Indices Chart Time Frames

MT4 Indices Chart Time Frames: Periodicity on Stock Indices Charts in MT4

Periodicity is commonly referred to as Indices Chart Time Frames by many stock indices traders. On the MT4 platform.

The button below is used to select the periodicity or indices chart timeframe to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MT4 platform as shown below.

MT4 Indices Chart Time Frame Indices Charts

On the MetaTrader 4 platform these indices chart timeframes are:

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

How to Know Which Indices Chart Time Frame You are Using

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

There are various methods of knowing which MetaTrader 4 indices chart timeframe you are using as Shown below:

Use the above Menu as Shown above

In the above stock indices trading example once you select the periodicity button under the charts menu, then the list of stock indices MetaTrader 4 indices chart timeframes is shown and the stock indices chart timeframe that is 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) indices chart timeframe, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.

How to Use Periodicity Toolbar - MetaTrader 4 Indices Chart Change Chart Time Frame

This MetaTrader 4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MT4 platform and has all the stock indices chart timeframes marked as shown below. The stock indices chart timeframe that a indices trader is using will be marked differently from the other indices chart timeframes, the selected indices chart timeframe will be "indented" as shown below:

Use the information displayed at the top left corner to get MetaTrader 4 Indices Chart Time Frame

At the top left corner of the MetaTrader 4 stock indices chart, the MetaTrader 4 indices chart timeframe is displayed as shown below:

1 Hour MetaTrader 4 Indices Chart Time Frame

15 Minutes MetaTrader 4 Indices Chart Time Frame

When you open a stock indices chart you can then use the above three methods to know which periodicity -indices chart timeframe you are trading with.

You can also use the tabs, if you are trading many stock indices charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MT4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the indices trading instrument as well as the stock indices chart timeframe.

Navigation tabs on MT4 workspace.