Periodicity on Charts Menu on MT4

MetaTrader 4 Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Charts in MetaTrader 4

Periodicity is commonly referred to as Chart Timeframes by many traders. On the MetaTrader 4 platform.

The button below is used to select the periodicity or chart time frame to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MetaTrader 4 platform as displayed below.

MetaTrader 4 Chart Timeframe Charts

On the MT4 platform these chart time frames are:

1. 1 Min Chart Time Frame - M1
2. 5 Minutes Chart Timeframe - M5
3. 15 Minute Chart Timeframe - M15
4. 30 Minute Chart Timeframe - M30
5. 1 H Chart Timeframe - H1
6. 4 Hours Chart Time Frame - H4
7. Daily Chart Timeframe - D1
8. Weekly Chart Timeframe - W1
9. Monthly Chart Timeframe - MN

How to Know Which Chart Timeframe You are Using

A common question especially if you're new to xauusd would be how to identify which chart timeframe you are using on your MetaTrader 4 software:

There are various methods of knowing which MetaTrader 4 chart time frame you're using as Shown below:

Use the above Menu as Shown above

In the above example once you choose the periodicity button under the trading charts menu, then the list of xauusd MT4 chart timeframes is shown and the chart time frame that's currently chooseed, the one that you're using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) chart timeframe, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.

MT4 Chart Change Chart Timeframe - How to Change MT4 Chart Timeframe

This MT4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MetaTrader 4 software and has all the chart time-frames highlighted as displayed below. The chart time frame that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other chart timeframes, the selected chart time frame will be "indented" as shown below:

Use the information displayed at the tops left corner to get MetaTrader 4 Chart Timeframe

At the top left corner of the MT4 chart, the Meta Trader 4 chart timeframe is displayed as illustrated below:

1 H MetaTrader 4 Chart Timeframe

15 Min MT4 Chart Timeframe

When you open a chart you can then use above three methods to know which periodicity - chart timeframe you are trading with.

You can also use the tabs, if you're trading many charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MetaTrader 4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the as well as the chart time frame.

Navigation tabs on MT4 workspace.