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Periodicity on Stock Index Charts Menu in MetaTrader 4

MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Time Frames: Periodicity on Stock Index Charts in MetaTrader 4

Periodicity is commonly referred to as Stock Index Chart Time Frames by many traders. On the MT4 software.

The button below is used to choose the periodicity or stock indices chart time frame to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MetaTrader 4 platform as shown below.

Periodicity on Stock Index Charts Menu in MT4 - MT4 Indices Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Indices Charts on MetaTrader 4 - How to Display Stock Index Chart Time Frames on Stock Index Trading Platform

MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe Stock Index Charts

On the MT4 platform these stock indices chart time frames are:

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

How to Know Which Stock Indices 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 platform:

There are various techniques 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 Chart Change Chart Timeframe

This MT4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MetaTrader 4 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:

MT4 Stock Index Chart Change Chart Timeframe - MT4 Index Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Index Charts on MetaTrader 4 - Chart Timeframes in Platform

Use the data displayed at the top left corner to get MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe

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 MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe

MT4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe - MT4 Stock Index Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Stock Index Charts in MT4 - Charts Time Frames in MetaTrader 4

15 Minutes MT4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe

MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Timeframe - MetaTrader 4 Stock Index Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Stock Index Charts in MetaTrader 4 - Charts Time Frames on MT4

When you open a stock indices chart you can then use the above 3 techniques to know which periodicity – stock indices chart time frame you are trading with.

You can also use the tabs, if you're 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 trading chart time frame.

MT4 Stock Index Charts Bar for Showing Stock Index Charts and Stock Index Chart Time Frames on MT4 - MT4 Stock Indices Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Stock Indices Charts on MT4

Navigation tabs on MT4 workspace.