Adjusting Properties on Charts Menu in the MetaTrader 4 Platform

The last menu item in the charts menu on the MetaTrader 4 is the properties button. This button represents settings of the chart ==22==that--isthat's on the MetaTrader 4 workspace. The properties button on the charts menu is displayed below.

Properties Button Key in MT4 for Editing Properties and Setting

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By pressing 'properties' button, following window panel pop-up will appear displaying the various settings for the chart. The examples below show 2 examples with different parameters.

Example 1:

Example 2:

The following properties can be adjusted from the above menu:

Back ground - change background
Fore ground - change foreground, objects in the foreground
Grid - place or remove the grid
Bar Up - Color of bars, bullish bar
Bar Down - Colour of bars, bearish bar
Bull ==22==CandlestickCandle - Color of candles, bullish candlestick
Bear Candlestick - Color of candles, bearish candle
Line Graph - Colour of Line
Volumes - Setting of Volumes
Ask Line - Setting of Ask Line
Stop Levels - Setting of the Stop Levels Line

In the above two example these properties are different and thus the difference of appearance of these 2 different settings displayed & shown on the preview windows above.

The Colour Scheme

The chart properties window panel also lists 3 color scheme like as shown below that traders can load & these color schemes are the default pre saved color schemes of MetaTrader 4.

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Common Settings

On properties window there's also next tab marked as "Common" such as illustrated & shown below, this button key is for common settings.

The following are Common Settings that can be activated or de-activated using this panel window:

Offline, foreground option, shift option & auto scroll properties can also be activated or deactivated from properties common settings option like is shown above.

Type of chart can be chosen and selected from this menu where the options are: Bar, Candles & Line.

Show OHCL, Show ASK Line, Show Period Separators, Show Grid, Show Volumes & Show Object Description option can be activated or deactivated on this common settings option like shown above.

To learn and know more about the above setting or to find out what a given option means or what it displays to you can download the MetaTrader 4 ==22==PlatformSoftwarePlatform--Software & practice placing these object on charts & changing some of these properties and settings.

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