Gold Trading Chart Timeframes in MT4 Platform
Periodicity just means chart time frames, in MT4 this toolbar is used to select which chart time frames to trade with.
The timeframes listed are:
- 1 Min - M1
- 5 Minute - M5
- 15 Min - M15
- 30 Min - M30
- 1 H - H1
- 4 Hours - H4
- Daily - D1
- Weekly - W1
- Monthly - MN
As a trader you only require to trade with only about 3 chart time frames, for example let's say a trader only requires the 15 minute, the 1 hour and the 4 hours time frame, then on the periodicity toolbar a trader can hide all the others which are not required using the following technique.
How to Customize
To add a tool not listed above a trader has to follow these following steps
- Right Click at the toolbar button key to the left (Looks like a stack of coins), shown below
2. Click customize
After following above steps the customize popup window will appear as shown below:
Select as illustrated above & click remove button.
The popup panel will then look like:
On the platform the periodicity tool bar will now look like the examples illustrated below:
Using the above setup as a trader you can save space within your MetaTrader 4 platform workspace by hiding the timeframes which you're not trading with.