The most common questions on the topic:
"My trading terminal MT4 started very" slow down "and take up a lot of disk space. Do not tell me that it can be removed and it does not do much harm to his work? "
"After testing the forex strategy with the help of forex advisor over the past few years of history, I notice that the Metatrader 4 trading platform has become very slow work, like" Freeze "- that can be done to restore its performance" ...?
That's right, the trading platform Metatrader 4 can eventually take a lot of space in the forex trader's computer hard drive. Or with some forex indicators on the large span of history (indicator type jason-breakout-box_v3.ex4 for forex trading strategy 4-6 GMT Breakout Strategy, building the use of the indicator boxes) begins to "slow down" and it creates discomfort at work.
To cope with this trouble can be very simple way: it is necessary to clean the folder with the platform Metatrader 4 from different accumulated "garbage"!
The problem is that the MT4 platform is constantly keeps in its list of tradable quotes coming every second or test currency pairs, keeps logs of work and testing forex advisors work for each trading day the terminal when it is turned on, and other data.
Getting to the problem - clear the folder of Metatrader 4 extra information:
1st option:
Fix a problem - to establish a new trading platform MT4 Forex Broker lyubogorekomenduemogo and move all of your trading account on it and work schedules using MT4 templates.
Option 2:
Go to the folder below and delete all the information from them (if it really is not important to you !!!)
1) C: \ Program Files \ <folder Metatrader 4 terminal or broker name, where he was installed> \ history \ * * - here is stored in the history of all incoming quotes Metatrader 4 terminal.
Please note that C: \ Program Files \ <folder Metatrader 4 terminal or broker name, where it is installed> - a place on the drive with the installed terminal and it is always the same, so do not repeat on this path. And in this case, the terminal installation location: C drive, Program Files folder and then the terminal installation directory.
2) \ logs \ * * -. It is stored logs Metatrader 4 platform work for each day
3) \ mailbox \ * * -. Here the mailbox stores and all the information received in the mail Vigee
4) \ deleted \ * * -. Stores the history of all open and subsequently deleted trader charts
5) \ experts \ logs \ * * -. Storage Message Journaling works forex advisors / experts / scripts
6) \ tester \ history \ * * -. The message in the form of work history tester Metatrader 4 strategies
7) \ tester \ logs \ * * -. In this folder are stored logs of the operation of the same strategy tester terminal Metatrader 4
WARNING: before removing all the data from the above-described folder, make sure that they will really no longer needed!
3rd option:
Cleaning folder with Metatrader 4 with the help of the file with the teams that created the author of "the MQL site for you": a file called - clear.bat (To download it, click on it with the right mouse button and select "Save Target As ...")
This file is placed in a folder with ustanovennym terminal, eg C: \ Program Files \ <folder Metatrader 4 terminal or broker name, where he established> and run it when the terminal is turned off!
The process of this purification Metatrader 4 can be carried out as many times as you like: 1 time per week 1 time per month, or at the moment, as soon as the notice that the MT4 size very increased and it creates discomfort your work on this trading platform MetaTrader 4 .
Just I want to warn you that if you use graphics or strategies foresk my forex forecast for EURUSD, after these purifications, you will not miss an archive of quotations and all the constructions can simply run off, so that the quotation will have to add to the load again!
