Grid, Volumes, Auto Scroll and MT4 Chart Shift Options on MT4

Grid - MT4 Grid

The MT4 grid button on the charts menu option of the MT4 Platform is used to draw grid lines as pictured below. A trader might prefer to trade with grids on chart or not & will use this button key to show or hide the Grid.

The MetaTrader 4 Grid button key is displayed below (Shortcut for this menu is Ctrl+G)

Volumes - MT4 Volumes Indicator

Volumes in Forex represent tick volumes or the number of times the tick for price changes during a particular time period. The more the tick changes the more the volumes. These volumes in Forex are used to estimate the number of traders participating in the market.

Volumes are plotted as green bars below each candlestick, and the height of these green bars represent the tick volume for a particular candlestick. ( Shot cut keys for Volumes: Ctrl+L )

Auto Scroll - MT4 Auto Scroll

Auto scroll option when activated will automatically scroll to the most recent candlestick bar for every chart that's opened. Therefore, the most recent information is displayed and as a trader you do not have to scroll to these recent candle bars every time you open a new chart.

Chart Shift - MT4 Charts Shift

This MetaTrader 4 Charts Shift button is used to shift the chart more towards the center, instead of the last candlestick being right at the right side of the MT4 platform, the MT4 charts shift button will shift the most recent candle-stick towards the center. Forex traders prefer to trade with most recent candle-stick shifted toward the mid - this makes it easier to analyze the chart price movements when they are more towards the center.

For example, MetaTrader 4 Charts Shift button is shown below as an arrow pointing down, by pressing this MT4 charts shift button within the chart menus(highlighted below by a rectangle), the last candlestick will shift from the right and move up to this point as shown in the MT4 Charts Shift examples illustrated below.

MT4 charts menu options of showing grids, volumes and activating the auto scroll option for automatic scrolling to the most recent candlestick bar and also the MT4 charts shift button for shifting the last candlestick toward the center.