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