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Drawing Bar Charts on MT4

The third option on the charts menu in MetaTrader 4 platform is the 'Bar Chart' button key. This button is used to choose the drawing method of xauusd instrument movement as price bars.

Bar Chart on Chart Menu in MT4 - Bar Chart on Charts Menu on MT4

To trade on charts a trader may prefer to use the Bar Charts. The above menu button shows how a trader can select this option on the MetaTrader 4 platform.

These are drawn using color programming:

  • Red bar - Price went down
  • Blue bar - Price market went up

These bars also have horizontal line to the left & to the right: these are used to show opening (left horizontal dash) & the closing (right horizontal dash).

The highest point shows the high of the price

Lowest point displays the low of the price

These 4 points Open, High, Close and Low are Referred to as O.H.C.L, abbreviation of the first letter for these Four levels, these 4 O H C L areas will be represented on every single bar.

These charts aren't very popular among traders as they are not very appealing in terms of analysis & traders tend to favor other types.