Content:

1. Getting Started...........................................................................................2

2. Quotes .....................................................................................................3

3. Charts .......................................................................................................7

4. Trading......................................................................................................9

5. History .................................................................................................... 15

6. Accounts.................................................................................................. 17

7. Settings ................................................................................................... 21

8. Notifications ............................................................................................. 22

9. Tablet Version .......................................................................................... 25

All menu names have been preserved in their original form.

 1. Getting Started

To start trading from your mobile device, first you have to download MetaTrader from Google Play
Market or AppStore depending on the operating system of your device.

The MetaTrader platform can be used on a smartphone or a tablet PC, powered by Android OS 2.1 or
higher or all other versions of iOS. It is recommended that you update MetaTrader regularly, which will
provide enhanced features and greater stability.

After installation, run the application by tapping the icon:

Connect to an Account/Open a Demo Account

During the first start of the application you will be offered the following options:

1. Login with existing account – select this option if you have an existing account.

2. Open demo account – select this option if you want to open a new demo account.

Android iOS

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Application UI

The whole interface of the MetaTrader mobile platform consists of the main working area and the side
panel, which allows switching between the main functions of the program:

Android iOS

Using the top panel, you can go to the following sections:

 Quotes – a window with prices of financial instruments;

 Charts – view price charts;

 Trade – view the state of account and manage trade positions and pending orders;

 History – view the history of trade operations;

 News – view news messages;

 Messages – view messages and push-notifications;

 Settings – mobile terminal settings

 Journal – view the logs of the platform

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 2. Quotes

Use this tab to view real-time pricing information on financial instruments. To switch to this tab, click on
Charts from the Settings menu.

The following price information is shown here:

 Name of the financial instrument

 The ask price

 The bid price

 Spread

 The time of the last quote

 The lowest ask price for the current day (Low)

 The highest bid price for the current day (High)

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Symbol Properties

Symbol trading terms are shown in this window. You can go to this window using the Properties
command in the context menu of the Quotes tab.

Android iOS

The window displays the following set of parameters for the financial instrument EUR/USD:

 Symbol name and description – name of the financial instrument and its short description;

 Digits – number of the decimal places in the price of the symbol;

 Contract size – number of units of the commodity, currency or financial asset in one lot;

 Margin currency – currency, in which the margin requirements are calculated;

 Profit currency – currency, in which the profit of the symbol trading is calculated;

 Trade – symbol trading mode (full access, long only, short only, close only). Also, trade can be
completely prohibited;

 Execution – the way of execution;

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Symbols

This section describes how to manage the set of symbols displayed on the Quotes tab. To open this
window, click on Symbols, after you have pressed the Menu button on your device.

Android iOS

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 3. Charts

A chart shows price changes over time for a given financial instrument. This window contains the most
important settings for a chart construction and to set the parameters of historical data.

Android iOS

Chart Opening

To open a chart of a financial instrument, run the Chart menu command in the Quotes tab. There is a
limit to the depth of price data that can be displayed in the mobile version of the MetaTrader platform.
The depth of the data depends on the device performance, but it cannot exceed 1 500 bars. As soon as
the limit has been reached, the Maximum bars limit notice appears at the bottom of the chart.

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Time Frames

In the MetaTrader platform, you can view 9 chart timeframes: from 1 minute (M1) to a one month
(MN). To switching between timeframes, use button Chart Timeframe on the lower part of the panel.

Indicators

A technical indicator is a mathematical manipulation of a security price and/or volumes aimed at

forecasting future price changes. Decisions about how and when to open or close positions can be made
on the basis of signals from technical indicators. To open a window where you can select an indicator, tap

Android iOS

From the window above you can add an indicator to your chart. To add an indicator tap the Plus sign.

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 4. Trading

To go to placing of a new order, tap on + on the top panel. The basis of the profit while working in the
financial markets is a simple rule: buy cheap and sell dear. One of the main functions of the MetaTrader
mobile platform is providing a user with wide opportunities to perform buy and sell operations.

The Trade tab features the current state of a trade account, as well as current positions and pending
orders. To switch to this tab, tap Trade from the menu.

Android iOS

Account Status

The current state of a trade account is shown at the top of the tab:

 Profit, currency – the total returns of the current trade positions and the account deposit
currency;

 Balance – money on the account, not accounting for the results of currently open positions
(deposit);

 Equity – equity is calculated as Balance + Credit - Commission +/- Floating profit/loss -

Blocked;

 Margin – money required to cover open positions and pending orders;

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  Free margin – the free amount of money that can be used to open positions;

 Margin level – percentage of the account Equity to the Margin volume.

Positions

Current open positions are shown in this part. By default, only brief information about positions is shown
here. To see more details, tap once on the position line.

