Question: Why can I not trade FX currencies? The symbols are all grayed out.
Your account may be a premium account and therefore, you may be selecting the wrong currency symbol.
You should select currency symbols that have a dot (“.”) at the end. These are called premium symbols and provide better spreads for our premium account holders (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and USD/CHF).
Go to the MT4 market watch, right click and select “show all” for them to be displayed – if not visible.