MT4 XAU/USD Software Tutorial
MT4 Data panel shows information about a instrument, for a specified candlestick period. For example the trading charts below, shows how to choose data panel window from the view menu options.Ctrl+D is the shortcut for displaying data panel without having to get it from the view menu)
Data Window - MT4 XAU/USD Software

Once the information panel interface is selected, it will furnish the subsequent details pertaining to an xauusd instance.

The following information for a xauusd is shown:
- Gold Trading Instrument
- Date
- Time
- Open Price
- High
- Low
- Close Price
- Volume
This data covers details for a specific candlestick. Hover your mouse over chart candlesticks. The info updates to match the one you point at.
The data window isn't used as much in the MT4 Platform when compared to the other MT4 gold chart windows. But as a gold trader, you can use this data panel to find and show information about any price candle and prices linked to it, like the opening price data, closing price data, and the highest and lowest prices.
Because many traders can get this information right from the trading charts, they might prefer to use information that they can easily find in the Trading chart on the MetaTrader 4 software platform.
Another way of getting this information is by using the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer, which you can find by pressing down and holding the mouse wheel button: then, the Cross Hair will show up. If your mouse doesn't have a wheel button, you should buy a new one so that you, as a gold trader, can trade using the MetaTrader 4 cross hair. You can then obtain the price information from the Cross Hair, as shown below.
Cross Hair Tool - MT4 Platform

From the Cross-Hair above the vertical line will show data on the date for the current candlestick, the horizontal line will show the price at that particular point/level on the chart. For the above example of Gold chart you can see the date is 2013.10.31 4:00GMT and the Price is shown & displayed for the chosen and selected point. The Open, High, Low, Close & Volume and also the Date is Shown and Displayed Just below the Charts tab at the bottom of the MetaTrader 4 Software, Marked as O: H: L: C: V: thence the cross hair is a short cut technique of viewing data instead of going to the Data Panel Window of the MT4
On the MT4 trading platform, users can measure pip movements by clicking and dragging between two points on a chart. This feature allows accurate tracking of price level changes across trading charts.
Using Cross Hair Mouse Pointer Tool to Measure Pip Price Movement

Cross Hair Data Tool on MT4 Platform
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