Installing MT4 Expert Advisors, Indicators and Scripts

The following steps are used to install the MT4 tools onto your Metatrader 4 terminal.

• Open up your Metatrader 4 terminal.

• Under the File menu, select "Open Data folder..."

• Windows explorer will open in the Metatrader 4 data folder, showing you sub-directories under the main level. Double click on "MQL4" to go up one more level.

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• Double click on "MQL4" to go up one more level and you will see a series of folders including "Indicators", "Scripts" and "Experts".

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• Copy the files received into the respective folder, depending on whether they are an indicator, script or expert advisor.

• Close your Metatrader 4 terminal and then reopen again.

• Open the navigator in the Metatrader 4 terminal (CTRL-N) and look under the respective section to see if the indicators, scripts or expert advisor can be seen.

• Lastly, under the "Tools" menu, select "Options" to bring up various settings you can change for your Metatrader 4 terminal.

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• Under the Experts tab, ensure the checkbox labelled "Allow DLL imports" is ticked and click on OK.