Platforms

MetaTrader 4

Our custom-built bridge combines OANDA’s pricing and execution with MT4’s charting and analysis. An MT4 premium upgrade gives you access to a range of enhancements including additional indicators and expert advisors (EAs) such as mini charts, OCO orders, tick-chart and keyboard trading, chart-ladder order entry, five-minute orderbook and alert trading.

Depth of market with mini terminal

Depth of market pricing lets you take advantage of spreads starting from just 0.6 pips for typical EUR/USD order sizes. With depth of market, the smaller the size of your trade, the tighter the spread we can offer you. Access depth of market pricing using the OANDA MT4 premium upgrade with the mini terminal.

Spreads for typical trade sizes start from just 0.6 pips on EUR/USD
Trade large sizes in one transaction
View pricing and spread for larger sizes

See the depth of market page for more information

Automated trading strategies

The MT4 platform supports expert advisors (EAs) - automated trading tools developed by third parties. Using our expert advisors, you can:

Build trading algorithms
Backtest your trading strategies
Use existing algorithms to enhance your trading strategy.

Trade from charts

Use MetaTrader 4’s advanced charting package to access:

Nine time frames and multiple displays
Five candles per week on the Daily NY Close Charts
Over 50 built-in indicators.

Proprietary MT4 plug in

Our suite of technical analysis packages can be used as a plug-in to your MT4 platform. The plug-in lets you:

Execute trades directly from the interface
Access intraday market scanning
Set up automatic chart pattern recognition and pattern quality indicators
Set up automated alerts for specified patterns.

MT4 premium upgrade

Strengthen your forex trading experience with premium upgrades for MT4:

Use one-cancels-the-other (OCO) for breakouts or reversions
Trigger actions including trades with alarm manager
Trader positions and orders updated every 5 minutes with our five-minute orderbook
Trigger trades on the cross of a trendline with smart lines
Capture market movements via the keyboard trading tick-chart trader
Access 28 new applications and indicators.

See the MT4 premium upgrade page for more information

MT4 open order indicator

See aggregate OANDA client open orders and open positions directly on your MT4 charts with the open orderbook MT4 indicator:

Capture market sentiment, the foundation of most institutional trading strategies
Identify key trends by monitoring our client open orders
Gain visibility over the markets with our proprietary technology
View aggregate current buy and sell orders placed by our traders
Benefit from clearly visible support and resistance levels on your charts.
Trade using retail pricing sentiment
Access net order information
View open orders directly on your MT4 charts
View open positions directly on your MT4 charts
Access cumulative order information
Indicator data refresh frequency: 5 minutes (premium) and 20 minutes (standard).