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Whilst this previous article […]","datePublished":"2015-11-22","dateModified":"2020-08-11","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forexschoolonline.com\/author\/jonfox\/#Person","name":"Johnathon Fox","url":"https:\/\/forexschoolonline.com\/author\/jonfox\/","identifier":1,"description":"Johnathon is a Forex and Futures trader with over ten years trading experience who also acts as a mentor and coach to thousands and has written for some of the biggest finance and trading sites in the world.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0b589a007c132efe23124c05a02b68524844c0089401129bd50bc12ee59d3a9?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0b589a007c132efe23124c05a02b68524844c0089401129bd50bc12ee59d3a9?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forex School Online","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.forexschoolonline.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FSO-Transparent-logo-gr.png","url":"https:\/\/www.forexschoolonline.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FSO-Transparent-logo-gr.png","width":240,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/forexschoolonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled-design6.png","url":"https:\/\/forexschoolonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled-design6.png","height":627,"width":1200},"url":"https:\/\/forexschoolonline.com\/metatrader-position-size-indicator\/","about":["Article","Featured Articles","Forex Trading Tools"],"wordCount":1855,"articleBody":"Metatrader Position Size Indicator\u00a0In the recent Forex trading Tutorial Forex Position Sizing I discussed at length both the different money management options you have available to you to manage your money in your trading and also how you can work out your trade sizes and risk before entering any trades.Whilst this previous article taught you how to manually work out your position sizes with a position size calculator, in today’s trading lesson I will be teaching you how can use an indicator in either MT4 or MT5 that automatically calculates your trade sizes for you, this way making it easier for you to keep an eye on you risk. Automatic Trade Risk \/ Percentage IndicatorWith this indicator all of your trade details such as how much money you currently have at risk or the percentage of your account at stake are shown to you right on your metatrader chart screen and they are continually changing and updating with the price.This MT4\/MT5 indicator is super convenient because it takes into account all of the information already contained in your trading platform such as your account balance and base trading currency and once you add in the extra details that the indicator asks for such as your entry and stop loss placement for the trade you want to make, then it will take all the information into account and automatically give you your risk information and continually update it as price is moving and changing. NOTE: Don’t have correct New York Close MT4 \/ MT5 Price Action Charts? Download free demo charts from the recommended broker: Recommended Forex Broker and Charts\u00a0 Metatrader Forex Position Size IndicatorBelow is a picture of the metatrader position size indicator on a chart that shows how the indicator works in action.You will see on this chart that the indicator is showing the current trade information such as the trade entry, stop loss, take profit and how much money and percentage that the trader is risking on the trade;  The first thing you need to do to use this indicator is download it correctly and put it into the correct spot in your MT4 or MT5 indicator files.This process has changed recently for downloading\/saving indicator files into metatrader. Where indicators are stored in MT4 was updated with build 600 so it is important that indicators are saved in the correct location.To save the indicator into your MT4\/MT5 files, please follow the instructions below carefully and if you have any questions afterwards please put them in the comments section below, making sure you select the tick box agreeing to be notified when there is a new reply so that when your question is answered you will get a new email letting you know.Also; please make sure you enter a correct email address because sometimes I will email you out the answer if I think it will help or if the answer will be longer than a general comment, but all emails addresses are never published on this website. Instructions to Download\/Save Metatrader\u00a0Position Size Indicator1: First; you need to save the Metatrader\u00a0Position Size Indicator to your computer.When you click to download the indicator it will prompt and ask you where you want to save it and you need to save it\u00a0somewhere on your computer that is easy to access.I have grouped together both of these indicators in the one spot so you can get them both at the same time below: 2: As the picture shows below; you now need to open\u00a0your MT4\/MT5 charts\u00a0and hit the \u201cFile\u201d -> \u201cOpen Data Folder\u201d button. Doing this\u00a0will open your computers metatrader files.Next click on the \u201cMQL4\u201d\u00a0folder and then\u00a0on the \u201cIndicators\u201d\u00a0folder (some brokers will not have an indicators\u00a0folder and will only have an MQL4 folder). In this indicator file is where you will see all your metatrader charts indicators stored and where you are going to also save the Metatrader Position Size Indicator. Leave this folder\u00a0open as you will come back to it.\u00a0       \u00a0 3: Now go back to where you saved the indicator in the easy\u00a0to get to\u00a0spot on your computer.\u00a0Using your mouse; right click on the indicator file and select \u201cCopy\u201d. Now\u00a0head back to the metrader \u2013 indicators folder.  4: Once inside the metatrader \u2013 indicators folder, using your mouse; right click anywhere in the space\u00a0and then select \u201cPaste\u201d. You have now pasted the new Metatrader Position Size indicator into your MT4 or MT5 indicators.  