Chart Timeframes
MT4 Indices Chart Time Frames: Periodicity on Stock Indices Charts in MT4
Periodicity is commonly referred to as Indices Chart Time Frames by many stock indices traders. On the MetaTrader 4 platform.
The button below is used to choose the periodicity or indices chart timeframe to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT4 platform as shown below.
MT4 Indices Chart Time-frame Indices Charts
On MT4 platform these indices chart timeframes are:
- 1 Min Chart Time Frame - M1
- 5 Minute Chart Time-frame - M5
- 15 Minute Chart Time-frame - M15
- 30 Minute Chart Time Frame - M30
- 1 H Chart Time Frame - H1
- 4 Hours Chart Time Frame - H4
- Daily Chart Time Frame - D1
- Weekly Chart Time Frame - W1
- Monthly Chart Time-frame - MN
How to Know Which Stock Indices Chart Time-frame You are Using
A common question especially if you're new to indices trading would be how to identify which indices chart timeframe you are using on your MetaTrader 4 software:
There are various methods of knowing which MetaTrader 4 indices chart time frame you are using as Shown below:
Use the above Menu as Shown above
In the above stock indices trading example once you select the periodicity button under the charts menu, then the list of stock MetaTrader 4 indices chart timeframes is shown and the stock indices chart timeframe that is currently selected, the one that you are using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) indices chart timeframe, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.
How to Use Periodicity Toolbar - MetaTrader 4 Indices Chart Change Chart Timeframe
This MetaTrader 4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT4 platform and has all the stock indices chart timeframes marked as shown below. The chart timeframe that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other indices chart timeframes, the selected indices chart timeframe will be "indented" as shown below:
Use the data displayed at the tops left corner to get MT4 Indices Chart Timeframe
At the top left corner of the MetaTrader 4 stock indices chart, the MetaTrader 4 indices chart time-frame is displayed as illustrated below:
1 H MT4 Indices Chart Timeframe
15 Min MT4 Indices Chart Timeframe
When you open a stock indices chart you can then use the above three methods to know which periodicity -indices chart timeframe you are trading with.
You can also use the tabs, if you're trading many stock indices charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MT4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the indices trading instrument as well as the stock indices chart timeframe.
Navigation tabs on MetaTrader 4 workspace.
