MT4Ticker Documentation

MT4Ticker helps you develop software for slow moving and motionless markets. MetaTrader executes your project according to each tick, and MT4Ticker simulates ticks by transmitting them to the terminal. By doing this, MetaTrader will think that the market is moving.

Description

This tool is designed for MetaTrader4. MetaTrader4 Expert Advisors functions according to each tick. This means strategies can be developed or tested only during stock market hours. You may want to develop or debug your EA during the weekend when there are no ticks.

To help mitigate this issue, run the following tool and set up tick interval. Afterward, MetaTrader4 will start receiving ticks. Please note that those ticks affect neither price (e.g., bid, ask) nor volume.

The tool automatically detects opening and closing MetaTrader4 terminals and shows a caption with their full .exe paths. Sometimes you may have to open multiple terminals. You may also want to send ticks only to selected terminals. To disable ticks for a particular terminal, uncheck it.

Newer operating systems such as Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server Edition have strict security policies. If you run your terminal as administrator but run MT4Ticker as a normal user, you won’t be able to send ticks to certain terminals on account of the system’s security policy. This issue may also appear in situations where both the terminal and the tool are running on different users. Rest assured that our tool automatically detects permission issues, graying out problematic terminals for you (as seen in the following screenshot). If a MetaTrader4 terminal appears gray (as in the screenshot), you have two ways to fix this problem. The first step is to run MT4 as administrator. The second is to run MetaTrader4 with the same MetaTrader4 terminal user.

MetaTrader4 can pause ticks with a single button. Current status of MT4 will display as online. To prevent lag in the system, the minimum interval for each tick is ten milliseconds.

Features

• MetaTrader4 supports all builds (including new releases)
• Automatically detects crashed terminals and restores them with the WATCH function (option to enable or disable specific terminals)
• Written in C++
• Ability to pause and unpause ticks for individual terminals
• Adjust tick interval (adjusted values will be saved in the registry for next time)
• Systray support available
• Free of charge FOREVER
• Hotkey support (assign shortcuts for multiple functions)
• “Always on Top” option
• Unlimited MetaTrader terminals
• Receive frequent updates
• “Auto Update” for Hotfixes
• Ability to send suggestions or report bugs from the interface

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Watch Function

This function has been available since Ticker 2.0. You can mark “watched” for any supported MetaTrader4 terminal. All watched terminals are automatically monitored to defend against unwanted closes and crashes. Ticker automatically detects crashing clients and restarts them for you even if you’re not at the computer. You can find additional details about crashes in the logs.

Licence

MT4Ticker is freeware that has been tested again and again by many online communities. Although no bugs have been reported for MT4Ticker, we are ready to provide immediate Hotfixes. That’s what makes this product so great. We constantly update it to ensure users’ continued satisfaction.

Installation

Download and unpack the archive file to a folder. Double-click the MT4Ticker.exe file to start it. We recommend running the file as administrator. In newer versions of Windows, UAC is implemented. This feature is another form of access control. If the MetaTrader terminal is running as administrator, other accounts will not be able to send commands to processes. That’s why we recommend starting MT4Ticker as administrator for best results. (MT4Ticker automatically detects permission problems and grays out inaccessible terminals.)