1. Symbol – a financial instrument of the open position;

2. Type – position type: Buy — long, Sell — short;
3. Volume – volume of a trade operation (in lots or units);
4. Price – the price of a deal, as a result of which the position was opened. (Not to be
confused with the current price, which is described below);

5. Price – the current price of the financial symbol;

6. Profit – the financial result of the deal execution. A positive result indicates the profitability
of the deal, negative indicates loss;

7. Time – time when the position was opened. The record is represented as YYYY.MM.DD
HH:MM (year.month.day hour:minute);

8. Comment – a comment to a position. A comment can be added only when placing an order
from the PC version of the MetaTrader platform;

9. S/L – the Stop Loss level for the current position. If the order has not been placed, a zero
value is displayed;

10. T/P – the Take Profit level of the current position. If the order has not been placed, a zero
value is displayed;

11. Swap – amount of swaps charged;

12. Commission – commission charged by a brokerage company for the execution of the trade
operation (in the Metatrader platform there are no commissions).

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Orders

Pending orders placed are shown in this part. A pending order is the client's instruction to BenchMark
Finance to buy or sell a security at pre-defined conditions in the future. By default, only brief
information about orders is shown here. To see more details, tap once on the order line.

When approaching the market, the order background is colored in green.

1. Symbol – a financial instrument of the pending order;

2. Type – type of the pending order: Sell Stop, Sell Limit, Buy Stop, Buy Limit, Buy Stop
Limit or Sell Stop Limit;

3. Volume – volume requested in the pending order, and volume covered by the deal in lots;
4. Price – price reaching which the pending order will trigger;
5. State – the current status of the pending order: Started, Placed;
6. Time – time when the pending order was placed;
7. Comment – a comment to the order. A comment can be added only when placing an order
from the PC version of the MetaTrader terminal;

8. S/L – level of the placed Stop Loss order. If the order has not been placed, a zero value is
displayed;

9. T/P – level of the set Take Profit order. If the order has not been placed, a zero value is
displayed;

10. Price – the current price of the financial symbol;

11. # - ticket number a unique identifier of the pending order.

Position Opening

At the first stage of opening a position, you can specify the following parameters:

 Volume – specify here the volume of a trade operation in lots;

 Symbol – the symbol for which a trade operation should be executed;

 Trade operation type – select Instants execution for the market operation. In this field you
can also switch to placing a pending order.

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To open a position, tap Buy/Sell:

Android iOS

At the first stage of opening a position, you can specify the following parameters:

 Volume – specify here the volume of a trade operation in lots;

 Symbol – the symbol for which a trade operation should be executed;

Once all the necessary data have been specified, tap Sell or Buy. In this case an order to open a
short or long positions, respectively, is sent to the broker. Stop Loss and Take profit can be set,
only after the position is opened.

To set a Stop Loss or a Take Profit level in prices, you must fill the SL/TP field.

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 Position Closing

In order to close the position you need to tap Close in its context menu on the Trade tab.

Android iOS

Once you tap Close, the position will be completely closed.

Placing Pending Orders

To place a pending order, in the Quotes window, select the required symbol and execute the New order
command of the context menu.

The following parameters are specified at this stage:

 Volume – volume of an order in lots;

 Symbol – the symbol for which you place the pending order;

 Trade operation type – select the type of a pending order.

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 Android iOS

 Price – price at which the pending order should trigger;

 Stop Limit price – this field is active only for Stop Limit orders. When the Stop Limit order
triggers, a limit order will be placed at the price specified in it;

 Stop loss – the level of Stop loss;

 Take profit – the level of Take profit;

 Good Till Canceled (GTC) – the order will stay at the queue until it is manually canceled.

To modify a pending order, go to the Trade tab and run the Modify order command in the order
context menu. Almost all fields of a pending order can be modified, just like when placing one, except for
the volume. Once the parameters are set, tap Modify.

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 5. History

On this tab you can view the history of trade operations conducted on a trading account. To switch to
this tab, use the application side panel. There are two operation viewing modes: Orders and Deals. You
can switch between them at the bottom of the tab.

Android iOS

The following summary information is displayed in the upper part: the total number of orders, the
number of filled and canceled orders.

By default, only brief information about orders is shown here. To see more details, tap once on the order
line:

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 1. Symbol – a financial instrument of the order;
2. Type – type of the order: Buy, Sell etc;
3. State – result of the order placing: Filled, Partially, Canceled etc;
4. Volume – volume requested in the order;
5. Price – price specified in the order at which the trade operation should be executed;
6. Execution time – order execution time;
7. Time – the time when the order was placed by the trader. The record is represented as
YYYY.MM.DD HH:MM (year.month.day hour:minute);

8. Comment – a comment to the order, a comment can be added only when placing an order
from the PC version of the MetaTrader terminal;

9. Order – ticket number (a unique identifier) of a trade operation;

10. S/L – level of the placed Stop Loss order. If the order has not been placed, a zero value is
displayed;

11. T/P – level of the set Take Profit order. If the order has not been placed, a zero value is
displayed.

Deals

In the Deals menu from the History section you will see the final result from the made transactions,
account status and results from open positions.

Android iOS

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 6. Accounts

This section allows you to manage your trading account. To switch to this tab, tap Menu и pick
Accounts.

The number of the currently connected account is show at the top of the window. Below connection
parameters are shown:

 Server – the name of the server, to which the mobile terminal is currently connected;

 Point – the name of the access point, through which the terminal is currently connected to a
server.

Tap Information to find detailed information about the account — its number, name of the owner, the
trade server, the amount of leverage and balance.

