Place Moving Average Technical Indicator on Forex Chart on MetaTrader 4

This Tutorial will explain how to place the Moving Average Technical Indicator on a Forex Chart in the MetaTrader 4 Platform. For technical analysis: Technical analysis of Moving Average.

How to Place Indicators in MT4 FX Trading Charts

Step 1: Open Navigator Window on Forex Trading Platform

Open Navigator window as shown & illustrated below: Go to "View" menu (click on it), then select "Navigator" window (click), or From Standard Tool Bar click the "Navigator" button or press keyboard short cut keys "Ctrl+N"

On Navigator window, select 'Technical Indicators', (DoubleClick)

Step 2: Expand the FX Indicators Menu on the Navigator

Expand the menu by clicking the expand button marker (+) or doubleclick the "indicators" menu, after this the button key will then now appear as (-) & will now be shown as a list as shown below.

From the Above window you can then place any technical indicator you want on the chart.

Placing Moving Average on Chart

Step 1: Select the Moving Average button on the MetaTrader 4 list of technical indicators as shown below:

Step 2: Double click Moving Average Button, & click okay to insert the indicator on chart as shown & illustrated below:

Edit Technical Indicator Settings

To Change Settings, right click in Trading Indicator, choose properties and then edit properties of trading indicator using pop-up menu that appears and click ok button after you've changed settings.

The following popup appears & Trading Indicator settings can be edited from this pop up panel.