MT5 Status Bar

One quick method to check the real time internet connection between your MetaTrader 5 platform and the server of your online crypto broker is to check the MT5 status bars on the MT5 platform interface - MT5 Connection Bar on MT5 Status Bar.

On the cryptocurrency trading example illustrated below the MetaTrader 5 Connection Bars on MT5 Status Bar is Shown:

The MetaTrader 5 status bar is used to show if there is a connection to the trading servers or not, if there is a connectivity to the trading server, then a trader can place cryptocurrency trades to the online cryptocurrency market using MT5 cryptocurrency charts. When there is a connection MT5 crypto charts can then keep updating - if MetaTrader 5 Bitcoin Charts on your bitcoin trading platform are Not Updating - you should first check the connectivity using the MT5 Connection bars on MT5 Status Bar.

Green Bars - on the Connection bars on MT5 Status Bar shows there is a connection, next to the green bars there will also be the kilobytes downloaded and uploaded indicated as a figure.

Red Bars - Connection bars on MT5 Status Bar show that there is no connection and cryptocurrency trades to the brokers' server cannot be opened.

Red bars may also mean that your internet connection is down, therefore if you are using a connection like dial up and red bars come up, then maybe it is your internet connection, and not necessarily the crypto broker's server. A common question by bitcoin traders is - Why are MetaTrader 5 Bitcoin Charts Not Updating? if your MT5 crypto charts are not updating then you may need to first check the connection of the MT5 platform to your crypto broker using this MT5 connection bars on MT5 status bar - MT5 Bitcoin Charts Not Updating.

To show the status bars on the MT5 platform, a trader needs to use the "Status Bar" button on the 'View' menu options as shown below, Click to check, once the option is checked the MT5 status bar will appear at the bottom right corner of your MetaTrader 5 Bitcoin Trading Platform.

How to check if there is an online connection on the MetaTrader 5 Software

MT5 Bitcoin Trading Platform Connection Bars on Status Bar - Green Bars indicate that the connection is online and Red Bars illustrate that the connection is offline. The connection might be either your internet service provider or crypto broker server. Most of the time it will be your internet service provider as the crypto brokers have 2 to Three simultaneous servers and there is no way all of them can be offline even if it is for 1 second.