Periodicity on Charts Menu in MT4

MT4 Chart Time-Frames: Periodicity on XAUUSD Charts in MT4

Periodicity is commonly referred to as Chart Time-Frames by many traders. On the MetaTrader 4 software.

The button below is used to choose the periodicity or chart time-frame to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT4 platform as cited below.

MT4 Chart Time-Frames

On MT4 platform these chart time-frames are:

1. 1 Min chart Time Frame - M1
2. 5 Minute chart Time Frame - M5
3. 15 Minute Chart Timeframe - M15
4. 30 Minute Chart Time Frame - M30
5. 1 Hour chart Time Frame - H1
6. 4 Hours Chart Timeframe - H4
7. Daily Chart Time Frame - D1
8. Weekly Chart Time Frame - W1
9. Monthly Chart Timeframe - MN

How to Know Which Chart Time-Frame You are Using

A common question especially if you are new to gold trading would be how to identify which chart time frame you are using on your MT4 platform:

There are various methods of knowing which MT4 chart time frame you are using as Shown below:

Use the above Menu as Shown above

In the above trading example once you select the periodicity button under the trading charts menu, then the list of xauusd MT4 chart time frames is shown and the chart time-frame that's currently selected, the one that you are using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) chart time frame, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.

MT4 Gold Chart Change Chart Timeframe - How to Change MT4 Gold Chart Time-Frame

This MT4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT4 platform and has all the chart time-frames highlighted as cited below. The chart time-frame that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other chart time-frames, the selected chart time frame will be "indented" as shown below:

Use the data displayed at the tops left corner to get MT4 Gold Chart Time-Frame

At the top left corner of the xauusd MT4 chart, MetaTrader 4 chart time-frame is highligthed as cited below:

1 H MetaTrader 4 Gold Chart Time-Frame

15 Minute MT4 Gold Chart Time-Frame

When you open a gold chart you can then use above three methods to know which periodicity - chart time-frame you're trading with.

You can also use the tabs, if you are trading many charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Choose "Charts Bar". The following MT4 bar will then appear that you can use to navigate & it indicates the chart as well as the chart time-frame.

Navigation tabs in MetaTrader 4 work space.