How to Use MT4 Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Indicator in MT4 Charts

How Do You Use Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 Indicator?

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Indicator

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 Indicator is a Japanese charting technique that was developed by a Japanese newspaper writer - with the pen name of Ichimoku Sanjin.

Ichimoku means 'a glance' or 'one look'
Kinko means 'equilibrium' or 'balance'
Hyo is the Japanese word for "chart"

Thus, Ichimoku Kinko Hyo means, 'a glance at an equilibrium chart'. Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 indicator attempts to identify and determine the likely direction of prices and help traders to determine the most suitable time to enter a trade or exit a trade.

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Calculation of Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 Indicator

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 indicator consists of five lines drawn using the midpoints of previous price highs and price lows. The five lines are calculated as follows:

1) Tenkan-Sen: Conversion Line: Red Line (Highest High + Lowest Low) / 2, for last 9 price periods

2) Kijun-Sen: Base Line: Blue Line (Highest High + Lowest Low) / 2, for last 26 price periods

3) Chikou Span: Lagging Span: Green Color Line Today's close price drawn 26 price periods behind

4) Senkou Span A: Leading Span A = (Tenkan Sen + Kijun Sen) / 2, drawn 26 price periods ahead

5) Senkou Span B: Leading Span B: (Highest High + Lowest Low)/2, for the past 52 price periods, drawn 26 price periods ahead

Kumo: Cloud: area between Senkou Span A and B

How to Generate Buy and Sell Signals

Bullish Buy Trading Signal - Tenkan-Sen crosses the Kijun-Sen from below.

Bearish Sell Trade Signal - Tenkan-Sen crosses the Kijun-Sen from above.

However, there are different areas of strength for the buy signals and sell signals generated by Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 indicator.

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Technical Analysis of MT4 Indicator Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Technical Indicator

Bullish buy FX crossover signal occurs above the Kumo (clouds),

Very strong buy signal.

Bearish sell FX crossover signal occurs below the Kumo (clouds),

Very strong sell signal.

If a bullish crossover or bearish crossover signal takes place within the Kumo (clouds) this trading signal is considered a medium strength buy signal or medium strength sell signal.

A bullish cross over signal that occurs below the clouds is regarded to be a weak buy trade signal while a bearish cross over signal that occurs above the clouds is considered to be a weak sell signal.

Support and Resistance Areas

Support and resistance levels can be interpreted by the presence of Kumo (clouds). The Kumo can also be used to determine the current trend.

If price is above the Kumo - the prevailing trend is said to be upward trend.
If price is below Kumo, the prevailing trend is said to be downward trend.

The Chikou Span or Lagging Span also is used to determine the strength of the buy trade signal or the strength of the sell signal.

If the Chikou Span is below the closing price of the last 26 price periods ago and a sell signal is generated and the strength of the trend is to the downside - downward trend - otherwise the trading signal is considered to be a weak sell signal.
If there is a bullish buy signal and the Chikou Span is above the price of the last 26 price periods ago - then the strength of the trend is to the upside - upward trend - otherwise the trading signal is considered to be a weak buy signal.

How to Add MT4 Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Technical Indicator in MT4 Charts

Step 1: Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator Panel

Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator panel as shown below: Go to 'View' menu (click), then choose 'Navigator' window panel (click), or From Standard Tool-Bar click 'Navigator' button or press key-board MetaTrader 4 shortcut keys 'Ctrl+N'

On MT4 Navigator window, select "Indicators", by Double Clicking

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How to Add Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 Indicator

Expand menu by clicking expand button (+) or double-click the 'indicators' menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and it will then display a list of MT4 indicators as shown below - choose the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo technical indicator from this list of MT4 indicators so that you can add the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 indicator on the MT4 chart.

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How Install and Add Custom Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Trading Indicator on MetaTrader 4?

If the MT4 indicator that you want to add on the MT4 charts is a custom MetaTrader 4 indicator - for example if the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator that you want to add is a custom MT4 indicator you will need to first add this custom Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 indicator on the MT4 platform and then compile this custom Ichimoku Kinko Hyo technical indicator so that this newly added Ichimoku Kinko Hyo MT4 custom indicator appears on the custom technical indicators list on the MetaTrader 4 platform.

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