One Click Trading

There is a built-in One Click Trading function in MetaTrader 4/5. This function helps to simplify trading process and significantly reduce the time of trading operation fulfillment. Now you can open and close orders, set Stop Loss and Take Profit levels, place pending orders only with a few clicks. One Click Trading is a perfect choice for traders for whom the speed of the trading operation execution plays an important role (including scalpers).

How to start One Click Trading?

There are two options to fulfill this.

Option 1:
  • In the top menu click "Tools";
  • Choose "Options";
  • Click "Trade";
  • Mark "One Click Trading";
  • After that the Disclaimer will open. Read it, mark "I accept these Terms and Conditions" and click "OK";
  • Then click "OK" in the "Options" window.

One Click Trading function is now on!

Option 2:
  • Open One Click Trading panel (see below) and open an order;
  • After that the Disclaimer will open. Read it, mark "I accept these Terms and Conditions" and click "OK".

One Click Trading function is now on!

How to open One Click Trading panel?
There are three methods to open it:
  • Click the triangular symbol in the upper left corner of the chart window, situated near the symbol of currency pair.
  • Right-click anywhere in the chart window and choose One Click Trading in the context menu.
  • Use Alt+T combination.
What are the components of One Click Trading panel?
OneClickTrading Panel
  1. On/off button.
  2. The symbol of the financial instrument.
  3. The field for setting order volume.
  4. Button to open a sell order.
  5. Button to open a buy order.
  6. Current bid price.
  7. Current ask price.
One Click Trading panel changes its colour according to the current quotations. It becomes:
  • Red – when current quotation is lower than the previous one.
  • Blue – when current quotation is higher than previous one.
  • Grey – when price level doesn't change for 15 seconds.
How to set/modify Stop Loss and Take Profit levels?
  • To set Stop Loss level, left-click on the price level of the opened order and drag it lower to the desired price level for buy order or higher to the desired price level for sell order. To modify it, left-click on the current Stop Loss level and drag it to the desired price level.
  • To set Take Profit level, left-click on the price level of the opened order and drag it higher to the desired price level for buy order or lower to the desired price level for sell order. To modify it, left-click current Take Profit level and drag it to the desired price level.
How to place/modify pending orders?
  • Right-click on the desired price level in the chart window (click higher than current price level if you want to place Sell Limit or Buy Stop and lower than current price level if you want to place Buy Limit or Sell Stop);
  • Click "Trade" in the context menu;
  • Choose the desired pending order type.

The process of pending order modification is similar to Stop Loss and Take Profit levels modification.

How one click closing is fulfilled?

In the window "Terminal" choose "Trade" to close the market order or delete the pending one, click "x" in the column "Profit".

Attention! After clicking "buy" or "sell" button request to open the order is sent to the server without additional confirmation!

One Click Trading-Market Depth plugin is a script that expands the abilities of MetaTrader 4 trading platform. It is intended to simplify the trading process. You can open/close orders just with one click. This plugin will be especially useful for traders whose strategies are based on opening/closing a great number of orders in a short period of time.

The plugin also displays market depth which shows up to 6 best Ask and Bid prices with corresponding volumes at a certain time and total available volumes of the chosen financial instrument.

The components of One Click Trading-Market Depth
One Click Trading-Market Depth plugin
  1. The name of the financial instrument.
  2. Attach/Detach the panel to/from the chart.
  3. Close the panel.
  4. Open order to buy the financial instrument at a current price.
  5. Open order to sell the financial instrument at a current price.
  6. Current spread of the financial instrument.
  7. Order volume in lots.
  8. To close all orders opened at the moment.
  9. Stop loss value in points from the current price.
  10. Take profit value in points from the current price.
  11. Profit of the current symbol in account currency.
  12. Open order of the current symbol in lots.
  13. Display/hide market depth.
  14. Bid/ask levels.
  15. Bid volume on the market in millions.
  16. Ask volume on the market in millions.
  17. Total bid volume.
  18. Total ask volume.
Installation

To start using One Click Trading-Market Depth plugin, you should perform the following actions:

1 step
Download the application by clicking the button:
2 step
Install the application to the folder with the trading terminal.
3 step
As soon as the installation finished, download the OneClickTradingEA.ex4 file by clicking the button
4 step
Open your the MT4 terminal. Go to the "File" tab in the main menu and Open "Data Folder". Copy the OneClickTradingEA.ex4 file into the MQL4 > Experts folder. Restart the terminal.
5 step
In the terminal options in the "Expert Advisors" tab (Tools > Options > Expert Advisors) mark "Allow automated trading", "Allow DLL imports" and save the changes.
6 step
Drag OneClickTradingEA expert advisor from "Navigator" window to the necessary chart.
Finish!
Use One Click Trading-Market Depth plugin and your trading will be easier and more comfortable!
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