MetaTrader 4 Tips & Tricks: 31 Shortcuts and Features (2026)
October 22, 2026
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Live charts, a market session clock, risk calculators and real-money results: the practical tools we use to plan trades and judge automated trading systems, free to use on any device.
Real-time price charts with the context that matters for each pair: when it moves, what moves it and how much a pip is worth.
Real-time euro to US dollar chart with a session clock, pip value calculator and the events that move EURUSD.
Open the EURUSD chart →Real-time pound to US dollar chart with session timing, a pip value calculator and the UK and US data that move cable.
Open the GBPUSD chart →A public real-money cent account running the Nexus EURUSD EA, tracked on Myfxbook with every trade and its drawdown.
See the live results →Work out what a trade can cost before you place it, and how losses compound over a run of trades.
See what each pip and your stop distance are worth on a standard or USD cent account.
Calculate pip value →See how a losing run reduces an account, and the gain needed to recover. Essential before running any EA.
Open the calculator →Turn your account size, risk percentage and stop distance into a lot size for MT4 or MT5.
In developmentKnow when the market is busy, and when scheduled news is likely to widen spreads and move prices.
Live rate decisions, inflation and jobs data with actual, forecast and previous figures. Filter by EUR, GBP and USD.
Open the calendar →Which of Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York are open right now, adjusted automatically for clock changes.
Check the sessions →Check which MetaTrader brokers accept clients where you live before you open an account.
Find brokers →Tools for judging an automated trading system on evidence rather than marketing.
Dig into Nexus EA trade history and statistics in one place, including the losing periods.
Explore the data →Backtests, demo and real-money testing explained, and what each one can and can't tell you.
Read the method →How to keep MetaTrader running 24 hours a day, five days a week, so an EA doesn't miss trades.
Read the guide →A simple routine before trading, or before trusting any EA with real money.
Nexus is a rules-based Expert Advisor for MT4 and MT5. Watch the public real-money EURUSD account, then run Nexus on your own demo account for 60 days at no cost.
Yes. Every tool on this page is free to use, with no sign-up, on desktop or mobile.
Yes. The charts and calculators work for any platform. Pip values and lot sizes are the same whether you trade in MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5, although your broker's contract size can differ, so check its specification for each pair.
Yes. Live charts stream market data from TradingView during forex market hours. The prices are indicative; the exact price and spread you can trade come from your own broker.
It shows how much money each pip of price movement is worth for your trade size, so you can see what a stop loss would cost before you place the trade. It is one of the simplest ways to keep risk under control.
Drawdown is the fall from an account's highest point to its lowest point before it recovers. It shows how deep the losing periods can be. Two systems with similar profits can have very different drawdowns, and the deeper the drawdown, the larger the gain needed to recover.
