Placing Channels on Forex Charts on the MetaTrader 4 Software

The third option on the insert menu on the MT4 Forex trading software is the channels button. Channels button is used to insert various types of channels on Forex charts on the MetaTrader 4 software. The channels button is illustrated below.

Menu Button For Placing Various Channel Tools on The MT4 Forex Software

Channels which can be set on the currency charts are illustrated on the channels button menu are:

1. Forex Trading Fibonacci Channels
2. Linear Regression Channels
3. Equidistant Channels
4. Standard Deviation Channels

All these channels have different analysis and are plotted differently on the MT4 Forex charts.

Forex Trading Fib Channels

Fibonacci Channels is a type of channel that is automatically drawn by this Fibo Channels button key, To draw these Fibonacci channels, a trader chooses 2 points where to draw the same way a trend line is drawn on the MT4 platform, once this trend points are joined, the Fib channels drawing tool uses these points to draw the first trend line and then automatically draws another five lines that form channels - these channels are then used as profit taking levels to take profits once the price reaches these points.

Fibonacci levels used to plot these channels are: 0.618, 1.000, 1.618, 2.618, 4.236: The most commonly used channels are first two channels as shown below:

Placing Fibonacci Channels on MetaTrader 4 Forex Charts

Linear Regression Channels

Linear regression channels are self-adjusting channels, that adjusts as channel is drawn from point 1 to point 2, the linear regression channels then form what is similar to a price boundary, this price boundary shows upper & lower price boundary and the center point which is the mean for the price.

These upper and lower channels are used to open trades and close trades and also determine the levels to take profits or set stops for currency trades. Linear regression channels are illustrated below:

Placing Linear Regression Lines in MT4

Equidistant Channels

The equidistant channels is the most oftenly used channel in Forex trading. On MT4 Forex trading platform, a trader can draw an upwards channel or downward channel, the example below shows an upward Forex channel, once the lower channel is drawn (trend line), the top channel is automatically plotted, a trader can then doubleclick the upper channel to adjust it so that it touches the highest high of price as illustrated below - the next time price touches this line the buy trade will then be closed and profit taken. As illustrated below this was the best price to take profit when price in the upwards trend touched the upper channel.

Placing Equidistant Channels on MetaTrader 4 Software

Standard Deviation Channels

Standard Deviations channel is similar to Linear Regression channel & it's also used to set the upper & lower boundaries within which price should move within. The Standard Deviation channel is highligthed and shown below.

Placing Standard Deviation Channels in MT4 Online Software