Drawing Bar Charts on MT4 Platform
The third option on the charts menu in MT4 platform is the "Bar Chart" button. This button key is used to choose the drawing method of currency pair movement as price bars.
To trade currencies a trader might prefer to use the Bar Charts. The above menu button shows how one can select this option on the MetaTrader 4 software.
These are drawn using colour coding:
- Red bar - Price headed down
- Blue bar - Price headed up
These bars also have horizontal line to the left & to the right: these are used to show and display the opening (left horizontal dash) & closing (right horizontal dash).
highest point portrays the high of the price
Lowest point shows the low of the price
These 4 points Open, High, Close & Low are Known as O.H.C.L, the abbreviation of first letter for these 4 levels, these Four OHCL zones will be represented on each and every single price bar.
The charts aren't very popular among Forex traders as they are not very appealing in terms of technical analysis & traders tend to favor other types.
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