Periodicity on Charts Menu in MT5
MT5 Commodity Trade Chart Time-Frames: Periodicity on Commodities Trading Charts in MT5
Periodicity is commonly referred to as Commodity Trading Chart Time Frames by many traders. On the MT5 commodities trading software.
The button below is used to choose the periodicity or commodities trading chart time frame to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT5 platform as illustrated below.
MT5 Commodity Chart Timeframe Commodity Trading Charts
On MT5 commodities trading software these commodities chart time-frames are:
- 1 Min chart Time Frame - M1
- 5 Minute chart Time Frame - M5
- 15 Minute Chart Time-frame - M15
- 30 Minute Chart Time Frame - M30
- 1 Hour chart Time Frame - H1
- 4 Hours Chart Time-frame - H4
- Daily Chart Time Frame - D1
- Weekly Chart Time Frame - W1
- Monthly Chart Time-frame - MN
How to Know Which Commodity Chart Timeframe You are Using
A common question especially if you are new to commodity trading would be how to identify which commodities trading chart time frame you are using on your MT5 commodities trading platform:
There are various methods of knowing which MT5 commodities trading chart timeframe you're using as shown below:
Use the above Menu as Shown above
In the above commodities trading example once you select the periodicity button under the charts menu, then the list of commodities MT5 chart time frames is shown and the commodities chart timeframe that is currently selected, the one that you're using will be highlighted using a different color, on the above example this is 1 Hour(H1) commodities chart time frame, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.
MetaTrader 5 Commodity Trading Chart Change Chart Timeframe - How to Change MT5 Commodity Trading Chart Timeframe
This MT5 periodicity MT5 toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT5 commodities trading platform and has all commodities trading chart time frames marked as illustrated and shown below. The commodities trading chart time frame that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other commodities trading chart time-frames, the selected commodities chart timeframe will be 'indented' as illustrated and shown below:
Use the information displayed at the top left corner to get MT5 Commodity Trading Chart Timeframe
At the top left corner of the commodities MT5 chart, the MT5 commodities trading chart timeframe is displayed as illustrated and shown below:
1 Hour MT5 Commodity Chart Time-Frame
15 Minute MT5 Commodity Chart Time-Frame
When you open a commodity chart you can then use the above three methods to know which periodicity - commodities trading chart time-frame you're trading with.
You can also use the tabs, if you're trading many commodity charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MT5 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the commodities chart as well as the commodities chart time frame.
Navigation tabs on MT5 platform workspace.
