Toolbox FUNCTIONS Pane

The Functions pane of the Toolbox is used to drag Function Elements onto the Drawing Pad.

There are a number of menus within the Function Pane:

Favorites: This menu contains Functions that have been set as a Favorite.  To set a function as a Favorite, select the function on the menu,  and right-click and select Favorite.

Indicators: This menu contains Technical Indicators.  The standard indicators are stored under the MQL submenu.  Custom Indicators are stored under the Custom Indicators submenu.

Trade: This menu contains Trade functions.  The standard trade functions offered by MetaTrader are found under the MQL submenu.  Super-convenient functions, provided by iExpertAdvisor, are found directly under the Trade menu.

Bar: This menu contains functions related to Bar or Candle values.  The standard Bar functions offered by MetaTrader are found under the MQL submenu.  Super-convenient functions, provided by iExpertAdvisor, are found directly under the Bar menu.

Account: This menu contains functions for getting Account information.  The standard Account functions offered by MetaTrader are found directly under the Account menu.

Common: This menu contains Common functions.  The standard Common functions offered by MetaTrader are found directly under the Comment menu.

Time: This menu contains Time functions.  The standard Time functions offered by MetaTrader are found directly under the Time menu.

Advanced: This menu contains a number of sub-menus which contain MQL functions that are not needed by most traders and require advanced knowledge of MQL to be used properly.

System Functions: This menu contains a number of sub-menus which contain the entire set of functions used to build a system.  Each submenu is the name of a VTS system. The functions are stored on this menu for easy re-use.