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title: "Log in to MetaTrader 4 (only if your card says MT4)"
url: "https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt4"
language: "en"
---

# Log in to MetaTrader 4 (only if your card says MT4)

MT4 is a different program from MT5. Use it only when Credentials says MT4. The three fields and File → Login to Trade Account work the same way.

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## Step 1: Check the platform name before you install anything

Open [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). If the card says MT5, installing MT4 will not log you into the challenge. Use [Log in to MetaTrader 5](https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt5) instead.

Only when the card says MT4, use the MT4 download links on that same row. Background on names: [Platforms](https://smpfund.com/platforms).

![Annotated screen: Check the platform name before you install anything](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/credentials.webp)

- Platform

## Step 2: Same File menu, same three fields

In MT4: File → Login to Trade Account. Paste Login and Password from [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). Search the exact server name. On the phone app: add account, then search the same server.

Website password from [Sign in](https://smpfund.com/login) will not open MT4. If it fails, [Tickets](https://smpfund.com/account/tickets) with a screenshot of the error text.

![Annotated screen: Same File menu, same three fields](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/mt4-login.webp)

- Login
- Password
- Server

## Open these pages

- [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials)
- [Platforms](https://smpfund.com/platforms)

## Related guides

- [Log in to MetaTrader 5 (first time ever)](https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt5): Website Sign in and MetaTrader login are two different doors. After we issue the account, copy three fields from Credentials, install official MT5, then File → Login to Trade Account and search the exact server name.
- [Credentials vault: where the MetaTrader password lives](https://smpfund.com/help/credentials): This is the only panel page that can show the trading password. Reveal asks for extra proof (site password or email code). Never paste that password into any other website.