Periodicity on CFDs Charts Menu in MT4
MT4 CFD Trading Chart Time Frames; Multiple Time Frame Indicator
Periodicity is commonly referred to as CFD Trading Chart Time Frames by many traders. On the MT4 cfds software.
The button below is used to choose the periodicity or cfds trading chart timeframe to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT4 platform as shown below.

MT4 CFD Trading Chart Timeframe CFD Trading Charts
On MT4 cfds platform these cfds trading chart time-frames are:
- 1 Minute CFD Trading Chart Timeframe - M1
- 5 Min CFD Trading Chart Timeframe - M5
- 15 Minutes CFD Chart Time-frame - M15
- 30 Min CFD Chart Time-frame - M30
- 1 Hour CFD Trading Chart Timeframe - H1
- 4 Hours CFD Chart Time-frame - H4
- Daily CFD Chart Time-frame - D1
- Weekly CFD Chart Time-frame - W1
- Monthly CFD Chart Time-frame - MN
How to Know Which CFD Trading Chart Timeframe You are Using
A common question especially if you're new to cfd would be how to identify which cfds trading chart timeframe you are using on your MT4 cfds trading platform:
There are various techniques of knowing which MetaTrader 4 cfds trading chart time frame you are using as Shown below:
Use the above Menu as Shown above
In the above cfd example once you select the periodicity button under the charts menu, then the list of MT4 cfds trading chart timeframes is shown and the cfds trading chart timeframe that is currently selected, the one that you are using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) cfds trading chart timeframe, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.
MT4 Multiple Timeframes On One Chart - Multiple Timeframe In One Chart
This MT4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT4 cfds platform and has all the cfds trading chart timeframes marked as shown below. The cfds trading chart timeframe that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other cfds trading chart timeframes, the selected cfds trading chart timeframe will be "indented" as shown below:

Use the data displayed at the tops left corner to get MetaTrader 4 CFD Trading Chart Timeframe
At the top left corner of the MT4 cfd chart, the MT4 cfds trading chart time-frame is displayed as illustrated below:
1 H MT4 CFD Trading Chart Time-Frame

15 Min MT4 CFD Trading Chart Time-Frame

When you open a cfd chart you can then use the above three methods to know which periodicity - cfds trading chart timeframe you are trading with.
You can also use the tabs, if you're trading many cfd trading charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MT4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the cfds chart as well as the cfds chart time frame.

Navigation tabs on MT4 platform workspace.


