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Setting Properties on Charts Menu on MetaTrader 4 Platform

The last menu item in the charts menu on the MT4 is the properties button. This button represents settings of the chart that is on the MT4 workspace. The properties button on the charts menu is shown below.

Chart Properties on CFD Charts Menu on MetaTrader 4 Software

Properties Button on MetaTrader 4 for Editing Properties & Setting

Chart Properties

By clicking the 'properties' button, the following pop up window will appear displaying various settings for chart. The examples below show two examples with different parameters.

Example 1:

Chart Properties on CFD Chart on MT4 Software

Example 2:

Editing Chart Properties on The MT4 CFDs Platform - Chart Properties on CFD Charts Menu on MT4 Software

following properties can be adjusted from the above menu:

  1. Back ground - change background
  2. Fore ground - change foreground, objects in the foreground
  3. Grid - place or remove the grid
  4. Bar Up - Color of bars, bullish bar
  5. Bar Down - Color of bars, bearish bar
  6. Bull Candle - Color of candlesticks, bullish candlestick
  7. Bear Candle - Color of trading candlesticks, bearish candle
  8. Line Graph - Color of Line
  9. Volumes - Setting of Volumes
  10. Ask Line - Settings of Ask Line
  11. Stop Levels - Setting of the Stop Levels Line

In the above two examples these properties are different & thus the difference in appearance of these 2 different settings illustrated on the preview window above.

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The Color Scheme

The chart properties window also lists three color scheme as shown below that traders can load and these color schemes are the default pre saved color schemes of the MT4 trading platform.

CFDs Chart Properties on Charts Menu on MetaTrader 4 Software

Candles Setting

Common Settings

On the properties window panel there is also the next tab marked as 'Common' as shown and shown below, this button is for common settings.

Common Chart Settings in MetaTrader 4 for CFD Charts - Chart Properties on CFD Charts Menu on MT4 Software

The following are The Common Settings that can be activated or deactivated using this panel:

Offline, foreground option, shift option & automated scroll properties can also be activated or deactivated from the properties common settings option as displayed above.

Type of chart can be selected from this menu from the Options Bar, Candlesticks & Line.

Show OHCL, Show ASK Line, Show Period Separators, Show Grid, Show Volumes & Show Object Description option can be activated or deactivated on this common setting option as illustrated above.

To learn & know more about the above setting or to find out what a particular option means or what it shows you can download the MT4 Platform & practice placing these object on charts & changing some of these properties and settings.