Setting Properties on Charts Menu on MT4

The last item in the MT4 charts menu is the properties button. It controls the settings for the chart in your MetaTrader 4 workspace. See it below in the trading charts menu.

Properties Button on MT4 for Editing Properties and Settings

Stock Chart Properties

By selecting 'properties,' you can open a window displaying various chart settings. Below are two examples showcasing different customizable parameters.

Example 1:

Example 2:

following settings can be adjusted from the above menu:

Back ground - change background
Foreground - change foreground, objects in the fore-ground
Grid - set or remove the grid
Bar Up - Color of bars, bullish bar
Bar Down - Colour of bars, bearish bar
Bull Candle - Color of candlesticks, bullish candle
Bear Candle - Color of candles, bearish candlestick
Line Graph - Color of Line
Volumes - Setting of Volumes
Ask Line - Settings of Ask Line
Stop Levels - Settings of the Stop Levels Line

The properties detailed in the two illustrations above are distinct, which accounts for the observable visual differences between the two distinct settings demonstrated in the preview panel shown previously.

The Color Scheme

The chart properties show three color options below. They are MT4's built-in schemes you can pick.

Candles Settings

Common Settings

The properties window has a tab called 'Common,' as shown below. It handles basic settings for the indicator.

The following represent the typical configuration parameters that can be toggled for activation or deactivation via the dedicated settings window:

You can turn on or off offline mode, foreground display, shift, and automated scroll straight from the common settings menu, just as shown above.

The chart type selection is accessible from this menu, offering choices such as Bar, Candlesticks, and Line representations.

You can turn on or off options like Show OHCL, Show ASK Line, Period Separators, Grid, Volumes, and Object Descriptions right from the common settings, just like you see above.

To learn and know more about the above setting or to find out what a particular given option means or what it indicates to you can download the MetaTrader 4 Platform and practice placing these object on charts & changing some of these properties and settings.

Study More Lessons and Tutorials & Guides:

Trade Stock Indices

Setting Properties on Charts Menu on MT4

Stock Chart Properties

The Color Scheme

Common Settings