MT4 Market Watch Panel Window for Currencies in MT4

The Market Watch panel within MetaTrader 4 is utilized to present a catalogue of FX quotes for various currency pairs. To bring this collection of currency pairs onto the MT4 screen, an FX trader needs to navigate to the 'View' menu, as illustrated below, and select the 'Market Watch Window' by clicking on it. (The key combination "Ctrl+M" serves as a shortcut to access this window directly, as shown below: utilizing this combination will activate the Market Watch panel without the need to navigate through the 'View' menu.)

Market Watch Window

When a forex trader picks the marketwatch window, a window will appear showing a list of currency pairs available for trading.

As a trader you may also want to trade a currency pair that is not listed on this list. For example, on the above listing only 5 currency pairs are displayed. To get other symbols which aren't listed, you can right-click inside this market-watch window such as illustrated below & following window panel pop-up will appear.

To display a list of additional symbols, click "Show All." This will present all available trading pairs for selection.

Save internet data this way. It helps if you use mobile trading or pay by the MB for data.

To save band width choose a list of all the currency pairs you'll be trading, say example, ten pairs, after choosing these, then tap & click 'Hide All' button, this will hide all the pairs which you do not need to trade & will save you a great deal of net bandwidth.

Even if you do not want to conserve and save band width, you as one can choose the option/choice to 'Hide All', this will save computer processor resources and RAM, especially for brokers who provide hundreds of currencies and trading instruments, there's no need for you to have all these 100 or 200 financial instruments streaming on your platform after all you need only about 10 streaming quotes or a few trading instruments to trade. You can always 'Show All'>>> Choose a new pair by registering and opening a chart, >>> Then hide all, your newly chosen and selected ones will be added in the minimized list.

Other Market-Watch Options

Below is a view of each market-watch window. Download MT4 and hit the buttons shown. This gives examples of the points explained below.

The Symbols option can be used to add or hide currency pairs based on specific groupings. You can explore this feature by downloading MT4 and clicking on symbols to manage currency pair visibility.

Sets - A set of grouped currency pairs, eg majors or crosses

High/Low - Displays high & low of the day just next to the quote

Time - Displays the present time of day next to the quote

Auto Arrange - Automatically arrange in accordance to the selected order

Grid - Add or Remove Grid on Price Quotes

Popup Prices - Show prices as a Pop Up Panel Window within the MT4 Platform.

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MT4 Market Watch Panel Window for Currencies in MT4

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