![]() ![]() A simple MT4 restart might solve the problem. In that case “Rescan servers” should help as well. The problem here is that MT4 might not switch back automatically to a better server once it gets back online. ![]() ![]() However, it could be that if MT4 disconnects for any reason and then connects back again, it might select another server (if it’s the only server that’s working at that time), even if its ping (latency) is not good. MT4 usually connects to the “nearest” broker’s server available (i.e. But still, I can try “Rescan servers” option as this might help and make my MT4 to re-establish a connection. The other server “main” is not available. It shows only one server available named “main new”. In the picture above you see how this looks like on my MT4 trading platform. You can look at this list of servers anytime you want, even when you are connected, and if there’s a need you can always choose to connect to any other server.Īlso, I should mention, that your broker might not have that many servers to choose from. We explain the impact of slippage, the speed of execution, spreads and similar things in Autotrading Academy. Usually, automated trading strategies that make a lot of trades are affected the most and speed of connection matter a lot here. But if your trading strategy is vulnerable to Slippage, spreads and execution speed, then you need to connect to the fastest server possible. Most people have connection response rate of 400 ms or so, which is quite reasonable for simple trading. In this case, my MT4 is connected to server Europe2T1 (that’s because I am based in Europe) which response is 32 milliseconds. This means that MT4 automatically connects to the one that has fastest response rate. You see there are lots of servers (MT4 Data Centers) available in different continents of the world. Let’s take a look how this looks like on HotForex MT4 platform. You can even try this several times every 30 seconds because it could be that first attempts to re-connect might be unsuccessful. Once you run re-scan, MT4 look for the best server available and then try to connect. Note that you need to click left mouse button. You can find this option by clicking the left-mouse button on the “No connection” label in the right-bottom corner of your MT4. The first thing you should try is to do “Rescan servers”. ![]() Obviously, if you are not logged into your MT4 account you will also see this “No Connection” message, which means you simply need to connect to your account from the top menu by going to “ File -> Login to Trade Account“. I will assume that you were logged in and the connection was fine some time ago, but then you found it disconnected. What we are trying to do now is to re-establish a connection to the broker server. Obviously, there might be several reasons to this, but before we make any assumptions and try to find out what’s the reason for MT4 losing connection to broker server, let’s look at 5 possible solutions to solve this problem. 5 ways to make MT4 reconnect to broker server Green/blue means that your platform is connected to a Data Center. Green/red means the direct connection to the server. #32 lives will not rescan how to#It is also convenient to learn how to read the connection status image.įully red means there is no connection with the selected server. Solution: Try to reconnect your MT4 to broker server and find out the reason for connection problems. MT4 trading platform shows No Connection status message Problem: You get to your computer or connect to your VPS server and find out that MT4 platform shows “No Connection” status message in the right-bottom corner, while it was working fine when you left. I won’t waste your time and go into details immediately. After reading this article you will know how to fix connection problems on your MetaTrader 4 platform or at least know the reason why it does not connect. ![]()
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