Drawing Bar Stock Indices Charts in MT4
The third option on the charts menu in MT4 platform is the "Bar Chart" button. This button key is used to choose the drawing method of price movement as price bars.
To trade on charts a trader may prefer to use the Bar Charts. The above menu button shows how a trader can select this option on the MT4 software.
These are drawn using color programming:
- Red bar - Indices Price went down
- Blue bar - Indices Price market went up
These bars also have horizontal line to the left and to the right: these are used to explain the opening (left horizontal dash) & the closing (right horizontal dash).
The highest point shows the high of the price
The Lowest point shows the low of the price
These four points Open, High, Close, Low are Known as OHCL, abbreviation of the first letter for these 4 levels, these four OHCL levels will be represented on each & every single price bar.
These charts aren't very popular among Indices traders as they are not very appealing in terms of technical analysis & traders tend to favor other types.