How to Draw Fibo Retracement Areas on MetaTrader 4
Indices Trading Fib Retracement Indicator
To calculate these price pullbacks on the chart for example the MT4 we use Fib retracement levels indicator as pictured on the screenshot below.
If you want to analyze some stock charts using this Fibonacci retracement line studies tool, it is already provided for in the MT4 platform, the following procedure is used to add this Fibonacci retracement tool on the MT4 Software. On MT4 platform this fibonacci retracement tool will automatically draw the retracement levels on a chart once it is placed on the Indices chart.
To add this fibonacci retracement technical indicator tool in MetaTrader 4 software, you can use the following short cut method:
1. Click Insert 2. Click Fibonacci 3. Click Retracement
After adding this fibonacci retracement tool on the MT4 platform this fibonacci retracement technical indicator can then be accessed from 'MT4 Line Studies Tool-Bar' as displayed below.
This fibonacci retracement tool is located on MT4 (Line Studies Toolbar), to go to this MT4 Line Studies tool bar click the 'View' button key at top left corner of MT4 next to file, then click 'Tool-Bars', Then Check 'Line Studies'. You can learn how to use MetaTrader 4 Line Studies Tool Bar on the MT4 platform using a demo practice account.
Below is example of the Fibonacci retracement tool, we always draw the fibonacci retracement indicator between 2 chart points, point 1 & point 2, in direction of the trend as shown below.
How to Place Fib Retracement on a Chart
To Place this fibonacci retracement tool on a chart, click on the button shown above on the MT4 software. Then select 2 chart points, the first point is where the stock trend starts and the second point is where the stock trend pull back is starting.