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xStation 5: Stop Loss, Take Profit & Trailing Stop

As we’ve already explained in our Basic terms and vocabulary tutorial, one of the key things to keep in mind when trying to find long-term success with trading is prudent risk management. This is why Stop Loss and Take Profit orders should be an integral part of your trading.

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xStation 5: Technical analysis

For technical analysts, the chart is one of the most important tools when making trading decisions. This is why it is crucial you customise your trading platform to suit your style and preferences.

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xStation 5: Calculator

The advantage of the trader’s calculator is that it instantly determines every aspect of your position, allowing you to make more informed decisions and take greater control of your trading, without any need for manual calculation.

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xStation 5: Charts and Customisation

For most traders, the chart is the main and most important source of market information, which is why it's important to customise it to fit your trading needs perfectly.

xStation was designed to be intuitive to use and fully customisable, allowing you to create a trading screen that's suited to your trading style. In this comprehensive tutorial, you can find out exactly how you can customise the appearance of xStation 5 to meet your needs.

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xStation 5: Calendar and News

xStation 5 is designed to be the complete trading platform with everything you need in one place, keeping you as close to the markets as possible.

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xStation 5: Charts correlation

Correlations in financial markets essentially measures the degree to which two securities move in relation to each other. Traders find it very important to calculate correlations to reduce and diversify risk of their portfolios, as well as to identify additional trading opportunities.

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xStation 5: Hotkeys

Once you’ve made the decision on market, speed is the key. That’s why professional currency traders are able to do almost everything via their keyboard.

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xStation 5: Market Analysis

When trading the financial markets, it’s good to have as much information as possible. xStation 5 gives you a real advantage in terms of looking for and identifying potential trading opportunities. In this tutorial, we’ll cover the unique functions of xStation 5 that are designed to help you trade better.

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xStation 5: Market Watch and How to Place a Trade

In essence, the Market Watch is your window to the world of investments from around the globe. Learn how to place your first trade through xStation 5, and choose from Forex, commodities, indices, equity CFDs and ETFs.

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xStation 5: Pending Orders

When you have your own view on a particular market, but don’t have the time to constantly monitor prices manually, pending orders might be a good solution to your problem. Learn what types of pending orders you can find on xStation 5, how to place a pending order, and how to trade right from the chart.

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xStation 5: Price alerts

Alerts on xStation 5 can automatically inform you when important to you levels will be achieved by the market, without having to spend all day in front of the monitor or mobile.

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xStation 5: Statistics

One of the unique functions of xStation 5 is live statistics on your trading performance. These statistics update in real-time and are a modern day trading journal that may help you understand what aspects of your trading are successful and identifies areas for improvement.

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xStation 5: Terminal

xStation 5’s Terminal allows you to manage and monitor all your trading activities. Here, you will find information about open positions, pending orders, trading account history, cash operations, overall balance, equity and your margin details.

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xStation 5: Trading from the chart

Learn how to place orders directly from the chart on xStation 5.

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MT4: How to Open a Trade

Placing a trade on MT4 trading platform is exceptionally easy, intuitive and fast. MT4 offers you several ways of placing a trade, which we've explained in the lesson below.

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MT4: Stop Loss, Take Profit & Trailing Stop

As we’ve already explained in our Basic Terms and Vocabulary tutorial, one of the keys to achieving success in financial markets over the long term is prudent risk management. That’s why stop losses and take profits should be an integral part of your trading.

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MT4: Market Watch

In essence, the Market Watch is your window into the world of investments from around the globe. Learn how to place your first trade through MT4, and choose from Forex, commodities, indices, equity CFDs and ETFs.

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MT4: Charts & Customisation

Learn to use advanced technical analysis tools on MT4, such as trend lines, support and resistance levels, channels & more with XTB’s comprehensive tutorial.

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How to Place a Trade on MT4

Placing a trade on the MetaTrader 4 platform is simple and intuitive. Find out how to do it in this article.

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Programming & Editing Technical Analysis Tools Available on MT4

MT4 is a flexible platform that allows you to utilise its MQL programming language. To do so, simply access the MetaQuotes Language Editor that's available by pressing F4 or finding this option in the menu in the Tools tab.

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