5: You can now close all of these folders. Please now go back to\u00a0your MT4 or MT5 charts and re-start them (turn off and turn back on) because for the indicator to work the charts will need to be rebooted. Using the Metatrader Position Size IndicatorYou have now downloaded and saved the\u00a0Metrader Position Size Indicator indicator into your indicators files. For future reference this is how you can save any new indicator you wish to use in you MT4\/MT5 charts.Now you need to learn how to load the indicator onto your charts and how to get the best out of it so that you can use this indicator to the best of its ability and have the really handy benefit of always knowing where your risk is sitting automatically. 1: To load this indicator onto your chart click on the \u201cInsert\u201d\u00a0\u2013> \u201cIndicators\u201d\u00a0\u2013> \u201cCustom\u201d and then \u201cPosition Size Calculator\u201d. This will then load the indicator onto your charts which will bring up a box full of options.  2: As the picture shows below; there are five options running up the top of the box including; \u201cAbout\u201d, \u201cCommon\u201d,\u00a0\u201cInputs\u201d, \u201cColours\u201d and\u00a0\u201cVisualisation\u201d.\u00a0 The option you need to select is \u201cInput\u201d. In here is where you are going to enter all the important trade details that are going to help your indicator and\u00a0metatrader platform work out your risk values. Note: Your metatrader platform already has stored a lot of important information such as your account balance, the base currency you are using to trade with and this is why unlike the manual Forex Position Size Calculator\u00a0you do not have to add this other information. This metatrader indicator automatically takes this information to formulate the risk answers for you. 3: The most important \u201cInputs\u201d you need to either change or enter a figure for are as follows:Entry Level\u00a0\u2013 The price of your entryStop Loss Level\u00a0\u2013 The price of your stop lossTake Profit Level\u00a0\u2013 The price of your take profitRisk\u00a0\u2013 How much you want to risk in percentageMoney Risk\u00a0\u2013\u00a0How much you want to risk in money (you don\u2019t have to put both money and percentage. See next input below).Use Money Instead of Percentage \/ True or False\u00a0\u2013\u00a0You can choose to pick an amount you want to risk in percentage or you can also choose to pick an amount you want to risk in money. If you want to pick an amount in money, then you need\u00a0to clear the amount in the percentages input so that it says 0.0 and in this input you need to select \u201cTrue\u201d so that you are now using money as you choice of risk management.Show Portfolio Risk\u00a0\u2013 This is automatically set to true and you should just leave it that way. This setting shows you both your current portfolio money\/percentage at risk and the potential portfolio money\/percentage at risk. This is a really great way to keep tabs on your risk  NOTE: You can change the colour of the words that the indicator puts onto your charts two ways.You may need to do this because you may have a black chart or a\u00a0white chart and the colours of the words may not be easy to read for you and may need changing (obviously you need to be able to read these words because they are telling you your risk information).You can either change them by going into the \u201cInputs\u201d section of the indicator and\u00a0then editing each\u00a0colour. The other way is to just double click on each individual word\/line on the chart you want to change and then selecting the colour you want to change it to.Please also note that the words move so that if you want to move them to a more convenient spot on your chart just double click on therm and move them to where you would like them to be. You can then right click on them and make them “un-selected”.The\u00a0metatrder indicator\u00a0will put lines up for\u00a0entry, take profit and stop loss levels. You can also change these horizontal line colours the same ways as mentioned above, but often these lines are just annoying and are\u00a0better off being deleted.This won\u2019t suit everyone and it is up to the individual trader, but\u00a0Metatrader puts up its own entry\/profit\/stop levels and so to have other coloured lines go directly on top of these is not needed.\u00a0You may\u00a0prefer to have the indicator levels instead and not show the MT4\u00a0entry\/stop\/profit levels\u00a0and in that\u00a0case you can\u00a0go into your MT4 settings and change the colours so that they no longer show for your trades. This is your personal choice. RecapThis is a very handy tool to help you with your trading and automatically keeping an eye on your risk, but it is only as good as the trader that is using it.A special mention must go to EarnForex.com who designed this indicator and have allowed us to help you with their very cool indicator.\u00a0If\u00a0you have any questions about anything to do with this indicator or your trading money management, then just post them in the comments section below. I always get\u00a0back to your comments or questions\u00a0promptly.Make sure you leave a valid email address and tick the check box to be notified when a reply\u00a0is made to your comment.– If you know any\u00a0one that would find this new indicator helpful with their trading\u00a0risk management, then\u00a0please pass it onto them so that they can also gain the benefits of better money management techniques in their trading.I really hope you enjoy this indicator and put it to good use in your trading. Make sure you keep an eye out over the coming weeks and months as we continue to bring you new trading tools and new ideas that you can use in your trading to become a better trader. We are always trying to bring you new tools and tricks to make your trading better so keep an eye out.Safe trading and all the success,Johnathon  Join The Telegram Group To Get Your Metatrader Position Size IndicatorInstant Access To The Beginners CourseFREE Trading SignalsStart Making 700 pips per weekGet Your PDF Price Action Guide with Telegram"}