After this last step, the folder size has increased a bit. image If this MT4 is intended for the first of the EOS "Configurations" or if you only work with M1 time, you can delete some files as I do and lighten the MT4 a lot.

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ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod does nothing but scan each pair, for all times from 1 minute to 1 month. It does this by opening and closing all the charts one by one, ending with the monthly. When it is done, I would have a series of deleted charts ...

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From the "View" menu at the top left of the MT4 select "Navigator" and after right clicking on it, select "Refresh". You will now see the ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod file inside the scripts. Drag it to the open chart and click OK to start loading ...

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Insert the file in the "Scripts" folder: ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod.ex4 image file

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Now you can save the chart format ... image ...with the name "Default" image

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Play (by checking and unchecking) the settings you see below image

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Now open your new portable MT4 again. From the menu at the top left "File", select "New Chart" and choose a couple at random. The chart relating to the couple you have chosen will open. - scale the chart until it is about a quarter of the MT4 - - ...

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Close the "portable" folder and place the mouse over its icon. A set of information appears: - creation date - the files you find inside and the size in MB (MegaByte) of the portable MT4 installation (at this moment). The size should be ...

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Delete all the templates that you find in their folder. Everything except these files you see below. image

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Go to the "Profiles" folder and delete the ones you see selected below in the image. image

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Now switch to the MQL4 caretlla and delete everything you find in: - Experts - Indicators - Scripts. Don't worry about the indicators. All those that MT4 offers on its platform are stored in another place and you will find them whenever you want. ...

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Also delete the 4 entries you find in "deleted". image

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Now you can close MT4 for a minute and go back to the folder called "portable" on your computer desktop. You open it and access its content. Under "history" you will find several sub-folders. Open "default" and delete the 4 items corresponding to ...

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From the window that appears, search and select the 28 main FX pairs you see in the image below. image It is possible that your broker has several FX types. Even double or triple. Normal ... with suffix ... with prefix. If this is the case, ...

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With the right mouse button access the menu and select "Symbols". image

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You will see a side window with some or all of the tools your Broker offers. image

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Now switch to the "View" menu and click on the "Market Watch" item. image

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Select the status bar from the "View" menu image and verify that you are connected by clicking on the dashed box at the bottom right, where the amount of data you send and receive should also appear. image If everything is ok, uncheck the ...

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Now from the "File" menu select "Login to Trade Account" image And enter your account access data, data that your Broker has given you. image

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Confirm with OK and you should see your platform clean like this: image

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