Chart Time Frames Beginners Tutorial - Periodicity on Charts Menu in MT4
MT4 Forex Chart Time Frames; Multiple Time Frame Indicator
Periodicity is commonly referred to as Forex Chart Time Frames by many traders. On the MetaTrader 4 software.
The button below is used to choose the periodicity or forex chart time frame to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT4 platform as shown below.
MT4 Forex Chart Time Frames - MT4 Forex Chart Timeframe Charts
On MT4 platform these forex chart time frames are:
- 1 Minute Forex Chart Timeframe - M1
- 5 Min Forex Chart Timeframe - M5
- 15 Minutes Forex Chart Time-frame - M15
- 30 Min Forex Chart Time-frame - M30
- 1 Hour Forex Chart Timeframe - H1
- 4 Hours Forex Chart Time-frame - H4
- Daily Forex Chart Time-frame - D1
- Weekly Forex Chart Timeframe - W1
- Monthly Forex Chart Timeframe - MN
How to Know Which Forex Chart Time-frame You are Using
A common question especially if you are new to forex trading would be how to identify which forex chart time frame you are using on your MT4 software:
There are various techniques of knowing which MT4 forex chart time frame you are using as Shown below:
Use the above Menu as Shown above
In the above forex trading example once you select the periodicity button under the charts menu, then the list of MT4 forex chart time frames is shown and the forex chart time frame that is currently selected, the one that you are using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) forex chart time frame, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.
How to Use Periodicity Toolbar - MT4 Multiple Timeframes on Chart
This MT4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT4 platform and has all the forex chart time frames marked as shown below. The chart time frame that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other forex chart time frames, the selected forex chart time frame will be "indented" as shown below:
Use the data displayed at the tops left corner to get MetaTrader 4 Chart Timeframe
At the top left corner of the forex trading MetaTrader 4 chart, the MetaTrader 4 forex chart time frame is displayed as shown below:
1 Hour MetaTrader 4 Forex Chart Timeframe
15 Minute MT4 Forex Chart Timeframe
When you open a forex chart you can then use above three methods to know which periodicity - forex chart time frame you are trading with.
You can also use the tabs, if you're trading many forex charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MT4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the currency pair as well as the forex chart timeframe.
Navigation tabs on MetaTrader 4 workspace.
