Attach Athena

Close existing charts

By default, MetaTrader will have 4 charts already opened. We can close these charts, as we will be preparing our own set of charts. (click the X on each window)

Prepare charts

1. Open chart

• Locate the "Market Watch" panel inside MT4

  

• Find the correct symbol, identified in the previous step in the list of available symbols

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  You must check and know your specific contract size! Otherwise your risk settings will be incorrect and you may risk too much per trade!

  How to identify my contract size

  

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  If you can not locate a symbol, right click inside the "Market Watch" panel and select "Show all".

  

• Now right click on the symbol and select "Chart Window"

  

• A new chart will appear for the DAX.mini index

• Repeat this two more times, so we end up with 3 charts for the DAX.mini index

  

2. Change chart timeframe

• To change the chart timeframe, simply use the buttons on the top of the MT4 toolbar

  

• Change the timeframe for each chart (click onto the chart to highlight it and then select the desired timeframe)

  • Set 1 chart to the 1H timeframe
  • Set 1 chart to the 30M timeframe
  • Set 1 chart to the 15M timeframe

  

3. Re-arrange windows

To make the next steps easier, we should re-arrange the individual charts:

• In the toolbar at the top of the MetaTrader 4 window, click on the following button

  

• You should now see the windows taking up equal space next to each other

  

4. Attach AthenaBot to each chart

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The following steps (4-6) need to be repeated for the other 2 charts (30M and 15M timeframe)! Each chart uses slightly different settings, so please pay attention.

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Before continuing, make sure "AutoTrading" is disabled! This will prevent any trades being placed during the setup.

• Start by selecting the 1H chart (left click the chart to highlight) then navigate to the "Expert Advisors" section in the "Navigator" panel and right click on AthenaBot

  

• Then select "Attach to a chart" and a new dialog should appear

  

5. Update Common settings

• In the "Expert - AthenaBot" dialog, navigate to the "Common" tab

  

• Now enable the "Allow live trading" checkbox

  

6. Update Inputs settings

• In the "Expert - AthenaBot" dialog, navigate to the "Inputs" tab

  

• Click on the Load button on the right hand side of the dialog

  

• Now select the appropriate SET file from the provided download (in this example 1H.set, because we are setting up the 1H chart)

  • 1H chart timeframe = 1H.set file
  • 30M chart timeframe = 30M.set file
  • 15M chart timeframe = 15M.set file

  

• This will now load the appropriate settings into your Inputs tab. You will now need to enter your license key (Receipt), LotSize, MaxLotSize, HourStartTrade and HourStopTrade values

  • Please check the Settings guide for detailed instructions

7. Confirm settings

• If you have updated your settings, click "OK" to attach the AthenaBot to the DAX.mini 1H chart

  

• If done correctly, you should now see AthenaBot ☹ in the upper right hand corner of the DAX.mini 1H chart.

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Now repeat this process for the remaining 30M & 15M charts! Make sure you load the appropriate SET files for each timeframe!

• 1H chart = 1H.set file
• 30M chart = 30M.set file
• 15M chart = 15M.set file

Setup completed

If you have successfully set up all 3 charts, your MetaTrader 4 window will look something like this:

Once the setup is competed and all 3 charts are set up with the AthenaBot enabled, you can finally click on the AutoTrading button to start trading!

You should now see the 3 frowning faces turn into smiling faces