Templates on the XAUUSD Charts Menu in the MetaTrader 4 Platform
The templates option is provided within the charts menu on the MetaTrader 4 xauusd platform. The MT4 template is used by many traders to save their xauusd systems, this way they can load the xauusd system on a new trading chart direct from this template option without having to put the gold chart technical indicators one by one every time they open a new chart. MT4 Change Template - traders can also use these MT4 template option to save more than one xauusd templates and they keep changing from one template to another when trading on MT4 gold charts
The Templates Option on the MT4 Software is Shown Below:
Save a XAUUSD System as a Template on the MetaTrader 4 Platform
For example as a trader you might come up with a trading system shown below.
This system takes 5 minute to set up, It would take you 5 min to set it on every xauusd chart you open. But the MT4 chart template will save you this time by saving this xauusd system as a xauusd MT4 template and to place this MT4 chart template on another xauusd chart you only need to load the template on the MT4 software.
To save the above xauusd system you will open the templates button within the charts menu on MT4 and use the save template option.
After selecting the save template button the following pop up will appear and you as a trader can use save MetaTrader 4 chart template & give it a name as shown below.
First step is to give MetaTrader 4 chart template a name, we name our MT4 template as tradeforextrading & click the save button.
Load a Template on MT4
To load a template on the MetaTrader 4 platform, go the charts menu on the MT4 platform select the templates button and select the submenu item for load template. This will load the named template on to the new gold chart as displayed & shown below.
The named template on the MT4 platform is shown on the list above: this is a short cut for the available templates that have been saved on the MetaTrader 4 platform. Another option is using the 'Load Template', which is the second option marked as 'Load Template' on the template menu sub items on the MT4.
MetaTrader 4 Change Template Remove Template
The third option in the MT4 template sub menus is the remove template; this sub menu item will remove any MetaTrader 4 chart template that's loaded on the gold chart.