Stock Indices Trading Chart Timeframes in MT4 Platform

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

The timeframes listed are:

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

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

How to Customize

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

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

2. Click customize

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

Select as displayed above & click the remove button.

The pop up panel will then look like:

On the platform the periodicity toolbar will now look like the examples illustrated below:

Using the above setup as a trader you can save space within your MT4 software work space by hiding the timeframes which you're not trading with.