Login to a MetaTrader 4 Stock Account

MetaTrader Stock Account Login

Before placing any trade on the MetaTrader 4 platform, you will be required to login to your Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account and get authenticated before gaining access. Authentication is checking to see if the details you provide for Username and Password are the correct details for your Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account.

To start trading on MT4 stock platform, just click on "File", then tap and click "Login" button from the file drop down menu as shown below.

Login to MetaTrader 4 Online Stocks Platform - Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account Login

As a stocks trader once you click this login button, then a popup window will appear prompting you to input your Username and Password as shown below:

Stocks Platform Login - Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account Login

Once you input your Username and Password you will then have to select the server; because this is a demo stocks account, for this instance you will then select "Demo", if it was a real Stocks Trading MetaTrader account/live stock trading account then you would have to select "Real" Server on this option by clicking the drop down arrow on the right side of the above text box.

Then check the box "Save Account Information"

Then Click "Login"

Once you click login your details will be authenticated and you will then have access to your MT4 stocks account and when logged in to your stocks MetaTrader account you can start to trade and place new trade orders in the stocks market on the MT4 stock platform. If you do not have Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account login details you can get these details by registering a demo practice account with a MetaTrader broker.

Once you login you can then check your stocks account balance and set up your stock trades. To know that you have logged in to the correct Stocks Trading MetaTrader Account you can check the details as shown below: (You will need to open Navigator Window: Keyboard Short Cut Keys, Press Both CTRL+N on your keyboard)

MT4 Demo Account Details

The above example Shows the details of your MT4 demo stocks account on the Stocks trade platform work-space after you have logged in, whether it is a demo stocks account or a live account as well as the account login number and the account name.

A demo stocks account will have a green cartoon icon while live stock trading account will have a stocks trading cartoon icon, when you open a live account you will know what this statement is talking about. Just know in the above picture where there is a green cartoon you will now see a Stocks Trading Cartoon.

If you have many Stocks Trading MetaTrader Accounts on the same MetaTrader 4 stock platform, these will all be listed on this option, you can double click on the cartoon icon to select the one you want to login to from this place.