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XAUUSD Trading Chart Time Frames in MetaTrader 4 Gold Trading Platform

Periodicity just means chart timeframes, in MetaTrader 4 this toolbar is used to select which chart timeframes to trade with.

Periodicity Toolbar Menu on MetaTrader 4 - Gold Timeframes Beginner Traders - How Do I Change Gold Trading Chart Timeframe in Trading Platform?

The timeframes listed are:

  1. 1 Minute - M1
  2. 5 Minute - M5
  3. 15 Minutes - M15
  4. 30 Minutes - M30
  5. 1 Hour - H1
  6. 4 Hours - H4
  7. Daily - D1
  8. Weekly - W1
  9. Monthly - MN

As a xauusd trader you only require to trade with only about 3 chart timeframes, for example let's say a xauusd trader only requires the 15 minute, the 1 hour and the 4 hours time frame, then on the periodicity toolbar a xauusd trader can hide all the others that are not required using the following method.

How to Customize

To add a tool not listed above a xauusd trader has to follow these following steps

  1. Right Click at the toolbar button to the left (Looks like a stack of coins), shown below

How to Customize the Periodicity Toolbar on MetaTrader 4 - XAUUSD Chart Time Frames MT4 - XAUUSD MT4 Download - How Do I Display Trading Chart Time Frames in Platform Explained?

2. Click customize

After following the above steps the customize popup window will appear as illustrated and shown below:

Select Chart Timeframes and Remove Them from the Periodicity Toolbar in MT4 - Gold Chart Time Frames MT4 - XAUUSD Time Frames Beginners - How Do I Display Chart Timeframes on Trading Platform?

Select as shown above & click the remove button.

The pop up will then look like:

Chart Timeframes Removed from Periodicity Toolbar in MT4 - XAUUSD Chart Time Frames MetaTrader 4 - XAUUSD Time Frames Beginners - XAUUSD Trading MT4 Download

On the platform the periodicity toolbar will now look like the example shown below:

Selecting 3 Chart Time Frames in Periodicity Toolbar to Trade with on MT4 - Gold Chart Timeframes MT4 - Gold Time Frames Beginners - XAUUSD Trading MT4 Download

Using the above setup as a xauusd trader you can save space within your MetaTrader 4 platform workspace by hiding the time frames which you are not trading with.