MT4 Market Watch Window for MT4 Symbols on MT4
The market watch window panel in MetaTrader 4 is used to display an array of Commodity Trading quotes for commodity. To access this display on the MT4 a trader should go to view menu as illustrated and shown below & select the Market Watch Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is short cut for accessing this window as illustrated and shown below, by pressing this shortcut, you can enable market watch window without going to 'view' menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a trader selects the commodities trading market watch window, the following popup window will appear displaying a list of trading quotes available for trading.
As a trader you may also want to trade an instrument that is not listed on this list. For example on the above list only 5 trading instruments are displayed. To get other symbols that are not listed, you can right click inside this market watch window as illustrated and shown below & following popup window will appear.
To show a list of other symbols, choose the 'Show All' button key, this will then display all available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you are using mobile trader, or pay per MB inter-net)
To save bandwidth choose a list of all trading instruments you will be trading, say example, ten pairs, after selecting these, then select & click the 'Hide All' button key, this will hide all pairs which you do not need to trade and will save you a great amount of internet bandwidth.
Even if you do not want to save bandwidth, you can choose option to 'Hide All', this will save computer processor resources & RAM, especially for brokers who provide hundreds of MT4 symbols and financial instruments, there no need to have all these 100 or 200 instruments streaming on your platform after all you need only about 10 streaming quotes or a few financial instruments to trade. You can always 'Show All'>>> Choose a new pair by opening a commodities trading chart, >>> Then hide all, your newly selected ones will then be added on this minimized list.
Other Market Watch Options
Below is an explanation of each market watch window, Download MT4 & click the button keys below to get an illustration of the explanations made below.
Symbols Options - Symbols option can be used to also add or hide MT4 symbol. You can download MT4 and click quotes to see how you can add or remove trading financial instruments using this option.
Sets - A set of grouped trading instruments
High/Low - Displays the high & low of the day next to the quote
Time - Displays the current time of day next to the quote
Auto Arrange - Automatically arrange according to the chosen order
Grid - Add or Remove Grid on Commodity Trading Price Quotes
Popup Commodity Trading Prices - Show commodity prices as a Pop Up Window within the MT4 Commodity Trading Platform.
