Window Menu for Charts

The window menu in MT4 platform is where you access any of the open charts: listed here and can also be accessed from here; furthermore, you can open a new chart, arrange and rearrange, Tile Horizontally, Tile Vertically or even arrange them as Icons.

New Window

The new window option is the first item on this menu and is used to open new charts, by clicking this menu it will show a list of MetaTrader 4 symbols that one can trade with. Clicking any of the instrument below will display a new chart for that instrument.

Cascade Windows

To arrange windows in a cascaded format, use the cascade button which is the second option on the menu. An example of cascaded arrangement is shown below.

Tile Horizontally

The third option is Tile Horizontally and this option will arrange all the charts horizontally as shown in the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below.

Tile Vertically

The fourth option in the window menu is Tile Vertically and this option will arrange all the charts vertically as shown in the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below.

Arrange Icons

The fifth option is the arrange icons option which will arrange all charts as icons as shown on the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below.

Open Charts List

The next items are displayed as a list of the trading instruments represented, the chart currently on the workspace is checked on the left as shown below. In the stock indices trading example explained and illustrated below option number 8, Indices is checked:

The more windows option shown above can also be used to show a list of other opened trading instruments that are not on the list numbered from 1 to 9. By clicking this more option the following popup will appear within the MetaTrader 4 platform and a indices trader can select any indices trading instrument from this popup.

To display any of the above listed trading instruments just click the "Activate" button to the right of this popup.