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Periodicity Toolbar Menu - Chart Time Frames in the MT4

Periodicity just means time frames. In MetaTrader 4, use this toolbar to pick which time frame you want to trade on.

Periodicity Toolbar in MT4 – Navigating the Forex Platform's Timeframe Menu

The time-frames listed are:

  1. 1 Minute - M1
  2. 5 Minutes - M5
  3. 15 Minutes - M15
  4. 30 Minutes - M30
  5. 1H - 1H
  6. 4 Hour - 4H
  7. Daily - D1
  8. Weekly - W1
  9. Monthly - MN

As a trader you only require to trade with only about 3 chart time frames, for example lets say a trader only requires the 15 minute, the 1 hour and the 4 hours chart timeframe, then on the periodicity tool-bar a forex trader can hide all the others which aren't required by using the following method.

How to Customize

A forex trader must adhere to the subsequent guidelines when attempting to add an indicator not previously mentioned.

  1. Right Click at the tool bar button key to the left (It looks like a stack of many coins), shown & illustrated below

How Do I Customize the Periodicity Toolbar in the MT4 Platform?

2. Click customize

After following above steps the customize pop-up window will appear and be shown such as displayed & shown:

Managing and customizing chart time frames on MT4, including how to remove unwanted options from the periodicity toolbar.

Select just as shown above and click remove button.

The pop up panel will then look like:

Chart Time Frames Removed from Periodicity Toolbar on MT4

On the platform the periodicity tool bar will now look like the illustrations shown:

Pick Three Time Frames from MT4 Toolbar - Using Chart Periods for MT4 Trading

By using the setup above as a forex trader, you can free up space in your MT4 platform area by hiding the time-frames that you don't trade with often.

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