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Getting started

1) Create you Bot in Telegram

Open your Telegram Application and search for “BotFather”Type /start and click/type /newbot to create a new botGive your bot a nickname and username
(e.g., nickname: My Notify Bot *and username: *MyNotifyBot)Congratulations! You have created your Telegram bot.Save your bot API token (e.g. 1324115883:….).

2) Install the Expert Notify in MT4

Back in MetaTrader 4, go to Tools > Options > Expert Advisors > tick ‘Allowed WebRequest for listed URL’ and add https://api.telegram.orgOpen data folder (Menu File/Open Data Folder)Copy the file OfirNotify.ex4 to the folder MQL4/ExpertsCopy the content of Zip File (Templates and Icon files) into the directory MQL4/Files/Ofir/Docs (create the sub folders if they don’t exist)Attach Ofir Notify to a new chart in MT4Enter the Telegram Bot Token (from Bot Father)Enter your Chat ID (if you don’t have, access the Bot UserInfoBot in Telegram)Ofir Notify is now runningIn Telegram open the Bot (search Bot username and start a chat with it)In MT4 In Ofir Notify Panel, press button Test Chat to check the connection. You should receive a message in Telegram.Congrats!! Ofir Notify is now ready to work for you

3) Settings

Open a chat with your Bot in Telegram.
Press the Start button.

Press the Home button to access Ofir Notify home page.

Press the Setting button and select what needs to be changed.

Select which events should be notified

Enter the % of equity change to be notified (0: no notification)

If you want to be alerted when Equity changes, enter the percentage (e.g 1 for 1%) of Equity variation

Enter channels to receive alerts

In order to send alerts to a channel, your bot must be added as administrator to the channel:

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