Grid, Volumes, Auto Scroll and MT4 Chart Shift Options on MetaTrader 4
Grid
The MetaTrader 4 grid button on the charts menu option of the MT4 Indices Software is used to draw grid lines as illustrated & shown below. A trader might prefer to trade with grids on stock index chart or not & will use this button key to show or hide the Grid.
The MT4 Grid button key is displayed below (Short-cut for this menu is Ctrl+G)
Volumes
Volumes in Indices represent tick volumes or the number of times the tick for stock indices trading price changes during a particular time period. The more the tick changes the more the volumes. These volumes in Indices are used to estimate the number of indices traders participating in the stock index market.
Volumes are drawn as green bars below each indices candlestick, and the height of these green bars represent the tick volume for a particular candle. ( Shotcut keys for Volumes: Ctrl+L )
Auto Scroll
Auto scroll option when activated will automatically scroll to the most recent candle stick bar for every stock indices chart that is opened. Therefore, most recent information is displayed and as a trader you do not have to scroll to these recent candle bars every time you open a new stock index chart.
Stock Indices Chart Shift
This MT4 Charts Shift button is used to shift the chart more towards the center, instead of the last candlestick being right at the right side of the MetaTrader 4 software, the MetaTrader 4 indices charts shift button will shift the most recent indices candlestick towards the center. Indices traders prefer to trade with most recent candlestick shifted toward the middle - this makes it easier to analyze the stock indices chart stock index trading price movements when they are more towards the center.
For example, the MT4 Charts Shift button is shown below as an arrow pointing down, by pressing this MetaTrader 4 charts shift button within the chart menus(highlighted below by a rectangle), the last candlestick will shift from the right and move up to this point as shown in the MT4 Charts Shift examples shown below.
MT4 charts menu options of showing grids, volumes and activating the auto scroll option for automatic scrolling to the most recent candlestick bar and also the MT4 indices charts shift button for shifting the last candle toward the center.
