MT4 Market Watch Window For Currencies in MT4 Software
The market watch panel on MetaTrader 4 is used to display an array of Forex quotes for currency pairs. To access this display of currency pairs on the MT4 a trader should go to view menu as displayed below and select the Market Watch Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is the short cut for accessing this popup window as displayed and shown below, by pressing this shortcut, you can enable market watch popup tab window instead of going to the "view" menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a trader selects the market watch window panel, the following window panel will appear showing a list of Forex pairs available for trading.
As a trader you might also want to trade a currency pair that is not listed on this list. For example, on the above list only 5 currency pairs are displayed. To get the other symbols that aren't listed, you can right click inside this market watch window as shown & illustrated below & the following window pop up will appear.
To explain list of other symbols, choose "Show All" button key, this will then display all available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you're using mobile trader, or pay per MB inter-net)
To save bandwidth select a list of all the currency pairs you will be trading, say example, ten pairs, after selecting these, then select and click "Hide All" button, this will hide all pairs that you don't need to trade and will save you a great amount of internet bandwidth.
Even if you don't want to save bandwidth, you can select the option to "Hide All", this will save computer processor resources and RAM, especially for brokers that provide hundreds of currencies and financial instruments, there's no need to have all these 100 or 200 financial instruments streaming on your trading platform after all you need only about 10 streaming quotes or a few financial instruments to trade. You can always "Show All">>> Select a new pair by opening a chart, >>> Then hide all, your new chosen ones will be added on this minimized list.
Other Market Watch Options
Below is an explanation of each market watch window, Download MT4 and click the buttons below to get an illustration of the explanations made below.
Symbols Options - Symbols option can be used to also add or hide a pair based on a group of currencies. You can download MetaTrader 4 and click symbols to see how you can add or remove currency pairs using this option.
Sets - A set of grouped currency pairs, e.g. Majors or crosses
High/Low - Displays the high & low of the day next to the quote
Time - Displays the current time of day next to the quote
Auto Arrange - Automatically arrange according to the chosen order
Grid - Add or Remove Grid on the Price Quotes
Popup Prices - Show prices as a Pop Up Window within the MT4 Platform.