Account Management
Each account that is used for the connection is saved in the list. In order to connect to the account, just
tap on its line or select Login in its context menu.

 Adding accounts – to open a new demo account or connect using details of a previously
opened account tap at the top of the window;

 Deleting accounts – to delete an account from the list, open a context menu by touching
and holding (for about 1 second) the account line. Then select Delete.

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Opening a demo account

In the MetaTrader mobile platform you can work with two types of accounts: demonstration (demo)
and real. Demo accounts provide the opportunity to work in a training mode without real money,
allowing to test a trading strategy. They have the same functionality as the real ones. The difference is
that the demo accounts can be opened without any investment and, therefore, one cannot expect to
profit from them.

In this window, select Open a personal demo account to open a new demo account.

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Selecting a server

At this stage, select BenchMark Finance and select BenchMark Server. To select a server, tap on its
line.

Specify the following account parameters on this stage:

 Name – the full name of the user, no less than eight characters long;

 Phone – contact phone number;

 E-mail – e-mail address;

 Account type – select the type of account;

 Leverage – ratio between borrowed and owned funds for trading (for example 1:200);

 Deposit – the initial deposit in the basic currency.

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To open an account, tap the Create account button at the top of the window:

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Managing Passwords

MetaTrader allows changing trading account passwords. To do this, go to the Accounts section and
press the Menu button. Then execute the Change password command.

 Current password – specify the current master password;

 Change master password/Change investor password – select what password you would
like to change — master or investor;

 New password – specify the new password;

 Password confirmation – specify the new password once again to prevent errors.

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 7. Settings

Configuration of the mobile MetaTrader is performed in the Settings section, which opens from the
Menu button.

Android iOS

The following settings are available here:

 Advanced mode – switching between the full and short representation of information;
 Accounts — configure trade accounts;
 OTP – go to the generator of one-time passwords;
 Messages — the history of received push notifications;

 Order sounds – enable/disable sound notification of trade operations;

 Candlestick – show the chart as a sequence of Japanese candlesticks;

 OHLC – when this option is enabled, current Open, High, Low and Close prices are displayed at
the top of the chart. Therefore, the exact value of the last bar can always be seen;

 Data window – when this option is enabled in the Crosshair mode, this option displays the
values of all active indicators in a specified point of a chart;

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  Show Volumes – volume display options: Don’t show volumes, Show tick volumes, Show real
volumes

6. Push Notifications

MetaTrader platform supports push notifications. Push notifications are short text messages that can be
sent to your device from the PC version of the client terminal, and from various services of the
MQL5.community

Push notifications are very important. It allows traders to keep abreast of the latest updates. An Expert
Advisor running in a desktop client terminal can notify a trader about the emergence of a new signal. The
trader, wherever he may be, receives the signal to the mobile device and can make a trading operation
through the MetaTrader.

Push notifications are received by the device, regardless of whether the application is running MetaTrader
or not, mobile Internet is all that is needed.

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The entire history of push notifications is stored in the MetaTrader and can be viewed at any time:

 Chat – instant messaging;

 Broker – messages from your broker;
 Terminal – messages sent from the client terminal;
 Community – messages from MQL5.community services: new comments in Freelance, change
in status of your publications in Code Base, Market and Signals, announcements of new
publications, etc.
 Other – other messages.

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Messages

The Messages section allows viewing the history of received push notifications. To go to this section,
use the Menu button and tap Messages. Upon receiving a new message you will see the following
windows:

To read a push notification, go to the required category and tap on the message in the list. MetaTrader
will start automatically. Unread notifications are displayed in bold.

Previously received push notification can be deleted in masse or one by one. To delete one message,
open it and tap Delete. To delete multiple messages tap Delete at the top of the window and then
confirm the deletion.

My MetaQuotes ID

During installation of MetaTrader, each user is assigned a unique identifier. It is used for pushing
messages to your device from a desktop version of the terminal, as well as from services at
MQL5.community. Your ID is displayed in the bottom of the Messages window. A tap on it copies the ID
to clipboard.

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9. Tablet version

MetaTrader has an interface adapted for tablets. This interface is used automatically when running the
application on such devices.

The functionality of the tablet version is identical to that of smartphones. There is little difference in the
location of some elements of the interface. This section presents explanatory photos on a tablet version
of MetaTrader.

Interface

This section describes the location of the interface elements in MetaTrader:

The interface is divided into three main areas: Settings, Chart, and Toolbox:

 Settings

 Chart

 Toolbox

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Settings

This part of the interface allows you to:

 Move to account management;

 Open the quotes window;

 View messages;

 Change program settings;

 Show information about the program.

Chart

A radial menu is used in the tablet version of MetaTrader. It opens at a single tap on the chart.

This is a convenient menu for working with the chart:

 Changing the timeframe;

 Applying indicators on the chart;
 Enabling crosshairs.

The top panel of the chart provides commands for placing new orders and changing the chart symbol.

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Toolbox

Toolbox is a multifunctional window allowing you to:

 Manage the current positions and orders;

 View the history of orders and deals;
 View the news;
 View the journal.

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