put your Username & Password such as illustrated and shown below:
Platform Log-in - MetaTrader Account Log in
Once you in put your Username and Password you will then have to select the server: because this is a demo trade account, for this instance you will then select and choose 'Demo', if it was a live MetaTrader account/real account then you'd have to select 'Real' Server on this option by clicking drop-down arrow on the right side of the above text box.
Then tick the box 'Save Trade Account Data'
Then Press 'Log In '
Once you click sign in your details & particulars will be authenticated and you will then have access to your MT4 account & when logged in to your MetaTrader account you can start to trade & place new orders in the market on the MetaTrader 4 software. If you do not have MetaTrader Account login details and particulars you as a trader can get these details & particulars by signing up a practice account with a MetaTrader broker.
Once you login you can then check your account balance and set up your trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct MetaTrader Account you as a trader can check the details & particulars as shown below: (You will need to open Navigator Window: Keyboard Short Cut Keys, Press both CTRL+N on your keyboard)
MT4 Demo Account Details
The above example Shows the details & particulars of your MT4 practice demo trading account on the Gold trade platform work-space after you have logged in, whether it's a practice account or a live account as well as the account login number and the account name.
A demo account will have a green cartoon icon while real account will have a xauusd cartoon icon, when you open a real account you'll know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there a green cartoon you'll now see a Gold Cartoon.
If you have many MetaTrader Accounts on the same MT4 platform software, these will all be displayed and listed on this option, you can double click on the cartoon icon to choose the one you as a trader want to login and sign in to from the place.
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