MT4 Market Watch Panel Window for Currencies on MT4
The market-watch panel panel on MT4 is used to display an array of Forex quotes for currency pairs. To access this illustrate of currency pairs on the MT4 a fx trader should go to view menu as shown & displayed below and choose Market-Watch Panel Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is short cut for accessing this window as shown and illustrated below, by pressing this short cut, you as a trader can enable market-watch panel without navigating to the 'view' menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a fx trader chooses the market-watch window, the following window will popup showing a list of pairs available for trading.
As a trader you might also want to trade a currency pair that isn't 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 as shown & illustrated below & following window panel pop-up will appear.
To show list of other symbols, select 'Show All' button, this will then show all available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you're using mobile trader, or pay per MB online internet connection)
To save band width choose a list of all the currency pairs you will 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 don't want to conserve and save band width, you as a trader can select 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 trading platformplatform 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 opening a chart, >>> Then hide all, your newly chosen and selected ones will be added on the minimized list.
Other Market-Watch Options
Displayed Below is an illustration of each market-watch window, Download MT4 & press the buttons below to get an example illustration of the explanations which are made and put across below.
Symbols Options - Symbols option can be used also to add or hide a pair depending on group of currencies. You can download MT4 and click symbols to see how you as a trader can add or remove currency pairs using this option.
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 current 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 Window within the MetaTrader 4 Software.
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