The secrets of the MetaTrader 4 platform: how to configure sound alerts
Every trader who uses MetaTrader 4 platformThe user can adjust the appearance of the currency pairs' charts according to his own tastes and preferences. Some people like white backgrounds, others are used to black. Some like the black and white display of candlesticks, some prefer the green bars. In general, all felt-tip pens are different by taste and color. Most traders stop there. Nevertheless, knowing all possibilities and The secrets of the MetaTrader 4 platform will allow you to set up and audible notification of the system and user events, which will make trading in the foreign exchange market much more comfortable and pleasant.
How to configure sound alerts for system events
The system sounds of the MetaTrader 4 platform are known to all. These are establishment and loss of connection, slippage and others. Let's show how you can change them.
To do this, go to the "Service-Settings-Events" tab of the terminal.
In this tab you can see 11 system events and the assigned sound file in wav format to each of them. These files are located in the \MetaTrader 4/Sounds\ folder of your terminal.
To change the sound notification for a system event, double-click the sound file corresponding to the selected event.
Select "Choose other..." from the drop-down menu and in the window that appears, find the file you want.
It should be noted that not only wav, mp3 and wmi sound files, but also executable files with exe, vbs and bat extensions are suitable for notification. When an event occurs, a program associated with these types of files will be started.
How to configure audible notifications of user events
Many traders The most important thing is that the users are searching on forums and other Internet resources for scripts that would notify them, for example, when the price reaches a certain level, not even knowing that alerts of this kind are already implemented in the MetaTrader 4 platform, but for some reason remain a secret for the average user.
User events can be divided into two groups:
- Reaching a certain level at a price
- The onset of a certain time
You can find these events in the "Alerts" tab of the Terminal window after pressing Insert.
In the alert editor it is possible to set alerts when the price reaches specified levels, as well as triggering at the set time. The format of alerts, as well as their modification is similar to the modification of alerts on the system events. Now you can customize alerts to your taste without wasting your time searching for and downloading scripts which are sometimes suspicious or even unsafe.
Enable, disable, as well as edit and delete installed alerts by clicking the PCM on the desired alerts.
In addition, a notification of a user event to e-mail is implemented, but its configuration is a topic for separate article.
As you can see, in fact, Secrets of the MetaTrader 4 platform are no secrets at all. The confident use of all the functions of the trading terminal will make your trading on foreign exchange market more comfortable and profitable.