How to Add MT4 Pivot Points Indicators in MetaTrader 4 Chart
Step 1: Open MetaTrader 4 Platform Navigator Panel
Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator window as shown on example below: Go to "View" menu (click), then choose the "Navigator" window (click), or From Standard Tool Bar click the "Navigator" button or press keyboard MT4 shortcut keys "Ctrl+N"
On MT4 Navigator window, select "Indicators", by Double Clicking
How Do You Use MT4 Pivot Points Indicator in MT4?
How to Add Pivot Points MT4 Indicator
Expand the menu by clicking the expand button marker (+) or double click the "indicators" menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and will now display a list of MT4 indicators as shown on example below - select the Pivot Points indicator from this list of MT4 indicators so that you can add the Pivot Points MT4 indicator in MetaTrader 4 forex chart.
How Do You Use MT4 Pivot Points Indicator in MT4?
How Install and Add Custom Pivot Points Indicator on MT4?
If the MT4 indicator that you want to add on the MT4 charts is a custom MT4 indicator - for example if the Pivot Points indicator that you want to add is a custom MT4 indicator you will need to first add this custom Pivot Points MT4 indicator in MetaTrader 4 platform & then compile custom Pivot Points technical indicator so that the newly added Pivot Points MT4 custom indicator pops up on the list of custom indicators in MetaTrader 4 software.
To learn how to add Pivot Points indicators on MT4 - how do you add Pivot Points indicator window to MT4 platform? - how do you add Pivot Points forex custom indicator on MT4? - How to add a custom Pivot Points custom forex indicator in MetaTrader 4.
How Do You Use Pivot Points MT4 Indicator?
Pivot Points Indicator Technical Analysis & Pivot Points Buy & Sell Signals
This indicator consists of a central pivot which is surrounded by 3 resistance levels above and 3 support levels below.
Initially these points were used by floor traders to analyze and trade the equities & futures exchange markets. This technical indicator is considered to be leading rather than lagging.
Pivots provide a quick way for forex traders to analyze the general trend of how the market is going to be moving during the course of the day. A few simple calculations are used to plot the resistance and support levels.
To calculate these points for the coming trading day is the previous day's
- high,
- low, and
- close forex prices are used
The Forex trading day closes at 5:00PM EST this daily market closing time is when the technical indicator is updated.
The 24-hour cycle for this indicator are calculated using a complex formula. Central pivot is then used to calculate the support and resistance areas as follows:
Resistance 3
Resistance 2
Resistance 1
Pivot Point
Support 1
Support 2
Support 3
How to Add MT4 Pivot Points Indicators in MetaTrader 4 Chart
How to Generate Buy and Sell Signals
Pivot Points indicator can be analyzed in different ways to generate forex signals. The Pivot Points indicator technical analysis methods are:
Forex Trend Identification Signals
The central pivot point is used by traders to determine the general forex trend direction. The forex trades opened will only be opened in the direction of the trend.
- Buy forex signal - forex price is above the central Pivot Point
- Sell forex signal - forex price is below the central Pivot Point
Forex Price Break-out Signals
Forex price break-out signals are generated as follows
- Buy forex signal - buy signal is generated when the price breaks upwards through the central Pivot Point.
- Sell forex signal - sell signal is generated when the price breaks-out downward through the central Pivot Point.
Forex rice Breakout above Pivot Points Technical Indicator
Forex Price Reversal Signal
Forex price reversals are generated as follows
Buy forex signal - when price moves down towards one of the Pivot Points indicator support level, then touches the pivot support region or moves slightly beyond the pivot support region then it quickly reverses and starts moving upwards.
Sell forex signal - when price moves up towards one of the Pivot Points indicator resistance level, then touches the resistance level or moves slightly through resistance level then quickly reverses and moves downwards.
Setting Stoploss Orders and Take Profit Values
The central Pivot Point and the other Pivot Points indicator support levels & resistance zones are used by traders to identify suitable stop loss levels and take profit areas.
Setting Stoploss & Take Profit Level Pivot Points Support Level and Resistance Areas
If a buy forex trade is opened above the central Pivot point - the Resistance 1 or Resistance 2 can be used to set the take profit level, and the Support 1 can be used to set the Stop Loss Level for the forex trade.
To download Pivot Points indicator:
https://c.mql5.com/21/9/pro4x_pivot_lines.mq4
Once you download the Pivot Points indicator, open it with MQL4 Language Editor, Then Compile this Pivot Points indicator by pressing the Compile Button and Pivot Points indicator will be added to your MT4 platform.
NB: Once you add Pivot Points indicator to your MT4, the Pivot Points indicator has additional lines named Mid Points, to remove these additional lines open MQL4 Language MetaEditor(MT4 shortcut keyboard key - press F4), and change line 16 from:
Extern bool midpivots = true:
To
Extern bool midpivots = false:
Then Press Compile again, and Pivot Points indicator will then appear as exactly shown on this learn forex web site.
How Do You Use MT4 Pivot Points Indicator in MT4?
