MT4 Data Window

MT4 Data window panel shows data about a commodity instrument, for a specified candlestick period. For example the trading charts below, shows how to select the data window from view menu options.(Ctrl+D is the shortcut key for displaying data window without having to get it from the view menu)

Data Window - MT4 Commodities Trading Platform

Once the data panel is selected it will display, the following data about a commodity.

The following data for a commodity instrument is shown:

1. Commodity Trading Instrument
2. Date
3. Time
4. Open Commodities Price
5. High
6. Low
7. Close Commodities Price
8. Volume

This data will show information for a particular candlestick, by scrolling your mouse over the candlesticks on a Commodity Trading chart this data will change to reflect the commodities trading price candle which the mouse has pointed at.

The data widow is not popularly used in the MT4 Commodities Trading Platform as compared to the other MT4 commodity chart windows. However as a trader you can use this data panel to extract & display data & data about any commodities trading price candlestick & the commodities trading prices associated with this candle such as the opening commodities trading price data, closing commodities trading price data & high and low of commodities trading price.

Because most traders can obtain this data directly from the charts, then the traders may prefer to use the information that is readily available on the Commodity Trading chart within the MT4 commodities trading platform software interface.

Another method to get this data is to use the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer, To get the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer a trader only requires to press down and hold down the wheel mouse button and the cross Hair will appear. If your mouse does not have a wheel button, please go and buy another one so that you can trade the MT4 cross hair. And from this Cross Hair a trader can get the commodities trading price data as shown below.

Cross Hair Tool - MT4 Commodities Trading Platform

From the Cross Hair above the vertical line will show data on the date for the current candlestick, the horizontal line will show commodities trading price of the commodities at that particular point on the chart. For the above example of Commodity Trading chart you can see that the date is 2013.10.31 4:00GMT and the Commodities Price is shown for the selected point. The Open, High, Low, Close and Volume as well as Date is Shown Just below the Charts tab at the bottom of the MT4 Commodity Trading Software, Marked as O: H: L: C: V: therefore the cross hair is a shortcut method of viewing data instead of going to the Data Window of the MT4

A trader can even click one point, hold down the mouse and move the mouse to another chart point to measure the pip movement of commodities trading price from point a to point on the Commodity Trading charts in the MT4 Commodity Trading Software as Shown below.

Using Cross Hair Tool to Measure Pip Commodities Price Movement

Cross Hair Data Tool in MetaTrader 4 Platform