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Desktop MT5 Platform Interface

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The trading platform provides a simple and user-friendly interface. All commands can be accessed from the main menu, and the most frequently used ones are available on the toolbar. Quotes are displayed in Market Watch, while from the Navigator you can manage technical analysis and algorithmic trading tools.

1- Main Menu

The main menu contains almost all the commands and functions that can be executed in the trading platform. It provides access to operations with charts, analytical tools, platform settings, and other features. The main menu consists of the following items: File, View, Insert, Charts, Tools, Window, Help.

2- Toolbars

The platform has three built-in toolbars: Standard, Line Studies, and Periodicity. The toolbars contain duplicated commands and functions of the main menu. However, the toolbars are customizable, and you can add the most frequently used controls there.

3- Market Watch

The Market Watch window provides access to the price data of financial instruments: prices, statistics, and tick charts. Contract specifications and one-click trading features can also be accessed from this window.

4- Chart

The essence of technical analysis is studying price charts of financial instruments using technical indicators and analytical objects. Charts in the platform have a variety of settings so that traders can customize them and adapt to their personal needs. Every chart can be displayed with 21 timeframes from one minute (M1) to one month (MN1).

5- Navigator

The Navigator allows switching between accounts and provides functions for running trading robots and indicators. It contains a list of applications purchased from the Market and downloaded from the Code Base. From the navigator, users can rent a virtual platform to provide round-the-clock operation of Expert Advisors and Trading Signals.

6- Toolbox

Toolbox is a multifunctional window that provides functions for working with trade positions, news, account history, alerts, internal mailbox, program logs, and expert journals. Additionally, from the Toolbox, you can open and modify various orders and manage trade positions.

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