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Adding MT4 Pivot Point Indicator

Step 1: Open MT4 Software Navigator Window Panel

Open MetaTrader 4 Navigator panel as illustrated and shown below: Navigate to "View" menu (click it) and then select "Navigator" window (click), or From Standard Toolbar click on the "Navigator" button key or use short-cut keyboard keys "Ctrl+N"

On MT4 Navigator window, select 'Technical Indicators', (Double-Click)

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Adding Pivot Points MT4 Indicator

Expand the menu by clicking the expand button marker (+) or double click the "indicators" menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and will now display a list of indices indicators as shown below - select the Pivot Points indicator from this list of indices MT4 indicators so as to add the Pivot Points indicator on the stock indices trading chart.

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How to Setup MetaTrader 4 Pivot Points Indicator

If the Pivot Points technical indicator you want to add is a custom indicator - for example if the Pivot Points technical indicator you want to add is a custom Pivot Points indicator you will need to first add this indices custom Pivot Points indicator in MetaTrader 4 software & then compile the custom Pivot Points indicator so that the newly added Pivot Points indices custom MT4 indicator appears on the listing of custom stock indices indicators in MetaTrader 4 software.

To learn how to install Pivot Points indicator on MT4, how to add Pivot Points indicator window to MetaTrader 4 & how to add Pivot Points custom indices indicator on MT4 - How to add custom Pivot Points indices Indicator in MetaTrader 4.

About Pivot Points Indices Trading Indicator Tutorial

Pivot Points Stock Indices Technical Analysis & Pivot Points Trading Signals

Pivot Points indices trading technical indicator consists of a center pivot point that's surrounded by Three resistance areas above & 3 support levels below.

Pivot Points technical indicator is considered to be a leading indices technical indicator rather than a lagging indices indicator.

Pivot Points provide a quick way for stock indices traders to analyze the stock indices price trend of how the stock indices price is going to be moving during the day. A few simple calculations are used to plot the Pivot Points resistance & support levels.

To calculate these Pivot Points for coming trading day - the previous day's

  • high,
  • low, and
  • close indices prices are used

The stock indices trading day closes & this daily closing time is when the Pivot Points indicator is updated.

24 hour cycle for this Pivot Points indicator are calculated using a complex formula. The central pivot point is then used to calculate the support & resistance areas as follows:

Resistance 3

Resistance 2

Resistance 1

Pivot Point

Support 1

Support 2

Support 3

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Pivot Points Analysis & Generating Pivot Points Trading Signals

Pivot Points indicator can be used in different ways to generate indices signals. Following strategies are most common Pivot Points indicator analysis:

Pivot Points Indices Trend Identification Signals

The central pivot point is used by stock indices traders to determine the stock indices price trend direction. The trades taken will only be in direction of the stock indices price trend.

  • Buy indices signal - stock indices price is above the center pivot point
  • Sell indices signal - stock indices price is below the center pivot point

Pivot Points Indices Price Break-out Signals

Indices price break-out signals are generated as follows

  • Buy indices signal - is generated when stock indices price breaks-out upwards through the center pivot point.
  • Sell indices signal - is generated when stock indices price breaks-out downward through the center pivot point.

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Pivot Points Indices Price Reversal Trading Signal

Indices price reversal stock indices signals are generated as follows

Buy indices trade signal - when stock indices price moves down towards one of the pivot support area, then touches the support level or moves slightly through it then quickly reverses and moves upwards.

Sell indices trade signal - when stock indices price moves up towards one of the resistance area, then touches the resistance area or moves slightly through it then quickly reverses and moves downwards.

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Setting Stoploss & Take Profit Indices Order Areas using Pivot Points

The central pivot-point & the other support and resistance levels are used by stock indices traders to ascertain suitable stop loss & take profit areas.

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If a buy indices trade is placed above central pivot point Resistance 1 or Resistance 2 can be used to set the take profit level, & the Support 1 can be set as the Stop-Loss Indices Order Level for the indices trade.

To download Pivot points:

https://c.mql5.com/21/9/pro4x_pivot_lines.mq4

Once you download Pivot Points indicator open it with MQL4 Language Editor, Then Compile it by pressing the Compile Button and it will be added to your MT4 software.

Note: Once you add Pivot Points to your MetaTrader 4, the Pivot Points technical indicator has additional lines named MidPoints, to remove these additional lines open the MQL4 Language MetaEditor(shortcut keyboard key - press F4), and change line 16 from:

Extern bool midpivots = true:

To

Extern bool midpivots = false:

Then Press Compile again, and it will then appear as exactly illustrated on this site.

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