Chart Time Frames - Periodicity on Charts Menu in MetaTrader 4
MT4 Forex Chart Time Frames: Periodicity on Charts in MetaTrader 4
Periodicity is commonly referred to as Forex Chart Time Frames by many traders. On the MT4 platform.
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 Chart Time Frames - MT4 Chart Time-frame Forex Charts
On MT4 platform these forex chart time frames are:
- 1 Minute Chart Time-frame - M1
- 5 Minute Chart Timeframe - M5
- 15 Minute Chart Timeframe - M15
- 30 Minute 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 Timeframe - MN
How to Know Which Forex Chart Time-Frame You are Using
A common question especially if you're new to forex trading would be how to identify which forex chart time frame you are using on your MetaTrader 4 platform:
There are various techniques of knowing which MT4 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 forex MT4 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 MT4 Periodicity Toolbar - How to Change MT4 Chart Timeframe
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 timeframe 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, MT4 chart time frame is displayed as shown below:
1 Hour MT4 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 are 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 trading chart timeframe.
Navigation tabs in MT4 work space.
