MT4 Market Watch Window for MT4 Symbols on MetaTrader 4 Oil Platform
The market watch panel on MetaTrader 4 is used to display an array of Oil Trading quotes for oil instruments. To access this display of oil instruments on the MT4 a oil trader should go to view menu as displayed and shown below and select Market Watch Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is the short cut for accessing this window as shown below, by pressing this shortcut, you can enable market watch window tab without going to "view" menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a oil trader selects the oil market watch window, the following window panel will pop-up showing a list of Oil Trading quotes available for trading.
As a oil trader you might also want to trade a oil that is not listed on this list. For example, on the above list only 5 instruments are displayed. To get other symbols which are not listed, you can right click inside this market watch window as shown and illustrated below and the following pop up window will appear.
To show list of other symbols, choose "Show All" button key, this will then display all available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you are using mobile trader, or pay per MB internet)
To save bandwidth select list of all the trading instruments you will be trading, for example, ten pairs, after selecting these, then select and click "Hide All" button key, this will hide all the pairs which you do not need to trade and will save you a good amount of internet bandwidth.
Even if you do not 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 MT4 symbols and financial instruments, there no need to have all these 100 or 200 instruments streaming on your platform after all you need only about 10 pairs or a few financial instruments to trade. You can always "Show All">>> Select a new pair by opening a oil chart, >>> Then hide all, your newly selected ones will be added on this minimized list.
Other Market Watch Options
Shown Below is an explanation of each market watch window panel, Download MetaTrader 4 and click the button keys below to get an illustration of the explanations made below.
Quotes Options – Quotes option can be used to also add or hide MetaTrader 4 symbol. You can download MT4 & click symbols to see how you can add or remove instruments using this option.
Sets – A set of grouped crude oil trading instruments
High/Low - Displays high and 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 selected order
Grid – Add or Remove Grid on Oil Price Quotes
Popup Oil Prices - Show crude oil prices as a Pop Up Window within the MT4 Oil Trading Platform.
