MT4 Stock Indices Software Tutorial

MT4 Data window panel shows data about a stock indices instrument, for a specified candlestick period. For example the trading charts below, shows how to select the data window from the view menu options.(Ctrl+D is the shortcut key for displaying the data window without having to access it from view menu)

Data Window - MT4 Stock Indices Software

Once the data panel is selected it will display, the following data about a stock indices.

The following data for a stock indices instrument is shown:

1. Stock Indices Trading Instrument
2. Date
3. Time
4. Open Indices Price
5. High
6. Low
7. Close Indices Price
8. Volume

This data will show information for a particular candlestick, by scrolling your mouse over the candlesticks on a Stock Indices Trading chart this data will change to reflect the stock index price candlestick which the mouse has pointed at.

The data widow is not popularly used in the MT4 Stock Indices Platform as compared to the other MT4 stock indices chart windows. However as a trader you can use this data panel to extract and display data and data about any stock index price candlestick and the stock index prices associated with this candlestick such as the opening stock index price data, closing stock index price data & high & low of stock index price.

Because most traders can obtain this information directly from the charts, then the traders may prefer to use the information that is readily available on the Stock Indices Trading chart within the MT4 platform software interface.

Another method to get this data is to use the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer, To get the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer a trader only requires to press down and hold down the wheel mouse button and the cross Hair will appear. If your mouse does not have a wheel button, please go and buy another one so that you can trade the MT4 cross hair. And from this Cross Hair a trader can get the stock index price data as shown below.

Cross Hair Tool - MT4 Stock Indices Trading Platform

From the Cross Hair above the vertical line will show data on the date for the current candlestick, the horizontal line will show stock index price of the stock index at that particular point on the chart. For the above example of Stock Indices Trading chart you can see that the date is 2013.10.31 4:00GMT and the Stock Indices Price is shown for the selected point. The Open, High, Low, Close and Volume as well as Date is Shown Just below the Charts tab at the bottom of the MT4 Stock Indices Software, Marked as O: H: L: C: V: therefore the cross hair is a shortcut method of viewing data instead of going to the Data Window of the MT4

A trader can even click one point, hold down the mouse and move the mouse to another chart point to measure the pip movement of stock index price from point a to point on the Stock Indices Trading charts in the MT4 Stock Indices Trading Software as Shown below.

Using Cross Hair Tool to Measure Pip Indices Price Movement

Cross Hair Data Tool in MT4 Software