MT5 XAUUSD Trading Software Tutorial
Gold Trading Account Sign In
Before placing any trade on the MetaTrader 5 platform, you will be required to login to your Gold Trading MetaTrader Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is checking to see if the details you provide for Username & Password are correct details for your Gold TradingMetaTrader Account.
To start trading on MT5, just click on "File", then select & click "Sign in" button key from the file drop down menu as displayed below.
Log in to MT5 Online Gold Platform - Gold MetaTrader Account Login
As a trader once you click this log in button key, then a popup window will appear prompting you to put your Username and Password as shown below:
Gold Platform Sign in - Gold MetaTrader Account Login
Once you input your User Name and Password you will then have to choose the server: because this is a demo gold trading account, for this instance you'll then choose "Demo", if it was a real Gold Trading MetaTrader account/live xauusd trading account then you would have to choose "Real" Server on This MetaTrader 5 option by clicking the drop down arrow on the right side of the above text box.
Then check box "Save Account Information"
Then Click "Sign in"
Once you click login your details will be authenticated and you will then have access to your MT5 account and when logged in to your gold trading MT5 account you can start to trade & place new gold orders in the xauusd market on the MT5 Platform. If you do not have Gold Trading MetaTrader Account login details you can get these details by registering a practice trading account with a MetaTrader broker.
Once you sign in you can then check your xauusd MT5 account balance and set up your xauusd trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct Gold Trading MetaTrader Account you can check the details as illustrated below: (You'll need to open Navigator Window Panel: Key board Short-Cut Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your key-board)
MT5 Demo Gold Trading Account Details
The above example Shows the details of your MT5 demo MT5 account on the Gold trade platform work-space after you have logged in, whether it is a practice MT5 account or a live MT5 account as well as the MT5 account sign in number & the MT5 account name.
A demo MT5 account will have a green cartoon icon while live xauusd MT5 account will have a gold cartoon icon, when you open a real account you will know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there is a green cartoon you'll now see a Gold Cartoon.
If you have many Gold Trading MetaTrader Accounts on the same MT5 Gold Trading Platform, these will all be listed on This MetaTrader 5 option, you can double-click on the cartoon icon to choose the one you want to sign in to from this place.
