How to Place New BTCUSD Trade Order in Tools Menu on MT4 Platform
A new trading order to buy or sell a trade can be found on tools menu within the MT4 Platform. Button key for placing a new trade is shown below. (ShortCut Key board Keys 'F9')
Placing a New Bitcoin Trading Order
As a bitcoin trader, once you select the new order button as illustrated and shown above the following popup window will appear. This pop up window includes the settings for placing a new trade order.
Following Setting are specified for setting up and placing a new order:
- Symbol - Specify the instrument to be traded.
- Volume - The Number of Lots to be transacted
- Stop Loss Cryptocurrency Order - Set Stop Loss Order, This option can be set after opening the trade, or for pending bitcoin orders
- Take Profit Cryptocurrency Order - Set Take Profit Order, This option can be set after opening the trade, or for pending bitcoin orders
- Type: Market Execution or Pending Order
- Sell by Market - Open a Sell Trade
- Buy by Market - Open a Buy Trade
To Buy at current price hit the Buy by Market button
To Sell at current price hit the Sell by Market button
Setting Pending Orders
To Set a pending trade at another price, Change the 'Type' option from 'Market Execution' to "Pending Order" as shown below.
A menu list will appear & explain the following options.
- Buy Limit Order
- Sell Limit Order
- Buy Stop Order
- Sell Stop Order
These options are shown below:
To learn how to set up these pending cryptocurrency orders read the articles:
Setting up Buy Limit Order & Sell Limit Order in MetaTrader 4
Setting up Buy Stop Order & Sell Stop Order in MetaTrader 4
Once you select the type of pending bitcoin trade order to place: then select and click the 'Place' button as shown on the above screenshot to complete the setup.