Stock Indices Chart Time Frames

MetaTrader 4 Stock Indices Chart Time Frames; Multiple Time Frame Indices Indicator

Periodicity is commonly referred to as Stock Indices Chart Time Frames by many stock indices traders. On the MetaTrader 4 platform.

The button below is used to select the periodicity or indices chart timeframe to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MetaTrader 4 platform as shown below.

MetaTrader 4 Stock Indices Chart Time Frames

On the MetaTrader 4 platform these indices chart timeframes are:

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

How to Know Which Stock 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 MetaTrader 4 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 indices MetaTrader 4 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 Multiple Timeframes On One Chart

This MetaTrader 4 periodicity toolbar is by default located at the top of the MetaTrader 4 platform and has all the stock indices chart timeframes marked as shown below. The 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 Stock 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 Stock Indices Chart Time Frame

15 Minutes MetaTrader 4 Stock 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 indices charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Select "Charts Bar". The following MetaTrader 4 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the stock indices as well as the stock indices chart timeframe.

Navigation tabs on MetaTrader 4 workspace.