MT4 Market Watch Window for MT4 Symbols on MetaTrader 4
The market watch window on MetaTrader 4 is used to display an array of Stocks Trading quotes for stocks instruments. To access this display of stocks instruments on the MT4 a trader should go to view menu as shown below & select the Market Watch Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is short cut for accessing this window as shown below, by pressing this shortcut, you can enable market watch window without going to the "view" menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a trader selects the stocks market watch window, the following window will pop-up showing a list of Stocks Trading quotes available for trading.
As a trader you might also want to trade a stocks instrument that is not listed on this list. For example on the above list only 5 stocks instruments are displayed. To get the other symbols that are not listed, you can right click inside this market watch window as shown below & the following pop up window will appear.
To explain a list of other symbols, choose the "Show All" button, this will then show all available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you are using mobile trader, or pay per MB internet)
To save bandwidth select a list of all the stocks instruments you will be trading, say example, ten pairs, after selecting these, then tap and click "Hide All" button, this will hide all the pairs which you do not need to trade & will save you a great amount of internet bandwidth.
Even if you do not want to save band width, you can select the option to "Hide All", this will save computer processor resources and RAM, especially for brokers who provide hundreds of MT4 symbols and financial instruments, there no need to have all these 100 or 200 instruments streaming on your platform after all you need only about 10 streaming quotes or just a few financial instruments to trade. You can always "Show All">>> Select a new pair by opening a stocks chart, >>> Then hide all, your newly selected ones will be added on this minimized list.
Other Market Watch Options
Shown Below is an explanation of each market watch window, Download MT4 & click the button keys below to get an illustration of the explanations made below.
Quotes Options - Quotes option can be used to also add or hide MT4 symbol. You can download MT4 and click symbols to see how you can add or remove stocks instruments using this option.
Sets - A set of grouped stocks instruments
High/Low - Displays high & low of the day next to the quote
Time - Displays the current time of day next to the quote
Auto Arrange - Automatically arrange according to the selected order
Grid - Add or Remove Grid on the Stocks Price Quotes
Popup Stocks Prices - Show stocks prices as a Pop Up Window within the MT4 Platform.
